The Mystery In The Village

Season: 6 Episode: 38

Unearth the astonishing tale of how the tiny North Dorset village of Gussage St Michael, home to only a few hundred souls, suddenly found itself splashed across front pages around the world in 1913. From Britain to Australia and New Zealand, its story raced across continents, turning a quiet rural corner into an international sensation. Step into the mystery that transformed a sleepy village into global news.

CAST

William Walter Burton - Jon Locke

The Coroner - Steve Sheperd

Mrs Mitchell - Kate Kendall

Head of Jury - Tony Allen

Winifred May Bailey - Rose Hales

South Australia’s Adelaide Advertiser - Andrea Reid

THIS PODCAST

This podcast has been specially edited from a Bradley Stoke Radio show in Bristol, England. 

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SOURCES

Bradford Daily Argus - Monday 26 May 1913

Exeter and Plymouth Gazette - Wednesday 04 June 1913

Find-A-Grave

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