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 returned home alone, his trousers soaked and his boots thick with mud. He showed little concern when his wife failed to come back from the fields, and his strange indifference quickly stirred suspicion among the villagers. The discovery of Bathsheba’s body at the bottom of a well was followed by a murder charge, a trial, and a guilty verdict. Robert Goodale was condemned to death. Yet it was not the crime that would secure his place in history, but its notorious aftermath. His execution became infamous as one of Britain’s worst botched hangings. 📘 Wartime London’s ‘Bonnie and Clyde’: The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten

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95 The Wife in the Well Murder: The 1885 Botched Execution of Robert Goodale is an episode from Prash's Murder Map: True Crime Podcast by Prash Ganendran.

This episode is 23:39 long.

This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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