Good evening. This is Crime Classics. I am Thomas Highland with another true story of crime.

Listen. That's a cricket, a Suffolk County cricket, and he's chirping away at a merry pace.

Therefore, he's a male cricket.

For among crickets, only this sex can chirp.

At the present moment, this particular fellow happens to be in a

hayloft in an English barn. The year is 1827 and it's spring and its evening and it's warm.

And if you're going to be a cricket now is the time for the hay lies

sleep against your antenna. Oh my yes.

dead cricket. 120 pounds of country girl just fell on him.

Girl's name, Mariah Martin, and she was a dead weight.

So tonight, my report to you on

the killing story of William Carter and the farmer's daughter.

Crime Classic. and the farmer's daughter.

Crime Classics.

A series of true crime stories from the records and newspapers of every land from every time.

Your host each week, Mr. Thomas Highland, connoisseur of crime, student of violence and

teller of murders. Now once again, Mr. Thomas Highland. Simon. England in 1827 was between periods. A decade before, Napoleon had met his Waterloo,

and a decade later, Victoria was to sit on the throne.

True, in this year, which concerns... A decade later, Victoria was to sit on the throne.

True, in this year which concerns us, the country was briefly stunned by the affair

Laverie, which almost cost England the continent of Australia, until cooler heads and more honest bookkeeping prevailed.

And when the shuddering was done and normalcy returned, people returned to normal pursuits, which included the young folk.

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