Hello, friends. I thought that I'd share a little sneak peek of the extras included with the fan coven.

Apart from witchy content, I also post these murdery little Victorian true crime stories every single week,

and this one is quite intriguing. Just go to myvictorian nightmare.com to join if you want to hear more.

Hello, friends, for today's extra I have for you a tale of cold-blooded murder,

ashes, bones, bombshell accusations in the courtroom, and not one but two foiled prison escape attempts. This is the murder

of William Bachman. First, we'll read the article which comes to us from the Buffalo Courier

Express from 1871, called Burnd in a Furnace. And then we will dig into the details. The article reads,

The attention and deepest interest of this community have been for the past five days

centered in the trial of Marlowe for the murder of Bachman. The circumstances of this

terrible crime are too well known to require another recital. A detailed

account of the affair was published in the Express, and the time of its occurrence, therefore I

will merely state that the charge against the prisoner, which is a well-to-do brewer of this

village, is of murder in the first degree. Bachman was a stranger in the

village and visited Marlowe's brewery on the 15th of last August, and it is alleged that he was

there murdered, thrown into the furnace and burned up. The facts that have since transpired seem to

indicate that he had a large sum of money on his person.

The case from the very first created the most intense excitement, and its peculiar phases have been the general topics of conversation since the commencement of the trial last Wednesday.

A large crowd of people assembled in the courtroom on the morning of the opening, and the attendance on each succeeding day has been equally large.

Charles Marlowe, the accused, is a man who, at first sight, interests you in his favor.

He is of medium height, rather slender in form, and his smooth face wears an expression by no means

disagreeable or sinister. As he appeared in the courtroom on the first day of the trial, you

could not find anything in his demeanor indicating guilt or fear. The reputation that he has

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