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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

The Wolf Among Us: The Quaker

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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True Crime

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🗓️ 8 May 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In 1814, John Tawell seems to have a wonderful life. He’s a husband, a businessman and a devout Quaker in England. But Tawell can’t seem to stay out of trouble…and he’s been caught in a crime that could result in his execution. And it’s not murder (yet). Will the Quakers save him?    

Written, researched, and hosted by Kate Winkler Dawson/ producers Jason Wehling, Alexis Amorosi, and Natalie Rinn/ additional research by Meg Edwards/sound designer Eric Friend/composer Curtis Heath 

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0:00.0

This is Justin from The Generation Y, and we're doing a four-part series

0:03.7

on rambling the story of Khalif Browder, a young boy falsely accused of stealing a backpack

0:08.7

and held at Rikers Island for three years without trial. This story is about a young life caught

0:14.4

in the middle of the justice system. Listen to Generation Y on Amazon Music or wherever you get your

0:19.2

podcast. This story contains adult content and language. Listener discretion is advised.

0:37.2

Fundamentally, the story is about a murder that kickstarted the communication revolution.

0:45.0

And it involves someone who was a quaker and I can't think of another quaker involved in a high

0:50.2

profile murder. There simply weren't those sort of people in their history. Sure, there might have

0:56.3

been some very, very minor criminals and they were probably people born into quakerism who were

1:03.1

there purely because of birthright, not because of any personal desire to become a quaker, right?

1:08.7

But John Tull was the opposite. His desire was to become a quaker, but he had this aspect of his

1:14.6

personality and it's one of the reasons why he's such a fascinating character. If he had just

1:21.6

been your average crook, there would have been no story in it. This is the story of a man who

1:30.0

essentially was unmasked by his mask and that makes it fascinating in itself.

1:47.3

I'm Kate Winkler Dawson, a crime historian and the author of the book All That Is Wicked

1:52.7

and the audiobook The Ghost Club. And this is our new season of Tenfold More Wicked.

2:00.6

For this season, we're leaving New Orleans and the United States and heading over to England.

2:06.4

This is the story of a man who used his religion to cloak his sinister side and the two women in

2:13.2

his life who both suffered because of it. It's also about a brand new machine that helped close a

2:21.0

murder case. We call this season The Wolf Among Us.

2:29.5

Hello.

2:46.0

There you are. Hello.

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