Scratching Fanny & The Cock Lane Haunting

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 26 January 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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William Kent was what some might have called a rather unlucky man. Twice widowed shortly after marriage to his relatively wealthy wives, his relationships had not been the fairy tales he had longed for. The 19th Century was an age where bumping off an unwanted spouse could be as easy as a trip to the local apothecary, and as such, one might have expected William to harbor fears of a few unsavoury rumours surfacing around him, however, when this inevitably did happen in the spring of 1762, his shock could certainly be forgiven when it became apparent that the accusations levelled against him were from none other than the spirit of his recently deceased second wife. SOURCES: Carthew, G.A. The hundred of Launditch and deanery of Brisley : in the county of Norfolk : evidences and topographical notes from public records, heralds' visitations, wills, court rolls, old charters, parish registers, town books, and other private sources : digested and arranged as materials for parochial, manorial, and family history collected by G.A. Carthew. Norwich. Vol. 3. (1879) Miller and Leavins, UK. Goldsmith, Oliver. The mystery revealed; containing a series of transactions and authentic testimonials: respecting the supposed Cock-Lane ghost: which have hitherto been concealed from the public. (1762) W. Bristow, London, UK. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, Text Creation partnership, https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/ecco/004882880.0001.000?rgn=main;view=fulltext, accessed 22 January 2020. Chambers, Paul. The Cock Lane Ghost: Murder, Sex and Haunting in Dr. Johnson's London. (2006) The History Press Ltd; UK Leeds intelligencer Tuesday 02 February 1762, p3 The Scots Magazine - Monday 01 March 1762, p37 Various historical Parish records found on https://www.freereg.org.uk/ ------ For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at [email protected] or via voicemail on: (415) 286-5072 or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/6f7e2pt Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

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0:38.3	Let's crack on with the episode. William Kent was what some might have called a rather unlucky man.
0:49.0	Twice widowed shortly after marriage to his relatively wealthy wives, his relationships had not been the
0:54.8	fairy tales that he'd long for. The 19th century was an age where bumping off an unwanted spouse
1:01.4	could be as easy as a trip to the local apothecary.
1:04.6	And as such, one might have expected William to harbour fears of a few unsavory rumors
1:09.4	surfacing around him.
1:11.2	However, when this inevitably did happen in the spring of 1762, his
1:16.9	shock could certainly be forgiven when it became apparent that the accusations
1:21.2	leveled against him were from none other than the spirit of his recently
1:25.0	deceased second wife.
1:28.1	This is dark histories where the facts are worse in fiction. Hello, welcome to Dark History season 4 episode 2. I'm Ben. I hope you're all doing very well.
1:42.0	This week's episode is a funny one. I've had this one on the bench since
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