Episode 37

Ep37: A Soldier's Revenge

On a spring Saturday, the villages of Tockington, Olverston and Thornbury were thrown into a state of turmoil at the news of a deliberate act of murder against respectable inhabitant of the village of Tockington.

This is a story of an embittered man and how his hatred overtook him and caused the death of another. We follow the Ex-Soldier's story right through to the unexpected twist at the end!

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SOURCES

Ancestry.Com

Monmouthshire Merlin - Saturday 24 April 1841

Leeds Times - Saturday 24 April 1841

Reading Mercury - Saturday 14 August 1841

The Evening Chronicle - Wednesday 06 October 1841

The National Library of Australia

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Hello there! My name is Alice and this is The Backtracker History Show Podcast where I ask you to join me on a meander down through the archives to find out more about the people, places and events from the past.

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