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#144 - Martha Browning's Baffling Motive (St James', London, UK)

Murder Mile UK True Crime
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Today’s episode is about Martha Browning, a young girl who murdered her elderly bed-mate for that most common of reasons - money. And although her attempt to cover it up was bafflingly inept, her motive was one that no-one could truly fathom. Date: 1st December 1845Location: Mrs's Graham's Lodging House, 1 Providence Place, St James', London, UK, SW1 Victims: 1 (Elizabeth Mundell)Culprits: Martha Browning Blog - https://www.murdermiletours.com/blog/murder-mile-uk-true-crime-podcast-144-martha-brownings-baffling-motive Murder Mile is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with the main musical themes written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive and YouTube Music. A full listing of tracks used and a full transcript for each episode is listed here and a legal disclaimer. TICKETS TO CRIME CON UK 2021 Go to Crime Con UK website www.crimecon.co.uk Enter code MILE for 10% off and get a free Murder Mile goodie. FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Youtube Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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