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Morning Cup of Murder

Deadly Paranoia At Sea - August 11 2023

Morning Cup of Murder

Morning Cup of Murder

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, True Crime

4.7723 Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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August 11th: Mary Russell Murders Trial Begins (1828) Paranoia can make the most mild mannered person into something unrecognizable. On August 11th 1828 a man was brought to trial for a crime that was motivated by paranoia and, in his opinion, God himself.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_murders, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/646849/mary-russell-19th-century-massacre-legal-case, https://www.historyireland.com/forced-from-this-world-massacre-on-the-mary-russell/, https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/10/massacre-at-sea.html, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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There were two more murders, 15 miles away.

0:32.7

When police arrived, they found the telephones and electricity lines.

0:36.1

We have a weird homicide.

0:38.9

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

0:42.3

A cop of murder.

0:45.1

Paranoia can make the most mild-mannered person into something unrecognizable.

0:50.2

On August 11th, 1828, a man was brought to trial for a crime that was motivated by paranoia,

0:56.8

and, in his opinion, God himself.

1:00.4

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1:07.8

In 1817, a small, entirely wooden brig, dubbed the Mary Russell, was built as a trading boat

1:15.0

and captained by a man named William Stewart.

1:18.3

Born in 1775, William had a chief mate, a Scotsman named William Smith, and a second mate,

1:25.2

William Swanson, on board to help keep things running smoothly, and to keep

1:29.7

the other men, Carpenter John Kramer, Seaman John Howes, Francis Sullivan, and John Keating,

1:36.8

stableman Timothy Connell, and James Morley, three apprentices, 15-year-old John Deves,

1:43.4

13-year-old Daniel Scully, and 12-year-old Henry Rickards, and 11-year-old John Deves, 13-year-old Daniel Scully, and 12-year-old Henry

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