Murderous Stories from Suffolk - Frightful Fridays
News of the Times Episode 198 | 1851 & 1920
In today’s episode, we are in Suffolk investigating two grisly murders that took place there. 
In our first story, it is 1851 and pretty milk maid Mary Baker has been stabbed openly at a county fair, by her master, well to do farmer John Mickleburgh.    We take a look at the antecedents to the crime and the reason why she was so violently murdered.
Our second story from 1920 is both disturbing and shocking, even by today’s more jaded standards.  Some young boys who have collected at the local pond to go fishing are horrified to see a hand sticking out of the water which the press dubbed “the beckoning hand”. Thirteen-year-old Edith Howes has been murdered with her body dumped in the local pond.  The identity of the murderer shocked the public.

Two grisly murder cases from the beautiful county of Suffolk is today’s episode of Frightful Fridays.

Hosted by Robin Coles.

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