Tag: Suicide

  • THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Haslingden

    THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Haslingden

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    Alfred Parker was a man of routine and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th August 1905 he would begin the day as he always did.  Up early, washed, made a relatively small breakfast and after saying his goodbyes to his wife, he would set off to work at nearby Carr…

  • THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Local History | S2 – Ep4

    THE DOWNFALL OF JOHN USHER (1905) | Local History | S2 – Ep4

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    Alfred Parker was a man of routine and on the morning of Wednesday, 9th August 1905 he would begin the day as he always did.  Up early, washed, made a relatively small breakfast and after saying his goodbyes to his wife, he would set off to work at nearby Carr…

  • THE OAKENHEAD WOOD TRAGEDY (1853) | True Crime – S2 Ep3

    THE OAKENHEAD WOOD TRAGEDY (1853) | True Crime – S2 Ep3

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    On the afternoon of Monday, 12th September 1853, Jane Collinge made her way to the home of 31 year old Elizabeth Cunliffe, her step-daughter, fearing that something terrible may have happened since they last spoke the previous day. Elizabeth had suffered from severe depression since the birth of her daughter…