
95 | The Wife in the Well Murder: The 1885 Botched Execution of Robert Goodale
In 1885, in the Fenland village of Walsoken near Wisbech, Bathsheba Goodale was last seen alive with her husband, Robert. That night, he ret...
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Pack your passport and jump on a plane, because we're going on a journey to investigate some of the most heinous, macabre and enigmatic murders across the globe and throughout history. We'll...

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