The Body in the Cupboard: A Mystery That Baffled Victorian London
News of the Times | Episode 528 |1868 
In this chilling Victorian true crime, a decomposing body is discovered hidden in a cupboard beneath the stairs of a half-built house. With no missing persons report and only a single glove as evidence, the authorities must untangle a web of bizarre clues and duelling identities.

Was the victim an asylum escapee who believed himself already dead?
A vanished spirit merchant with secrets to hide?
Or someone else entirely?

🔍 Featuring:
Mysterious poisons & forensic puzzles
Conflicting widows & disputed scars
A coroner’s verdict that leaves more questions than answers

📰 Drawn from original 1860s newspaper accounts and inquest records, this astonishing case captures the fears and failures of Victorian mental health care — and a society unprepared for the shadows in its own cupboards.

🎭 PLUS:
In our Further Particulars segment, a church pew dispute escalates into holy fisticuffs in 1880s Wales. One farmer. One tailor. One divine dust-up over seating rights. (Yes, really.)

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And if you suspect your own cupboard may be hiding something… maybe check it. Carefully.

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📚 Related cases from the archive: 
1868: Frances Kidder– the Last female Public Execution |  Ep100
https://youtu.be/zK4WuKx9p8k
1868 - 1900: The Missing |  Ep201
https://youtu.be/hKFKHT1k44A
1868: Baroness Killing of a Countess |  EP288
https://youtu.be/eJ-zRG4G8eA

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