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Podcast: Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things (DetectiverySOM)
Episode: John Billington the First Murderer
Description: Send us Fan MailIn 1620, the Mayflower landed in the Cape Code area bringing settlers over from England, or what some may call the Pilgrims. Among this historical bunch of grand explorers was the Billington family, which according the logs kept by William Bradford (First settlers Plymouth Governor) were a surly bunch of hooligans. John Billington and his family were known on the Mayflower among a group of people as the "Strangers". On the Mayflower were the crew members, the Puritans and the Strangers...everyone had a task to do. Apparently, the only task the Bill...