Victorian Murder Case / The Death of Harriet Staunton - Part 2
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🗓️ 14 August 2024
⏱️ 44 minutes
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PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 9 - EPISODE 26’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. Within 24 hours of moving into a house in Penge, Harriet Staunton was dead. A chance encounter in a post office meant that what could have been recorded as death by natural causes, was listed as a homicide. Harriet Staunton’s husband, his mistress, his brother, and his brother’s wife were accused of starving Harriet to death to prevent the truth from coming out. The prosecution had spent days presenting damning evidence against the defendants, and due to the laws at the time that prohibited the accused from testifying in their own defence, they could only hope that their counsel would save them from the hangman’s noose… (Part 2 of 2).
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains distressing themes and descriptions of violence. |
| 0:12.0 | This podcast is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:16.5 | Listener caution is advised. |
| 0:23.9 | Within 2012, and a caution is advised. Within 24 hours of moving into a house in Penge, |
| 0:28.3 | Harriet Staunton was dead. |
| 0:31.1 | A chance encounter in a post office meant that what could have been recorded as death |
| 0:35.8 | by natural causes was listed as a homicide. |
| 0:40.6 | Harriet Staunton's husband, his mistress, his brother and his brother's wife were accused of |
| 0:46.5 | starving Harriet to death to prevent the truth from coming out. The prosecution had spent days |
| 0:53.2 | presenting damning evidence against the defendants, |
| 0:56.4 | and due to the laws at the time that prohibited the accused from testifying in their own defense, |
| 1:02.2 | they could only hope that their counsel would save them from the hangman's noose. |
| 1:09.3 | Welcome to Season 9, Episode 27 of They Walk Among Us, a podcast dedicated to UK true |
| 1:18.1 | crime. |
| 1:19.8 | Please listen to Season 9, episode 26 for part one of this two-part case. |
| 1:34.5 | Thank you. for part one of this two-part case. On the fifth day of the trial at the Old Bailey, |
| 1:38.1 | the defence began presenting their case. |
| 1:41.6 | The depositions of the accused were read to the court. |
| 1:46.0 | Lewis Staunton said he had been separated from Harriet since November 1876, when he moved |
| 1:52.8 | into Little Gray's farm with Alice Rhodes. He stated, it was the drink that caused the separation |
| 1:59.9 | between us. The marriage was not with that caused the separation between us. |
| 2:01.6 | The marriage was not with the full sanction of her family. |
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