12: Murder At Road Hill House: The Scandal That Shook Victorian England

Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings and Mysteries

History, Fiction, True Crime, Drama

4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 March 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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When Mrs. Kent learned of the grisly murder of her three year old son, she had only one thing to say. “Someone in the house has done it” What would follow would be the biggest whodunit of the 19th century. The Kent family would have their dirty laundry hung out to dry as London’s top detective investigated them all for the murder of Saville Kent Heart Starts Pounding is written and produced by Kaelyn Moore. Follow the podcast on Instagram @heartstartspounding, subscribe on patreon, or support the podcast with a one time donation to Buy Me A Coffee. And if you have a heart pounding story you’d like to share on the podcast, you can visit heartstartspounding.com Shownotes: https://www.heartstartspounding.com/episodes/roadhillhouse To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	It was early morning when William nut was searching the grounds at Road Hill House in Wiltshire, England.
0:16.0	The house was a beautiful estate owned by the Kent family.
0:19.0	He scoured the Rosebushes, scraping up his forearms while desperately hunting for their missing son.
0:25.0	And William was starting to get a bad feeling.
0:30.0	Just a moment later, he walked up to the servants outhouse and peered into the small, slotted window.
0:37.0	He could just faintly make out something dark and glistening on the ground.
0:43.0	His heart sank when he realized what it was, and he screamed for someone to come help him.
0:49.0	There was blood on the outhouse floor.
0:55.0	It's that feeling when the energy and the room shifts, when the air gets sucked out of a moment,
1:04.0	and everything starts to feel wrong.
1:07.0	It's the instinct between fight or flight.
1:11.0	When your brain is trying to make sense of what it's seeing, it's when your heart starts pounding.
1:18.0	Welcome to Heart Starts Pounding, a podcast of terrifying tales.
1:22.0	I'm your host, Caitlin Moore.
1:25.0	If you're joining us again, welcome back.
1:27.0	Be sure to follow the podcast on Instagram at Heart Starts Pounding and rate and review wherever you listen.
1:33.0	You can also support the podcast on Patreon, which is linked in the show description,
1:37.0	or make a one-time donation on Buy Me a Coffee, also linked.
1:41.0	We release episodes every Thursday, though we are taking April off to premiere a new horror fiction podcast called The Time Keeper,
1:49.0	that will be releasing weekly in April.
1:52.0	It stars Judo Lewis, Chandler Kenny, and Argin Atelier, and it's a really fun ride.
1:58.0	We'll be back on a weekly schedule in May.
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