<p><em>If he was not Roger Tichborne, he had committed a deliberate fraud, and supported it by perjury, forgery and the most abominable means...’</em> </p><p>In the autumn of 1886, the widowed Lady Tichborne received a curious letter signed ‘Sir Roger Tichborne, your son’. But Roger had perished in a shipwreck off the coast of Brazil over a decade before. The grieving mother welcomed Roger back with open arms – but with growing suspicions and accusations of fraud, the joyous reunion wasn’t all that it seemed. Was it the real Roger Tichborne, or a fraudster after the family’s fortune? </p><p>In this episode, Jen and David trace the scandalous story of a shipwrecked son risen from the dead to reclaim his inheritance. From Australia to Hampshire, the headlines take them on a journey full of unexpected twists, as they analyse the case’s wealth of first-hand testimonies. </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>