Episode 8
The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part Two)
The Babbacombe Murder Mystery (Part Two)
Season: 5 Episode: 8
Saturday, the 15th February 1884 saw the fateful murder of 68 year old, Emma Anne Whitehead Keyse at The Glen in Babbacombe in Devon. All the evidence pointed to just one suspect, 21 year old John Henry George Lee, the Butler and general handyman.
Listen to the account of his trial and discover what made this particular crime stand out in history and inspire an album bu Fairport Convention
CAST
John Lee - Steve Yeo
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette & The Scotsman- Cerise Reed
Gerald de Courcy Hamilton - Steve Sheperd
Sir William Harcourt - Tony Allen
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SOURCES
Cumbernauld News - Thursday 23 December 1971 [1]
Sunday Post - Sunday 22 December 1946
Western Morning News - Thursday 20 November 1884
Illustrated London News - Saturday 29 November 1884
Epsom Journal - Tuesday 09 December 1884
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Saturday 07 February 1885
Leeds Mercury - Friday 20 December 1907
North Devon Journal - Thursday 28 January 1909
Ancestry
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