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Episode Thirty Four - What Drives a Good Hangman Bad?
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The case of Robert Goodale reads like a Thomas Hardy novel meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre on a particularly blighted part of East Anglian farmland. However, when Goodale murdered his wife and threw her down the well near Wisbech, he assumed that his troubles were over. Unfortunately, due to the Norwich Assizes, an executioner literally battling his own demons, and a misjudged rope calculation, Goodale would be famous for a very different reason than murder.....
Please leave a review, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you know with an interest in East Anglia, history, folklore and the macabre. Contact us at hallowedhistories@gmail.com if the spirit moves you, or check out our website at hallowed-histories.org. This episode was hosted by me, Richard Sheppard, with research by Dr Linda Sheppard and tech wizardry by Stephen L Parkes.
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Manage episode 330871601 series 1496868
The case of Robert Goodale reads like a Thomas Hardy novel meets Texas Chainsaw Massacre on a particularly blighted part of East Anglian farmland. However, when Goodale murdered his wife and threw her down the well near Wisbech, he assumed that his troubles were over. Unfortunately, due to the Norwich Assizes, an executioner literally battling his own demons, and a misjudged rope calculation, Goodale would be famous for a very different reason than murder.....
Please leave a review, subscribe and recommend this podcast to anyone you know with an interest in East Anglia, history, folklore and the macabre. Contact us at hallowedhistories@gmail.com if the spirit moves you, or check out our website at hallowed-histories.org. This episode was hosted by me, Richard Sheppard, with research by Dr Linda Sheppard and tech wizardry by Stephen L Parkes.
--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hallowedhistories/message88 episodes
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