Episode 9 - The Wisbech Arsonist
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In the Spring of 2010, the small English market town of Wisbech suffered a spate of deliberately started fires in vacant buildings. Nobody was harmed in the fires, but plenty of the buildings were listed as part of the town's signature architecture dating back to Georgian times. With most of the fires situated on main roads within the town, rumour soon started to spread that a single culprit was responsible, but nobody has ever been charged in relation to these specific fires.
Join AJ and Matt in discussing the bizarre, little-known history of the town Matt grew up in and hear Matt nearly incriminate himself in the fires (if you're listening Cambridgeshire fire and rescue service, Matt was provably not present at these arsons!)
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Sources and further reading:
Article about salvage volunteers at Peckover House: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8682000/8682968.stm
Article about the school fire: https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/arson-attack-fenland-school-was-just-90-seconds-from-burning-5461696
Police confirmation of fires being arson: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cambridgeshire/8678947.stm
Initial article on BBC news: http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/cambridgeshire/low/people_and_places/newsid_8672000/8672690.stm
The burned out shell of Constantine House: https://wisbech.ccan.co.uk/content/catalogue_item/wisbech-constantine-house-fireformerly-the-belfast-linen-co
Article about restoration of the Phoenix Hotel's facade: https://www.wisbechstandard.co.uk/news/new-life-breathed-into-wisbech-fire-damaged-hotel-5642406
The site of the Blackfriars Pub: https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2058648
Jason Brammer jailed for arson: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-17291526
Wikipedia page for the town of Wisbech: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech
Article about the more recent fires at Ely House on Wisbech's Lynn Road: https://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/yet-another-fire-at-wisbech-historic-house-5637504
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