The Callous Murder of Elizabeth Walsh (1904)

The Callous Murder of Elizabeth Walsh (1904) | Burnley

Chris

3 April 2022

#Burnley #DomesticViolence #Murder

On the morning of Friday, 2nd December 1904, the people of Burnley, would be shocked to their very core when police finally forced their way into number 20 Stock-street and the bodies of a man and a women would be discovered lying in pools of blood, both with their throats cut.

But whilst news of this shocking discovery was quickly circulating throughout the town, some residents of Stock-street had already witnessed a brief and horrific scene as a man by the name of Michael Walsh had appeared at the front of his house, brandishing a blood-soaked razor, before returning inside.

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