The Erdington Murders

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Description

Look, Virginia! Coincidences really do exist! 

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Credits

Hosted and edited by Lars Hacking

Written and researched by Charlie Worroll

Music by Marc Walloch

Cover art by Lars Hacking

Sources

INTERNET

• https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/chilling-links-between-two-brutal-10504871

• https://the-line-up.com/erdington-murders-coincidences

• https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/local-news/family-murdered-barbara-forrest-demand-187122

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/12/05/two-eerily-similar-murders-157-years-apart/76829428/

• https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-eerie-coincidences-of_b_8682392

NEWSPAPER

• Old Stories Retold, The Sydney Morning Herald, 12 Sep 1867

• Appeal of Murder, The Observer, 26 Jan 1818

• Trial of Abraham Thornton for the Murder of Mary Ashford, The Freeman’s Journal, 15 Aug 1817

• Acquitted, The Guardian, 19 Mar 1975