Episode 451: The Legend of Lavinia Fisher with RedHanded

Morbid

Morbid Network | Wondery

True Crime, Comedy, Exhibit C

4.5 • 95.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2023

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Some say Lavinia would lure men to the inn and lull them into a false sense of calm, before robbing and killing them, then dumping their bodies in the cellar under Six-Mile House. Others say Lavina would drug the weary travelers with a special tea, before pulling the lever on a trap door and dropping the men into the basement, where they would be robbed and killed by John Fisher. And still others believed Lavina guilty of much darker practices involving the devil.

But stories—especially local legends—have a way of shifting and changing over time, exchanging mundane facts for sensational speculations, and in this case, begging the question, who was the real Lavinia Fisher and just what was she guilty of?

Thank you Dave White for research assistance.

Special thanks to Suruthi and Hannah from RedHanded for joining us today! Listen to RedHanded wherever you get your podcasts, or listen early and ad-free on Amazon Music: https://link.chtbl.com/MorbidRedHanded

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0:06.7	This is Justin from The Generation Y, and we're doing a four-part series unraveling the story
0:11.4	of Khalif Browder, a young boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack and held at Rikers Island
0:16.8	for three years without trial.
0:18.9	This story is about a young life caught in the middle of the justice system, listen to
0:23.2	Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:26.9	Hey, this was a really exciting episode, and I think you guys are really going to dig it.
0:31.6	We just wanted to put something out really quick.
0:34.4	At the end of the episode, we say that you should head over to Red Handed's Feed to hear
0:38.6	an episode with us joining them for an amazing, witchy, awesome British story, and you should.
0:46.5	You still should do that.
0:47.6	But just know that their part of the episode is going to come out next week.
0:51.3	So if you're looking for it right away, it won't be there, but it's going to be there
0:54.0	next week.
0:55.0	And when anyone being confused, go check it out when it's up there.
0:59.0	And we hope you dig this episode.
1:00.4	We love Red Handed.
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1:04.7	Hey, weirdos, I'm Ash.
1:08.6	And I'm Alina.
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