Lower Quinton: The Village That Hid a Witch Murder? (Documentary)

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In 1945, an elderly farm worker was found savagely killed on the slopes of Meon Hill. His body was pinned to the ground with his own pitchfork. Rumours spread that this was no ordinary murder, but a ritual killing rooted in old English witchcraft.

In this episode, I investigate the chilling case now known as the Pitchfork Witch Murder: the killing of Charles Walton in the Warwickshire village of Lower Quinton. I’ll explore the original police files, local folklore about the "Black Dog" of Meon Hill, and the theories that have surrounded this case for decades – from witchcraft, ancient stone circles to occult sacrifice.

We’ll also look at the role of the famous detective “Fabian of the Yard”, and ask why this brutal crime remains officially unsolved.

00:00 The Pitchfork Witch Murder: Charles Walton
01:12 Lower Quinton’s Dark Secret
06:59 Grim Discovery on Meon Hill
15:00 Robert Fabian of the Yard Investigates
20:00 The Long Compton Witch Murder
26:34 Ritual Killing & Witchcraft Theories
32:47 The Black Dog Legend, Wolfmen, Skinwalkers & Paranormal
41:25 A Village of Silence
43:50 The Teletubbies Connection
45:01 Remembering Charles Walton

Real paranormal cases. Real witnesses. Told by a real person.

HUGE THANKS to the many volunteers who provided the voicework for this episode:

Charles Walton Case
PB Props as the Pathologist
Thomas Ford as the Villager
Gerard Giorgi-Coll as Detective Robert Fabian
David Penfold as the Farmhand

Anne Tennant Case
Oliver M Collins as the Inquest Record
Thomas Ford as James Haywood
Elliott Stewart as the Police Officer

Case Updates
Steph Lay as the BBC Female Reporter
Jamie White as the College Arms Landlord
Charlotte Garbett as the Shop Owner
Steph Lay as the Rag Doll Productions Spokesperson

Video edited by Gerard Giorgi-Coll
Image Creation by Steph Lay.

Other Image Credits

Cover image of Fabian of the Yard by Robert Fabian: British Book Centre, 1953.
Illustration of Charles Walton: Stratford Herald
Photograph of graffiti on the Wychbury Obelisk in Worcestershire: © David Buttery, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
Photograph of New Scotland Yard plaque: © Max Siegmayer, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons
Cover image of Folk Lore, Old Customs and Superstitions in Shakespeare Land by J. Harvey Bloom: White Press, 2016
Cover image of Fortean Times, July 2019: Fortean Times Ltd, Diamond Publishing
Illustration of The Rollright Stones in 1645: © Joan Blaeu, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Photograph of the King's Men at the Rollright Stones: © Midnightblueowl, CC BY-SA, via Wikimedia Commons



I’m Peter Laws: author, Fortean Times columnist, former church minister, and recurring expert on BBC’s Uncanny. I investigate and document true, and often terrifying, reports of the unexplained. These cases are never fictionalised, and many stories on my channel are told for the first time. This case has been covered before, but not often in as much depth.

If you enjoy thoughtful, atmospheric explorations of true hauntings, folk horror, and unexplained mysteries, you’re in the right place.


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