Matlock’s Bloodiest Murder

The Matlock Mystery, as it was called, is perhaps Matlock’s bloodiest, and most intriguing murder. An old woman, savagely killed in a remote house one dark, snowy night in 1891 on the moors above Matlock, no seeming motive, no clues. It was the sensation of the day, both locally and nationally, and the story has never been told fully before.

Richard Litchfield, who has studied and researched the murder for over twenty years, now tells the story in fascinating, unflinching detail, and points the finger squarely at the person responsible. It is a remarkable account of a very strange murder which deserves to be better known in the annals of true crime.