There were two more murders, 15 miles away in the Silver Lake section.

We have a weird...

...described by one investigator as reminiscent of a weird religion.

Morning.

Cuff of murder.

In July of 1837, the electric telegraph was invented.

Soon, it was employed along the railway lines where messages were sent from station to station.

Why is this bit of information important?

Because on January 1st, 1845, a man murdered his mistress in order to keep their affair a secret.

And, thanks to this invention, his escape was stopped at the next station and he was arrested.

This is the story of how technology helped put a man behind bars. So if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back

and start your day with a morning cup of murder. John Tollwell, by all accounts, seemed like an upstanding guy.

That was, at least, until you got to know him.

The Quaker boy at just 22 seduced a servant girl who he got pregnant.

The couple married, much to the disapproval of his community.

By 1814, at just 30, he committed his first known crime

when he forged a 10-pound note. Forgery was a capital offense, and thankfully, the Quaker-owned

bank didn't believe in the death penalty, sparing Tawwell in execution. He was, however, commuted to the

colonies for 14 years.

He eventually worked his charm and was granted a pardon in 1820.

Now a free man, John Tawwell, set up a small shop in Australia, where he sold drugs and chemicals to locals

despite having no pharmaceutical training. He didn't let that

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