E317: The Campden Wonder

Fresh Hell Podcast

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History, True Crime

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In 1660, a respected estate steward left the English market town of Chipping Campden to collect rent and never came home. His bloodstained belongings were soon found by the roadside, and suspicion quickly fell on his servant, John Perry. What followed was a chain of confessions, accusations, arrests, and a trial that ended in execution. There was only one problem....Nearly two years later, the supposedly murdered man walked back into town alive. BUT...where had he been?! ampden Wonder, William Harrison disappearance, John Perry Campden, Chipping Campden murder case, 1660 England true crime, historical miscarriage of justice, Nicholas Overbury account, early modern English crime, false confession history, 17th century criminal trial, murder without a body case, English Assizes trial history, Restoration England crime, man executed for murder victim returned alive, famous historical wrongful execution case, strangest true crime cases in English history Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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