Morpeth Moments Marlene Duncan

This podcast will feature stories about murder, unfortunate tragedies and other events of interest - all involving people that were in some way connected to the town of Morpeth, NSW. These moments occurred in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The stories will also cover an area of 200 miles (about 320 km's) radiating from the centre of Morpeth - as convicts, soldiers and settlers made this area their home, stayed for a while to find their niche or moved on to seek their fortune.Morpeth Begin...

In 1892, George Morton, aged 19 years, was charged with murdering his step-father Edwin Tricklebank at Morpeth on 10th October at the Central Criminal Court, Sydney - before his Honour Judge Murray and a jury.Trove: https//trove.nla.gov.auMusic: Lone Harvest, Folk Round & Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 Licence http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/3.0/

This episode tells the story about Henry Bishop Butler and his son Oswald, who were committed for trial at the Circuit Court Maitland for the murder of Cecelia Butler, on 11th July 1865. Henry Bishop Butler held the licence for the Morpeth Hotel along with John Anlaby, for a short while in 1836.Trove: https//trove.nla.gov.auLone Harvest & Folk Round by Kevin Macleod: YouTube audio Library - Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/...

This is the second part of the story of Henry Bishop Butler and his son Oswald Henry, who were committed for trial at the Circuit Court Maitland for the murder of Cecilia Butler, on 11July 1865. Henry Bishop Butler and John Anlaby, held the licence for a short while, for Morpeth Hotel in 1836.Trove: https//trove.nla.gov.auLone Harvest & Darkest Child by Kevin McLeod: YouTube Audio Library - Licenced under Creative Commons By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0marlen...

This story is a tragic one, involving two very respectable families, where the patriarchs worked hard to provide for a better life and lay the foundations for their descendants to prosper and be happy.It involves Alfred Johnson Pettit's and Arthur Grimley's family history, and the murder of Annie Pettit and suicide of Charles Grimley at Morpeth, NSW in 1882. References:Trove newspapers - https://trove.nla.gov.auMusic:Lone Harvest - by Kevin Macleod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribu...

Henry Wilson was indicted, for that he did on 9th April 1863, at Warland's Range, feloniously and willfully kill and murder one Peter Clarke. Wilson had begun his bush-ranging career. Who was he? He was hung at Maitland goal for his crime.Trove online newspapers: https://trove.nla.gov.auLone Harvest & Long Road Ahead: By Kevin MacLeod. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0YouTube Audio Librarymarleneduncan@live.comFacebook:...