78 The Murdered Watchmaker of Norfolk: The 1853 Case of Lorenz Beha

In 2025, two pocket watches were sold at an auction, prompting renewed interest in a 170 year old East Anglia murder case. They were made by skilled German craftsman Lorenz Beha, who came to England to set up his watchmaking business in Norfolk. On a cold November day in 1853, Beha was found murdered on a quiet country road by a local labourer who happened to be one of his customers. The timepieces are not the only reminders of this forgotten piece of history, as the killer’s death mask survives as a gruesome relic of this tragic case.

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78 The Murdered Watchmaker of Norfolk: The 1853 Case of Lorenz Beha is an episode from Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast by Prash Ganendran.

This episode is 18:07 long.

This episode was published on Sep 16, 2025.

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