Tea Time Crimes

The Brutal Burker: Eliza Ross

Episode Summary

Caroline Walsh supports herself selling threads, tapes, and lace on the streets of London. Carrying all her possessions with her, she finds lodging the night of August 19, 1831, with an old neighbor, Eliza Ross. Sadly, Caroline is never seen again. Join us as we follow the search for Caroline and discover the sinister, vile motive behind this crime. 

Episode Notes

Caroline Walsh supports herself selling threads, tapes, and lace on the streets of London. Carrying all her possessions with her, she finds lodging the night of August 19, 1831, with an old neighbor, Eliza Ross. Sadly, Caroline is never seen again. Join us as we follow the search for Caroline and discover the sinister, vile motive behind this crime.  

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Theme Music by Brad Frank

Sources:

• Women and the Gallows, 1797–1837: Unfortunate Wretches by Naomi Clifford
• Cambridge Chronicle and University Journal, Isle of Ely Herald and Huntingdonshire Gazette - 13 Jan 1832, Fri ·Page 6 https://www.newspapers.com/image/784696565/
• The Derby Mercury - 11 Jan 1832, Wed ·Page 2 https://www.newspapers.com/image/390619888/
• The Morning Chronicle - 09 Jan 1832, Mon ·Page 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/393069675/
• The Standard - 09 Jan 1832, Mon ·Page 1 https://www.newspapers.com/image/1008276142/
• The Morning Post - 19 Nov 1831, Sat ·Page 4 https://www.newspapers.com/image/396913336/
• The Proceedings of the Old Bailey https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18320105-22?text=ross
• https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2017/10/20/eliza-ross-the-forgotten-female-burker/
• https://alexabaczak.medium.com/the-body-snatchers-wife-elizabeth-ross-59f918a7d5f1
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Burke-and-William-Hare
• https://definitions.uslegal.com/b/burking/
• https://curiosity.lib.harvard.edu/crime-broadsides/catalog/46-990120084830203941