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Foul Play: Crime Series

S36 Ep3: Serial Killers in History – The Mad Master of Jamaica

Foul Play: Crime Series

Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

True Crime, Society & Culture, News, Daily News, History

4.4986 Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

In the 18th century paradise of Jamaica, Lewis Hutchinson, an immigrant from Scotland, became the island's first documented serial killer.

Known as the Mad Master of Edinburgh Castle, Hutchinson's strategic property in Saint Ann Parish became a deathtrap for wealthy travellers. He would invite them into his home or shoot them from his gunports, dispose of their bodies in underground chambers, and proudly display their possessions.

His reign of terror ultimately resulted in a manhunt, arrest, and a sensational trial that exposed the flaws in colonial law enforcement. Hutchinson was sentenced to death in 1773, leaving a dark legacy in Jamaican history.

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1:07.5

hills into a killing field? And how did he cloak his murderous games in the guise of hospitality until it was too late?

1:22.1

Music Welcome back, friend, to episode 3 of serial killers in history.

1:46.7

Last time we wandered the gilded saloons of 17th century France.

1:52.9

Today we scaled Jamaica's mist-shrouded peaks in 1768, a land of sugar and suffering, where one man's shadow would stretch further than any plantation.

2:08.1

Imagine the heavy, humid air, thick with cane smoke and distant church bells.

2:16.2

Planters rode past in ornate carriages. Enslaved laborers toiled under

2:22.7

whip cracks. And high above, Maroon hunters whispered warnings of a phantom shot in the dark.

2:32.8

Never rest at that castle, they murmured.

2:37.1

He picks off the living, like fruit from a tree.

2:42.2

Local spoke of a lone silhouette atop the battlements under a blood-red moon.

2:49.8

An omen none dared ignore.

2:53.7

Carriages rattled along winding mountain passes,

2:58.5

carrying merchants, travelers, and targets.

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