92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

In November 1884, 68-year-old Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse was brutally murdered in her home in Babbacombe, Devon. As investigators pieced together the crime, suspicion fell on a household member, leading to a trial that gripped the public. But the story didn’t end in the courtroom, as the fate of the accused would take an extraordinary turn that made headlines across Victorian England. Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl HultenSubscribe to my free newsletter:https://prashganendran.com Subscribe for video versionsYouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap Support my workPatreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermapBuy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermapPayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap Thank you for listening.Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated.Music:"Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/“Long Note Two” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Sources:Ancestry.co.ukHome Office Records, HO 144/148//A38492: Criminal Cases: Lee, JohnExeter and Plymouth Gazette Daily Telegrams - Monday 19 September 1881Express and Echo - Monday 17 November 1884Wigan Observer and District Advertiser - Friday 21 November 1884Herald of Wales - Saturday 06 December 1884North London News - Saturday 07 February 1885North Devon Journal - Thursday 28 January 1909Rope, Knife and Chair by Guy Logan, 1928The Man They Could Not Hang: The True Story of John Lee by Michael Holgate, 2005