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The Dead Alive

by Wilkie COLLINS (1824 - 1889)

05 - THE NEWS FROM NARRABEE

Ill feelings exist between the Meadowcroft sons and John Jago, the foreman of the Meadowcroft estate. Then, John Jago disappears, and a body is found in a kiln. The Meadowcroft brothers stand accused of the crime, but are they guilty? The Dead Alive is a novel written by Wilkie Collins based on the true-life Boorn Brothers murder conviction case of 1819. Jesse and Stephen Boorn were sentenced to death for the murder of their brother-in-law, but were they wrongly convicted? (Summary by M Z Spark, Phil, and Barry)

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Listen next episodes of The Dead Alive:
06 - THE LIMEKILN , 07 - THE MATERIALS IN THE DEFENSE , 08 - THE CONFESSION , 09 - THE ADVERTISEMENT , 10 - THE SHERIFF AND THE GOVERNOR , 11 - THE PEBBLE AND THE WINDOW , 12 - THE END OF IT