‘Her dress was bedaubed with blood, and there was blood on the floor. Jealousy is said to be the cause of the crime...’
In the autumn of 1880, David Anderson awoke to find his wife Ann dead in his arms. With a fatal head wound and sheets stained with blood, her cause of death was far from natural. The couple had recently become entangled in a jealous, alcohol-fuelled love triangle with their lodger – but was she to blame for this atrocity? Who would be tried for Ann’s murder?
Jen and David delve into this...
‘Her dress was bedaubed with blood, and there was blood on the floor. Jealousy is said to be the cause of the crime...’
In the autumn of 1880, David Anderson awoke to find his wife Ann dead in his arms. With a fatal head wound and sheets stained with blood, her cause of death was far from natural. The couple had recently become entangled in a jealous, alcohol-fuelled love triangle with their lodger – but was she to blame for this atrocity? Who would be tried for Ann’s murder?
Jen and David delve into this gruesome 19th-century murder. They analyse salacious headlines to tell a story of jealous passion, unravelling themes of poverty, addiction and Victorian gender roles in the process.
Discover the details for yourself in the episode's Case Files - a collection of all the key newspaper reports - available to browse for free on Findmypast: www.findmypast.co.uk/wasjusticeserved
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Producer - Madeleine Gilbert
Assistant Producer - Daisy Goddard
AV Editor - Callum Main
Video Lead - Andrew Farrell
Researcher - Jen Baldwin
Voiceover - Tanya O’Sullivan
AV Lead - Mark Asquith
Executive Producer - Helen Kaye
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