Matt Lewis

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1,437 appearances 30 recordings 3 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 3d ago

Matt Lewis’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 30 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 11.

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His body is then hidden in some marshy lands. matched

It's eventually recovered and it's moved to Wareham, but it's pretty clear someone has planned his murder and planned to hide the body. matched

The person that falls under huge amounts of suspicion for this is Queen Æthelfrith, so his stepmother. matched

That's not where my suspicion was going, but okay. matched

Well, her son, Ethelred, is still too young to be doing too matched

But she was quite keen that her son, not her stepson, should be king of England. matched

Jesus, there's twists and turns matched

boy mom. matched

So the suggestion is that she has orchestrated the murder of Edward in order to make her son, Æthelred, king. matched

And while Æthelred is too young to make her the power behind the throne. matched

So no one is ever officially put on trial or punished in any way for this murder. matched

Edward goes on to be made a saint a few years later in 1008. matched

and is remembered as Edward the Martyr because he's killed. matched

I think it's to do with the fact that he's murdered and he doesn't necessarily have a reputation for being particularly pious. matched

I think it's just to do with the fact that he's murdered. matched

While he's receiving hospitality, he should have been safe in that moment. matched

But yeah, the suspicion has long fallen on his stepmother. matched

And Æthelred does end up on the throne next. matched

Do you agree with that suspicion? matched

I think it's likely. matched

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