The Crime and Execution of Catherine Hayes


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Oct 29 2023 20 mins   1
The 1726 murder of John Hayes, by his lodgers Thomas Billing and Thomas Wood, all planned by his wife Catherine,Billing was allegedly her lover ,but was also her son by a former partner,and Wood was a long time friend of John Hayes from when they lived in woucestershire ,John had generously taken him in ,and he repaid him by firstly becoming his wife's lover , and then murdering him !
but why? and what happened to them afterwards ,lets take a look!
i would like to thank as always jonathon Segev for his continued use of his "Cursed Lullaby" as my intro music ,and also
https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk
http://rictornorton,co.uk
https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org
https://murderpedia.org
https://localhistories.org