On Friday 8 June at 2pm, Ron Murrell, Heritage Officer, will be giving an illustrated lecture at Moyse’s Hall Museum, Bury St Edmunds, on William Corder and the well-known murder in the Red Barn. The lecture costs £3.60 adults, £3.10 concessions and includes tea/coffee.
Maria Marten, victim of the murder in the Red Barn, has passed into legend. The story has all the popular elements of melodrama, but this tale is more than a legend. Maria Martin was murdered in The Red Barn. Her lover William Corder was arrested for the murder, brought to trial and executed at Bury St Edmunds in August 1828. Fact and fiction merged into a folk tale which still fascinates today.
To book a place on this lecture please contact Moyse’s Hall on 01284 706183.
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ISSUED BY: GILL HAWKINS, HERITAGE OFFICER, ST EDMUNDSBURY BOROUGH COUNCIL. Tel 01284 706183. gill.hawkins@stedsbc.gov.uk
