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May 2024
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Murder of The Candy Shop Owners - May 6 ...

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May 6th: Ormesher Sisters Bodies Found (1956)

Sometimes a case seems doomed to remain unsolved. On May 6th 1956 the bodies of two sweet elderly sisters were found inside their home in a case that, as it stands, remains one of Lancashire’s most chilling unsolved murder cases.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_the_Ormesher_Sistershttps://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/unsolved-murders-sweet-shop-sisters-25375453https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/ormskirk-double-murders-never-been-18279745https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Killer+of+sisters+was+never+found%3B+Murder+Most+Foul+The+Ormesher...-a0177626112https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/bpurv3/the_unsolved_murder_of_the_ormesher_sisters/https://www.truecrimelibrary.com/crimearticle/margaret-and-mary-ormesher/https://www.southportvisiter.co.uk/news/ormskirk-nostalgia-tragic-story-ormeshers-11309902

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