Listeners, do you feel that?

Is that love in the air?

Or just another gripping murder mystery from a podcast?

I think it's the latter, Vanessa.

And this one comes to us from our friends over at Conspiracy Theories.

It takes us back to a Valentine's Day nearly 80 years ago, and a pitchfork murder that

conjured more rumors than answers.

This week, enjoy the two-part Valentine's special on the curious death of Charles Walton.

Conspiracy Theories free on Spotify to discover more of history's most contested events,

and join us again next week for an all-new episode of serial killers.

Due to the graphic nature of this story, listener discretion is advised.

This episode includes discussions of murder and violence.

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

Once upon a time, in a quaint English village, there lived a friendly old farmhand.

Every morning, he greeted his neighbors with a tip of his hat.

And yet, he preferred to keep to himself and commune with his other friends, who happened

to be animals.

That's right, legend has it that birds flocked to his shoulders and chirped at him like

he was Cinderella or Snow White.

They weren't his only woodland companions.

He also had a garden full of pet toads.

Some local towns people became suspicious of the old farmhand and his connection to the

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