Episode 106: Red Barn Murder

CW: Murder, Infant Death
A listener question courtesy of Novalee! This episode explores a case from 1827 that drew national attention in England. Maria Marten was supposed to get married, but unfortunately her beau was not of the same mind. Dreams and conspiracies end with tragedy, and we take the time to look at case transcripts and share the details.
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Let’s just start with this image of the three important players here. Top of this is William, the thief. Maria, the victim is bottom right, and her baby is bottom left.

This link will take you to an abbreviated version of the events of this case.

This link has a lot of historic images and quotes in it from the time period.

This link has several things you can click on to further explore the various parts of this case, including what happened after the killer’s execution.

This is a newspaper article from 1899 detailing the case.

This is a book that M used for quotes regarding the trail.

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