{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmorbid-53aa329e.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-stanfield-hall-murders-gCuoVoUS","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Stanfield Hall Murders","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/3c9c3c2a-a53f-40bd-9d24-bdb387b03fb1/63cc4f36-fd5e-4f32-82e3-a2185ea81abf/sxm-cover-morbid-3000x3000-final.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"On November 28, 1848, Isaac Jermy and his son were shot and killed in their Wymondham estate, Stanfield Hall. After a brief search, investigators located the killer, James Blomfield Rush, a tenant farmer who was leasing land from Jermy and had fallen behind on his payments. Fearing eviction and destitution, Rush concocted a plan to kill the entire Jermy family and their staff, then cast blame on Jermy’s relatives, with whom the family had been feuding over the title of the estate. However, the plan fell apart when several of the victims survived and identified Rush as the killer.\n\n\n\n\nThank you to the lovely David White, of Bring Me the Ax podcast, for research assistance.\n\n\n\n\nReferences\n\nBayne, A.D. 1849. The Stanfield Tragedy: A Complete Narrative. Norwich, England: Jarold and Sons.\n\nBristol Mercury. 1849. \"Rush's trial.\" Bristol Mercury, April 7: 2.\n\nCaledonian Mercury. 1849. \"Execution of Rush.\" Caledonia Mercury, April 23.\n\nLiverpool Mercury. 1848. \"Horrible murders in Norfolk.\" Liverpool Mercury, December 5: 2.\n\n\n\n\nRoyal College of Physicians of London. 1850. A Full Report of the Trial of James Blomfield Rush for the\n\nMurder of Mr. Jermy and His Son. London, England: W.M. Clark.\n\nThe Times. 1848. \"Horrible murders at Stanfield Hall, near Wymondham.\" The Times, December 01: 5.\n\n—. 1848. \"The murders at Stanfield Hall.\" The Times, December 4: 3."}