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\u2018If only walls could talk\u2019 is a phrase which feels particularly relevant to mysterious murder cases throughout history. And in today\u2019s episode, walls do have a story to tell. To celebrate Maddy\u2019s book about Eighteenth-Century graffiti coming out this week, she\u2019s sharing two intriguing murder cases where graffiti played an integral role. First case is a murderous midwife in London, followed by the mystery of the body discovered floating in a Bristol estuary.

To find out more about Maddy\u2019s new book, Writing on the Wall: Graffiti, Rebellion and the Making of Eighteenth-Century Britain, click here.

Please be aware there is discussion of murder and suicide in this episode

Written by Maddy Pelling. Edited by Tomos Delargy. Producer is Freddy Chick. Senior Producer is Charlotte Long.

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