The story of Louisa May Merrifield who in 1953 murdered her employer Sarah Ann Ricketts with Rodine rat poison,but her husband Alfred was cleared
thank you to theses sources and others in researching this story
www.lancslive
www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
www.murderuk.com
www.britishexecutions.co.uk
www.jarossi.com
www.executedtoday.com
www,manchestereveningnews.co.uk
hanged at manchester by steven fielding
the coventry evening telegraph
and thank you to jonathan segev for the continued use of cursed lullaby for my intro
and most of all thank you for listening

The story of Margaret Walber who in may 1893 chained her husband John into the attic of their house on Gildart street in Liverpool and then 4 months later beat him to death in that attic
many thanks to Alan Hayhurst the Author of the brilliant more murders in Lancashire without finding this book i wouldnt have half the details
also www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
www.britishexecutions.co.uk
www.oldmerseytimes.co.uk
The Liverpool Echo
and the books
Hanged at Liverpool by Steve Fielding
and
Foul Deeds and suspicious Deaths by Steven Wade
and thank you as always for the continued use of CURSED LULLABY as my intro by Jonathon Segev

The 1948 murder of 68 yr old Nancy Ellen Chadwick by Margaret "Bill" Allen maybe Britains first Transgender murderer and certainly Rawtenstall in Lancashires first murderer!! but did "Bill" deserve to hang for it? its a very sad case but decide for yourself
thank you to Lancs live,The lancs times, The Bacup times, Murderpedia,executed today and the invaluable book "TheTragic and Transgendered world of Margaret "Bill" Allen by @mollycutpurse and many more and also thank you as always to @Jonathonsegev for the continued use of Cursed Lullaby as my intro

The 2007 murder in Bridlington Yorkshire of 57 year old retired lecturer Susan Grundy by 31 year old Stephen Grundy,while she walked home from celebrating the sale of her house,at the Prior John pub in the town !

The story of Dr Edward Pritchard
who would on the 28th july 1865 become the last person to be publicly hanged in scotland
for the murders by poisoning of his wife and mother in law
as always i would like to thank Johnathan Segev for the continued use of Cursed Lullaby as my intro

The story of Trevor Hardy who terrorised manchester in the 1970s with 3 murders that at the time were overshadowed by the murders of The Yorkshire Ripper , Peter Sutcliffe but were just as depraved and evil
thanks as always to jonathan segev for continuing to let me use cursed lullaby for my intro

The 1952 murder of Alice Wiltshaw by their ex chauffeur Leslie green although he was a small time crook ,the savagery of the murder was totally out of character ,everybody who met him or knew him said he was kind and gentle a really likeable man even though he was a bit of a rogue
i got a lot of information for this episode from the book The Barlaston Murderer Leslie Green by Margaret Moxom avaliable on amazon in paperback or kindle a very good read
i would also as always like to thank Jonathan Segev for the continued use of cursed lullaby

The gruesome 1924 murder of Emily Bielby Kaye in a cottage on a desolate shingle beach between Eastbourne and Pevensey known as "The Crumbles" by a horrible man called Patrick Herbert Mahon ,Mahon was married,he got Emily pregnant then started an affair with another woman,he killed Emily and stuffed her in her own luggage trunk then locked her in the spare room ,and then invited his new lover to stay for the easter weekend at the cottage ,he then after taking her home returned to the cottage to dismember poor Emily's body,he would ultimately be found out by the investigations of his own wife who thought he had gone back to gambling

thank you to Jonathan Segev for the continued use of his "Cursed Lullaby" for my intro music !

The 1920 murder in sleepy Little Marlow in the county of Buckinghamshire by poisoning of the very popular milkman's wife ,but was he all he seemed?
i found the book The Musical Milkman by Quentin Falk to be a massive help in writing this episode
and as always thank you to Jonathon Segev for continuing to let me use Cursed Lullaby as my intro !

No one knew that the reclusive old lady who was found dead in her squallid 3 room bungalow surrounded by cats ,was once 50 years before arguably the most famous woman in the world ,but who was she and who may her husband have been?
references, thank you to ...They all love jack by Bruce robinson ,The last victim by Anne e Graham andCarol Emmas ,Murderpedia.org , www.theguardian.com , www.casebook.org ,www.old-merseytimes,www.britishnewspaper archive