"The Red Barn Crime" or "Maria Marten" was a film lasting about 10 minutes made by William Haggar in 1908. The cast included my grandmother, Violet Haggar, as Maria, and my great uncle Walter Haggar as William Corder. The plot concerned Maria's disappearance, and the discovery of her body as a consequence of her mother's dream of her in the red barn. William Corder was convicted and hanged for Maria's murder. "The Resd Barn Crime" was advertised for sale in "The Era" by the film dealers Walter Tyler. For further details, see my book, "William Haggar,fairground film-maker, which will be published by Accent Press Ltd. on 8 May 2007.For more details, visit www.williamhaggar.co.uk.
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