William Sheward: The Misogynistic Monster Of Tabernacle Street

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William Sheward: The Misogynistic Monster Of Tabernacle Street

Feb 7, 2022 · 31m 23s

Advisory: injury detail Not much is known about William Sheward, a Victorian tailor-turned-pawnbroker. He loved the company of women – except, it seems, his wife. Did he marry her for...

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Not much is known about William Sheward, a Victorian tailor-turned-pawnbroker. He loved the company of women – except, it seems, his wife. Did he marry her for love, or for money? Was William climbing the social ladder, or cooking up a get-rich-quick scheme?

The couple had a fiery relationship that flared up when they hit hard times. Their fall from grace preceded possibly the most gruesome crime ever committed in Norfolk — the Norwich Tabernacle Street Murder.

Featuring Graham Lewis from Anglia News as the voice of H. Woodcock.
The March Of The Women, by Ethel Smythe, is performed by the Rainbow Chorus.
English Folk Music (live performance) recorded by David Ward and the Gibraltar Pub in Harpenden, Herts, and available on YouTube.

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Simon Ford

1 year ago

Imprisoned man, 78, confesses to oldest cold case in Maryland county https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6439253/78-year-old-man-prolific-serial-killer-US-history.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

Simon Ford

1 year ago

On the other side of the pond, we found this case, reported here in the Daily Mail:

Simon Ford

1 year ago

A man aged 91 has confessed to the murder of a prostitute outside a Soho nightclub nearly 70 years ago. The British expat walked into a police station near his home in Canada to admit to the killing in 1946 after he had been diagnosed with cancer. He said he had shot the woman with a Russian-made Second World War pistol outside the Blue Lagoon club in Carnaby Street in 1946 after she had cheated him out of money. However, the pensioner, who now lives in a care home, could not remember the name of the alleged victim. The Canadian authorities contacted Scotland Yard and homicide detectives scoured through old files of the unsolved murders of women at the time. Detectives travelled to Canada and the 91-year-old man picked out a picture of call girl Margaret Cook, 26, who was originally from Bradford. No-one was arrested for the murder at the time, though if her killer had been convicted he would have faced the death penalty.

Simon Ford

1 year ago

Hi, Graham. We did some digging and found this in three newspapers from 2015.

Simon Ford

1 year ago

Good question. Plenty of murderers never confess, but others, like Sheward, can’t bear the burden of guilt, and have to get it off their chest. Peter Tobin, in our latest podcast, could have murdered dozens of women and girls, but he took his secrets to the grave. I’ll ask Jacques about the longest time between crime and confession. He’s bound to know. Happy listening! Simon

Graham Clayton

1 year ago

Is 18 years the record for the time between someone committing a murder and then confessing to the crime?

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William Sheward: The Misogynistic Monster Of Tabernacle Street

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