A Visit to Polstead

Images from Moyse's Hall

Moyse's Hall in Bury St. Edmunds has a room exhibiting the most famous artifacts relating to the Red Barn Murder. Their website details some of these items.

Red Barn Murder Documentary

Here is a brief documentary about the Red Barn Murder in two parts.

PART 1


PART 2

Bury Gaol

William Corder was executed on August 11th 1828 at Bury Gaol. Thousands had come to see him executed, perhaps anticipating that he might confess more than what he had already. St. Edmundsbury Borough Council site has a page covering the execution (here). Below are some pictures/illustrations of the jail including a print depicting Corder's execution.

(From the Hunt for your Ancestors site)



(From the Bury St Edmunds Past and Present Society Site)

(From the EESOP Suffolk site)

(From a 1948 edition of The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten by James Curtis)



(From a 1948 edition of The Mysterious Murder of Maria Marten by James Curtis)

Images of Maria Martin's Cottage

Still in existence, the cottage is now a Bed and Breakfast. It recently suffered some damage as a result of a fire (click here to read further).

(from the St. Edmundsbury Borough Council website)

(from Buried Passions: Maria Martin and the Murder in the Red Barn)


(from postcardworld.co.uk)

(From - The Red Barn Mystery: Some New Evidence on an Old Murder)



(from Buried Passions: Maria Martin and the Murder in the Red Barn)

(from organicplacestostay.com)

Red Barn Book Covers and Title Pages

Here are some scans of book covers/title pages used with permission from Stewart P Evans.

These are scans of books from his own collection.

I found them on an interesting forum thread on the Casebook: Jack the Ripper site.

Sally Sloane

I found this on Warren Fahey's excellent Australian folklore site. It's the lyrics of a song based on the murder that have travelled all the way to Australia and were sung by Sally Sloane. Her recollections about the song:

"You know there are bits in it I can't remember where her body was tied up in a sack and mangled with many a dreadful wound. The cook, I think, mangled her up and put her in the bag. Her mother dreamt the same dream for three weeks and the neighbour with his pickaxe is part of it too. Anyhow they dug the ground and there they found where she was. "

Link to the lyrics

Link to information about Sally Sloane