92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

92 | Murder in Babbacombe: The Man They Could Not Hang

April 4, 2026 · 25 min

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The episode discusses the brutal murder of Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse in 1884 and the subsequent trial that captivated Victorian England.

In November 1884, 68-year-old Emma Ann Whitehead Keyse was brutally murdered in her home in Babbacombe, Devon. As investigators pieced together the crime, suspicion fell on a household member, leading to a trial that gripped the public. But the story didn’t end in the courtroom, as the fate of the accused would take an extraordinary turn that made headlines across Victorian England. 📖 Prefer to read? Full article: https://prashganendran.com/penny_dreadfuls/john-babbacombe-lee/ 📘 My latest book: Wartime London's 'Bonnie and Clyde': The Crime Spree of Betty Jones and Karl Hulten https://prashganendran.com/the-cleft-chin-murder/ 📺 Watch the video version: YouTube: https://youtube.com/@prashsmurdermap 💡 Support my work Patreon (audio only ad-free episodes): https://www.patreon.com/prashsmurdermap Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/prashsmurdermap PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/prashsmurdermap 🙏 Thank you for listening. Your support helps keep Prash’s Murder Map going and is very much appreciated. Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ “Long Note Two” by Kevin…

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