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Evidence Locker True Crime

146: The Monster Butler | Scotland

Evidence Locker True Crime

Evidence Locker True Crime

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, History

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Archibald Hall, also known as Roy Fontaine, used his position as a butler in aristocratic homes to gain access to valuable antiques and jewellery, which he stole and sold. He was a conman and a thief who, when things heated up, turned to murder. His flamboyant persona fooled those closest to him, and in the end, no one was safe in the company of the Monster Butler.
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nature and the standard discretion is advised. Each episode is produced with the

0:54.7

utmost respect to the victims, their families, and loved ones.

1:01.3

On a stormy January night in 1978 Norman Wright was working behind the bar at

1:07.9

Blenham House Hotel. He owned the hotel and was short of staff that night

1:12.3

because of the blizzard. It was early in the afternoon when two well-dressed

1:17.1

gentlemen arrived. They booked a room for the night and settled in for a drink

1:21.1

in the hotel's bar. They were clean shaven, well-dressed gentlemen with impeccable

1:25.7

manners. But Norman's intuition told him something was not quite right. The

1:31.8

hotelier was concerned that the men would skip without paying their bill, so we

1:35.8

called the police. The police station was only 200 yards down the road in the

1:40.2

small village, so it wasn't a big deal. A constable walked over to check out the

1:44.8

men. He noticed a Ford Grenada in the parking lot and assumed it was theirs. A

1:49.1

quick check of the vehicle proved that Norman wasn't paranoid. Something was

1:53.7

wrong. The license plate did not match the information of the tax disc in the

1:58.6

window. He went inside and asked the men to accompany him to the station. Once

2:04.6

there, the civilized conversation followed. The men identified themselves as Roy

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