Episode 14

The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 1)

The Murder of Billy the Tinker (Pt 1)

Season: 6 Episode: 14

It’s March of 1880. In the sleepy Gloucestershire village of Bishopsworth, two colliers are out gathering primroses when they stumble upon something that will shake the entire region to its core — a body, lying in a gully, cold and decomposed. The victim? A man known as William Palmer Robinson — a traveling razor grinder, local eccentric, and lover of flashy jewelry, including his unique fashion statement: 'lion shillings' sewn into his coat like buttons.

And it didn’t take long for the law to catch a scent.

CAST

Witness - Molly Jefferies

William Lock - Joe Wilson

William Latham - David B James-Haile

Julia Hicks - Caroline Ball

William Palmer Robinson - Marcus Kepple Palmer


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SOURCES

Bristol Mercury - Monday 22 March 1880

Bristol Mercury - Tuesday 23 March 1880

Bristol Times and Mirror - Wednesday 24 March 1880

Bristol Mercury - Thursday 01 April 1880

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