In a quiet English village, a few hours drive from London,

a threat was delivered to a local farmer.

Impaled on a fence post, a severed lambs head,

along with the message, you next.

The note said little about its author, but between the lines, it said plenty.

Nestled among the lush rolling hills of England's West Country is the tiny village of Horton,

a cluster of houses lining one main street, a farming community where life is simple, quiet, and peaceful.

But in the spring of 1984, the peace and quiet was shattered following a series of bizarre events that took place here at Widen Hill Farm.

44-year-old Graham Backhouse and his wife Margaret lived at the farm with their two children.

Backhouse had inherited the farm from his father,

but by all accounts, Backhouse, a former hairdresser,

was not having financial success as a farmer.

He had to take over the farm.

He had no option in the business.

And there was pretty obvious that he was a kind of reluctant, grudging farmer. But it was pretty obvious that he was kind of reluctant grudging farmer.

But it was well known that the farm was not making money.

On March 30, 1984, Backhouse reported a grisly and terrifying discovery.

A severed lamb's head

had been impaled on his fence post,

placed next to it a note,

warning in large handwritten letters,

you next.

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