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#71 - The Last Days of Mary Ann Moriarty (Covent Garden, London, WC2)

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On Saturday 7th December 1872, Mary Ann Moriarty; a good, decent and hard-working mother of eight children, who struggled to protect her family whilst trapped in an abusive relationship with a violent angry drunk, had her life and pain ended by the blade of an axe. Date: Saturday 7th December 1872Location: 13 Granby Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2 (demolished)Victims: 1 (Daniel Moriarty)Culprit: Mary Ann MoriartyMurder by axe Murder Mile UK True-Crime Podcast is researched, written and performed by Michael J Buchanan-Dunne of Murder Mile Walks with music written and performed by Erik Stein and Jon Boux of Cult With No Name with additional music by NCTRNM, Fred Van Eps, Ars Sonor and Kai Engel, as used under the Creative Commons License 4.0 (Attribution) via Free Music Archive. A full listing of tracks used and sources for each episode is listed below. FOLLOW US HERE: Facebook Twitter Instagram Murder Mile Discussion Group Click here to access the weekly Murder Mile Blogs If you’d like to sign-up for exclusive Murder Mile content, check out our Patreon Page And for OFFICIAL MERCHANDISE, please visit the Murder Mile Shop. Got 5 mins? Fill in the Always True Crime survey for a chance to win a £100 restaurant voucher https://podcastsurvey.typeform.com/to/MMk0718T Closes 31st Oct 2026 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/murdermile. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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