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Category:: History
Updated:: 16^th September 2020
Tagged:: Murder | Executions | Folklore | Lincolnshire

The famous tale of a man who murdered his pregnant wife on their wedding night on 3rd November 1805 still endures. The story has been faithfully reproduced over the years. You can find the same version widely on the internet, and ghost-hunters regularly visit the Sun Inn at Saxilby, where the inquest was held. His gibbet stood on Doddington Road for 50 years. But how much of the tale is folklore?

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I am the Chair of Saxilby and District History Group and the Treasurer of the Society for Lincolnshire History and Archaeology. I have written several books and articles on local history and was a regular member of BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s ‘Lunch Bunch’.

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The Tale of Tom Otter

Chris Hewis

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