The Murder of Jane Clouson: The Eltham Mystery

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In the spring of 1871, a young servant girl was found in the middle of the night, lying on the ground following a brutal attack that would eventually prematurely end her life. Following a series of fantastic police blunders, a suspect was arrested, tried and promptly acquitted. As far as the police were concerned, the murder had been solved, but the culprit had escaped the hand of justice and as such, the case was closed and eventually buried, slipping into eventual obscurity. Almost 140 years later, that is where the case remains, but had the police been right in their suspicions of the suspected attacker? Or did the murderer remain completely anonymous, escaping justice due to the tunnel vision of a ham fisted police department? SOURCES Murphy, Paul Thomas (2017) Pretty Jane & The Viper of Kidbrooke Lane. Pegasus, UK Higgs, Edward (1983) Domestic Servants and Households in Victorian England. Social History, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp 201-210. Taylor & Francis Ltd. UK Farrah, Frederick (1871) The Eltham Tragedy Reviewed. F. Farrah, London, 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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0:39.5	In the spring of 1871, a young servant girl was found in the middle of the night
0:47.3	lying on the ground following a brutal attack that would eventually prematurely end
0:51.3	their life. Following a series of fantastic police blunders, a suspect was arrested, tried and promptly acquitted.
0:58.8	As far as the police were concerned, the murder had been solved solved but the culprit had escaped the hand of
1:04.4	justice and as such the case was closed and eventually buried slipping into eventual
1:09.8	obscurity. Almost 140 years later that is where the case remains.
1:15.0	But had the police been right in their suspicions of the suspected attacker,
1:19.0	or did the murderer remain completely anonymous,
1:22.0	escaping justice due to the tunnel vision of a
1:24.2	ham-fisted police department.
1:26.8	This is Dark Histories, where the facts are worse than fiction.
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