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Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

London: Midnight Escape in the Victorian Era

Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.5 β€’ 992 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 6 January 2014

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

In the heart of Victorian London, a daring escape under the midnight sky unveils... Jane Doe #7's dramatic flight was a living nightmare reflecting the brutal reality of the era's 'throwaways.' Tune in to examine the chilling story of her midnight escape and what it reveals about society's forgotten souls. Season 1 examines into the lives marginalized by Victorian London's dark underbelly, examining how they managed to survive, and sometimes escape. Jane Doe #7, like many during this era, was swept into the city's criminal fringes. Before that harrowing night, she was a hopeful young woman seeking better fortunes, caught in a city that made promises it couldn't keep. Her story matters as it highlights the era's social failures, making visible those who were unseen and unnamed. The investigation reveals how desperation fueled her escape, challenging societal norms and law enforcement's scrutiny. Dive into the era's societal structure marked by disparity, where escape often meant choosing the lesser of two evils. listeners will experience the tension of flight, the resilience against oppression, and the cruel choices faced by the desperate. We uncover narratives that demand remembrance from a time too often sanitized. --- Support Foul Play: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foulplaypodcast Website: https://www.mythsandmalice.com/show/foul-play/ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/foul-play-crime-series/id1525832703 Follow us: Instagram: @foulplaycrimeseries Twitter: @foulplaypod

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0:00.0

Language and content in this episode may not be appropriate for all listeners.

0:05.0

Listener discretion is strongly advised.

0:08.0

Some voices may come from voice actors, but the words are accurate to the interview described. Long black Highway.

0:35.0

Out way.

0:55.0

Take me on. If you're given a magic wand in one of these cold cases, what you'd ask for is not a missing piece of evidence or a note-taking eyewitness. What you'd ask for is one of the victims to come back to life,

0:59.0

so you could ask them what happened and crack the case in one sweeping breakthrough.

1:05.0

You'd have all the details, maybe not motive or planning, but a first hand account of the crime

1:10.8

itself.

1:11.8

Oh yeah, and the victim would no longer be dead.

1:16.1

And if you ever ask for such a thing while investigating a cold case,

1:19.3

someone would gently, or maybe not so gently, remind you that that is impossible.

1:26.4

Of course it's impossible, but it's also exactly what happened in the case of the Redhead

1:31.5

murders.

1:34.0

In pitch darkness, shortly after 2 a.m.

1:39.0

Jane Doe number 7 stumbled into the medium of I-40 near Junction 58 in Kingston, Tennessee.

1:47.5

The strangling had ruptured the blood vessels in her eyes and rendered her virtually

1:51.6

blind, though only temporarily.

1:55.3

Her hearing was also damaged by the astronomical physical stress of her murder.

2:01.3

She was in the middle of one of the nation's largest interstates, but with her senses so compromised, she had absolutely no idea where she was.

2:10.0

She had a wide red ligature mark around her neck and all the bruising and trauma of strangling

2:16.4

visible in her face.

2:18.9

To all witnesses on the interstate that night, her appearance was as jarring and unlikely as a still

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