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Old Timey Crimey #9: Edith Thompson, Freddy Bywaters, and a Murderous Affair

Old Timey Crimey
Old Timey Crimey
Episode • May 17, 2019 • 2h 0m

It's time for 50 Shades of Murder! This week, Scott and Kristy hop back to England for a purported new age muddled with the scandals of old. Join us for the steamy affair between Edith Thompson and her young lover, Freddy Bywaters--and the tragedy that resulted. He's her toyboy, and the society women of England are drooling all over him even as he stands trial.

P.S.: Always burn your lover's letters, darling.

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Sources: 

"Edith Thompson." Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Thompson_and_Frederick_Bywaters

"Edith Thompson." Murderpedia. https://murderpedia.org/female.T/t/thompson-edith.htm

Lusher, Adam. "Laid to Rest At Last: Edith Thompson victim of a 'barborous, misogynistic' death penalty'." The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/edith-thompson-death-penalty-capital-punishment-hanging-miscarriage-justice-buried-mother-murder-a8647636.html

"Murder in the Roaring Twenties." Murder Maps. 3DD Productions.

Thompson, Laura. "A Tale of Two Murders: Guilt, Innocence, and the Execution of Edith Thompson." Kensington Books. 2018. 

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