In the aftermath of a shocking crime, people always ask, why?

Why would someone do something like that?

I'm Candace DeLong, host of the podcast Killer Psychie,

where every week I explain the thoughts, motivations,

and behaviors of the most violent figures in history.

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On January 1st, 1845, a group of concerned neighbors

and a doctor stared down at the lifeless body of Sarah Hart.

Her children continued to sleep inside the cottage

as their mother, their protector, laid dead,

murdered by their father, John Tall.

There were two glasses on the kitchen table.

One contained porter, another was empty.

Tall had vanished into the winter night

after rushing past a concerned neighbor

who noted his dark, distinctive quaker garb.

He was racing to catch a train at the nearby station,

the 742 PM that would pull up shortly.

Remember, he knew the schedule well

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