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A Suffolk Tragedy –The Red Barn Murder; Polstead, Suffolk, 1828
I don’t have time to give a full account of the case, so I will quickly summarize it here. On Saturday 18th May 1827 William Corder, a son of a prosperous Suffolk family apparently set out to elope with Maria Marten, a village beauty of humble origin. The two walked separately through the night to a barn, the now infamous ‘Red Barn’ on Corder’s property, Maria dressed in men’s clothing to avoid local notice. In the barn Maria change in to her women’s attire, and while changing met her death, and was buried by Corder within the barn. Continue reading →
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Tagged 1828 Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds, ghosts, Hadleigh, history of the Lonely Hearts column, Manningtree, Maria Marten, Moyses Hall, origin of dating agencies, Polstead, precognitive dreams, premonitions, Red Barn, Sudbury, William Corder
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