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272: The Execution of an Aristocrat - January 18 2020 - Today in True Crime History

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2020

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Keep up with current episodes of Morning Cup of Murder at morningcupofmurder.com Money, title and station were extremely important in late 1700s England. Yet, after committing murder on January 18th 1760, the shocking and very public execution of Laurence Shirley would go down in history. But, why was his execution so important? Laurence Shirley Kills (1760) Become a supporter of this podcast on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/morningcupofmurder Follow Morning Cup of Murder on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cupofmurder @cupofmurder Follow MCOM on Instagram: @morningcupofmurder Have a Murder or strange true crime story you want to share, email the show here: [email protected] Morning Cup of Murder is researched, written and performed by Korina Biemesderfer. Follow Korina on Instagram: @kbiemesderfer Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:08.1

of a weird religion. Morning. Cuff of murder.

1:16.8

Money, title, and station were extremely important in late 1700s England.

1:25.1

Yet, after committing murder on January 18th, 1760, the shocking and very public execution of Lawrence Shirley would go down in history.

1:28.9

But why was his execution so important?

1:32.9

So, if you like your coffee hot but your bones chilled, sit back and start your day with a morning

1:38.1

cup of murder.

1:42.8

Lawrence Shirley, born August 18th, 1720, was an English nobleman.

1:48.9

He was the eldest son of the Honorable Lawrence Ferrer's and the third son of the first Earl Ferrer's.

1:56.3

All of this to say, he came from an important family, a family that had a long history of

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