Days of Horror Podcast
1) The Suspicious Poisoning of Samuel Hutton (1871)
Born in 1867, Samuel was the ninth child of parents, James and Eliza Hutton. His parent had married on 11th February 1849 and Eliza had given birth to her first child, Jane, in January 1850.&nbs...Show More
2) The Brewery Street Siege (1958)
"Ta-ta. You won't see me again. Im going to shoot my wife and baby," - those were the last words spoken by 26-year old, Henry King on Friday 12th December 1958 to an acquaintance named Sheila Whipp at...Show More
3) The Christmas Party Drownings (1887)
As the light of day slowly began to fade away, the darkness that quickly descended brought with it a freezing chill that had already frozen a large area of deep water which had been left dormant at th...Show More
4) The Sad Tragedy of Julian Blakemore (1994)
When Blackburn Rovers went on to lift the Premier League title in dramatic circumstances on the 14th May 1995, it would be the culmination of 5 years' worth of investments by a local man named Jack Wa...Show More
5) The Warner Street Murder (1896)
Just after 10am on the morning of Tuesday, 9th June 1896, a young boy burst into the workshop of John Coates and his son Thomas, which was situated along the cobbled road of Bridge-street, Accrington ...Show More
6) The Shocking Murder of Elizabeth Ann Holt (1890)
On the morning of Monday, November 10th 1890, 21-year old Elizabeth Holt had left her home in Dunscar to make her usual trek over to the school she was employed at in Belmont, which was roughly three ...Show More
7) The Life and Crimes of Moses 'Bolloper' Clayton (1857 - 1919)
When Moses Clayton's body was laid to rest on Saturday, 1st March 1919, it would close the book on one of Rossendale's most notorious villains. A character that had once terrorised an entire dis...Show More
8) The Disappearance of Maria Whittaker (1866)
On Saturday, 22nd December 1866, the body of a young woman aged 18 years was recovered from a lodge adjacement to Holden Wood cotton mill, that was owned by Mr. James Maxwell and situated in a place k...Show More
9) Who Killed Little Helen Chester (1935)
Not since 1849 when Frederick and Maria Manning had been found guilty of murder, had a married couple been sentenced to death by the justice system. But 85 years later, on the 17th O...Show More
10) The Grizzly Tale of Mary Ann O'Shea (1925)
Ever since the death of her husband, Maurice, who had sadly passed away only two years prior in 1923; 82 year old Mary Ann O'Shea had lived alone at a place known as Tower Hill that was situated...Show More