In 1762, thousands of Londoners, including lords, clergymen, and the famous dictionary writer Samuel Johnson, crowded into a narrow street to question a ghost. One knock meant yes. Two knocks meant no. And "Scratching Fanny" had a shocking answer: she said she had been poisoned.

The man she accused was William Kent, a Norfolk moneylender whose late partner, Fanny Lynes, had died of smallpox. The man behind the haunting was Kent's landlord, parish clerk Richard Parsons, who owed him money.

On this Halloween edition of Brewed With Intent, we pour a warm cup and unravel the Cock Lane Ghost: the knock code, the paying crowds, the committee that tested a child in a quiet house, the silent vault, and the courtroom that finally ended it. It's a ghost story with a real motive, and a reminder that intent was hiding behind the knocks the whole time.

Brewed With Intent is the Saturday morning bonus series from Deadly Intent. Full episodes drop every Wednesday.

Content note: This episode discusses a false accusation of murder, a death from illness, and a child being used to carry out a deception. Nothing graphic.

Keywords: Cock Lane Ghost, Scratching Fanny, 1762 London haunting, Samuel Johnson ghost, Richard Parsons, William Kent, Fanny Lynes, historical hoax, fake haunting, true crime history, Georgian London, Halloween true crime

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Charles Manson never fired a shot at the Tate house, so how did he become the man behind the most notorious murders in American history? In this episode of Deadly Intent, we look at the Manson Family murders of 1969 through the lens of intent and psychology: how a drifter built a following out of lonely young people, how ordinary people were led to kill strangers, and who was truly responsible for the deaths of Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski, Steven Parent, Leno LaBianca, and Rosemary LaBianca.

We also cover Gary Hinman and Donald "Shorty" Shea, the Helter Skelter motive and the competing theories, the trial, and where the surviving Family members stand today.

Content warning: this episode discusses murder, violence, and the deaths of a pregnant woman and a teenager. Listener discretion is advised.

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In 2002, John Darwin paddled a canoe out to sea off the coast of northeast England and was presumed drowned. Five years later he walked into a London police station claiming he couldn't remember who he was. In this Saturday bonus episode of Brewed With Intent, we look at the debts, the hidden doorway, the stolen name of a baby, the photograph from Panama, and the question at the center of every long lie: how many times can you choose to keep going?

Content note: This episode discusses fraud, deception, and a family's false grief. Nothing is graphic. If someone you love is missing, NamUs, the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, is a free national resource, and in an emergency, call 911.

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Keywords: John Darwin, canoe man, Anne Darwin, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, faked death, insurance fraud, Panama, The Thief His Wife and the Canoe, British true crime, 2002 true crime

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