Matt Lewis
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first heard Mar 2026
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After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal · The Bloodiest Anglo Saxon Royal Murders · 24 Sep 2026
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There isn't the big castle there at this point, but it's still an important royal
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It's gorgeous.
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So he's been, Edward goes hunting in Dorset and decides to visit his young half-brother, Æthelred.
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who, maybe slight spoiler, will later become Ethelred the Unready.
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I'm
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you know.
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As the king arrives, he's offered a welcoming drink.
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Have a cup of wine, your highness.
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And while he's sitting on his horse drinking this cup of wine, a whole bunch of servants rush out and stab him while he's still sat in the saddle.
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There are varying accounts of this, that either he fell dead from the horse at that point or he slipped in the saddle, his foot got caught, the horse bolted and he was dragged down.
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that perhaps this also contributed to killing him.
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His body is then hidden in some marshy lands.
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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.
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The person that falls under huge amounts of suspicion for this is Queen Æthelfrith, so his stepmother.
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That's not where my suspicion was going, but okay.
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Well, her son, Ethelred, is still too young to be doing too
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But she was quite keen that her son, not her stepson, should be king of England.
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Jesus, there's twists and turns
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boy mom.
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So the suggestion is that she has orchestrated the murder of Edward in order to make her son, Æthelred, king.
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