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Episode 254: The Erdington Murders

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The Story of Mary and Abraham Thornton

Mary told Hannah that she and Abraham Thornton had spent the rest of the night together, but that he was heading back home now. "I don't know if she was like getting to work or if she was in a hurry to like get some sleep," says writer about Mary's behavior at her grandpa's house. A man named Joseph Dawson, which I feel like there's always a man name Joseph Dawson in the 1800s,. Oh, yeah. We all know a name. He saw Mary walking. Yes. And then 10 minutes later, another man Thomas Broadhurst said that he also saw her walking. They said she was walking alone down Bell Lane."

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