It’s time to return to the Felbrigg estate and discover what’s next for William Windham, aka Gla, and his new sweetheart Agnes Willoughby after their paths converged at the Ascot races. In the second part of the story we learn how this unlikely romance formed the catalyst for one of the most talked about British legal cases of the 19th century. Cham all round and prepare for lunacy!
We’re off to Norfolk for a relatively unknown but legally significant story from early Victorian England. The tale begins at Felbrigg Hall where the respected and prestigious Windham family have ruled the roost for centuries. But are they prepared for the brewing scandal that awaits?
Keen listeners may remember talk of Joanna Southcott’s box of prophecies and how it led to the rallying cry of Bedford’s Panacea Society: ‘Open the box!’ This episode the whole mad shebang returns to our attention in the most surprising of ways - in relation to a poltergeist case in Cambridgeshire.