DESCRIPTION:
Proving once again that true crime is not just a modern fascination, a crowd had amassed early at 4 am on that winter morning of December 6, 1922, desperate to witness the trial. Members of the public pushed and prodded as they fought to get in. Every spectator was hopeful of gaining a ringside seat in the courtroom. Some people paid for the privilege, handing over large sums of cash, which would be £250 in today's money…
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Court documents and information from the following news organisations and magazines were referenced in this episode: THE SCOTSMAN, DUNDEE EVENING TELEGRAPH, THE INDEPENDENT, THE SUN, MURDER IN MIND MAGAZINE and REAL LIFE CRIMES AND HOW THEY WERE SOLVED MAGAZINE.
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MUSIC:
November by Kai Engel
Glimpse of Eternity by Meydän
September by Kai Engel
Maestro Tlakaelel by Jesse Gallagher
Lurking Shadows by Myuu
A Great Darkness Approaches, Can You Feel It by ELPHNT
Great Expectations by Kai Engel
Cobweb Morning by Kai Engel
Story by Meydän
No 8 Requiem by Esther Abrami
Blind by Meydän
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
The Scotsman - Tuesday 09th January 1923
The Scotsman - Thursday 09th November 1922
Dundee Evening Telegraph - Friday 15th December 1922
MAGAZINES
Murder In Mind [Issue 32]
Real-Life Crimes… and how they were solved [Shred of Evidence]
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/edith-thompson-death-penalty-capital-punishment-hanging-miscarriage-justice-buried-mother-murder-bywaters-younger-lover-husband-grave-a8647636.html
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/7666774/should-edith-thompson-have-hanged/
FURTHER READING
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v10/n14/susannah-clapp/bad-books
https://www.medicinenet.com/morphia/definition.htm
https://edithjessiethompson.co.uk
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/edith.html
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15785105/frederick-edward_francis-bywaters
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