The Bill o’Jack’s Murder: Conclusions

After looking at all the evidence, can we draw any conclusions about what happened to William and Thomas Bradbury?

The Bill o’Jack’s Murders: The Morning After

On 3 April 1832, a young girl called Amelia Winterbottom made a horrifying discovery at the house of her grandfather in Saddleworth. As the news spread, it marked the beginning of the strange tale of a brutal double murder which both appalled and fascinated the people of the area. The 85-year-old William Bradbury and his 47-year-old son Thomas had been attacked the previous evening. This is the story of their final hours.

The Liversedge Mystery: The Body in the Boiler House

On 30 September 1883, two young men stumbled on the skeleton of a young woman in an abandoned boiler at Clough Lane in Hightown, Liversedge. Who was she, and how had she got there? There would be no easy answers to what the newspapers called the “Liversedge Mystery”.