<p><em>‘Her dress was bedaubed with blood, and there was blood on the floor. Jealousy is said to be the cause of the crime...’</em> </p><p>In the autumn of 1880, David Anderson awoke to find his wife Ann dead in his arms. With a fatal head wound and sheets stained with blood, her cause of death was far from natural. The couple had recently become entangled in a jealous, alcohol-fuelled love triangle with their lodger – but was she to blame for this atrocity? Who would be tried for Ann’s murder? </p><p>Jen and David delve into this gruesome 19th-century murder. They analyse salacious headlines to tell a story of jealous passion, unravelling themes of poverty, addiction and Victorian gender roles in the process.</p><p>Discover the details for yourself in the episode's Case Files - a collection of all the key newspaper reports - available to browse for free on Findmypast: <a href='https://www.findmypast.co.uk/wasjusticeserved'>www.findmypast.co.uk/wasjusticeserved</a> </p><p>Was justice served? Share your judgement with the WJS community: </p><p>@wasjusticeservedpod #wasjusticeserved </p><p>Producer - Madeleine Gilbert </p><p>Assistant Producer - Daisy Goddard </p><p>AV Editor - Callum Main </p><p>Video Lead - Andrew Farrell </p><p>Researcher - Jen Baldwin </p><p>Voiceover - Tanya O’Sullivan </p><p>AV Lead - Mark Asquith </p><p>Executive Producer - Helen Kaye</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>