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Killing this map to slide fantasize about is maggot try go against and now it's time for a Crimson Tide another king and I will resign on the throne and you know that chill this guy. On a cold January night Peter Anthony Scott Farquhar was born in Edinboro in 1946. Peter was the sort that maintained an intellectual interest for all of his life. His father was a general physician. So the encouragement for schooling was Paramount to Peter as such he spent time attending some of the best schools available nurturing a strong love for literary Pursuits. From lap mere Upper School in West London to Churchill college at Cambridge Peter studied English and literature at Great Lengths. Even as he went on to teach at Manchester grammar school, and then it's still an independent school in Stowe, England. Peter passionately pursued literature and other ways namely he had written on his own time even finishing a novel manuscript in 1997 titled a wide wide sea. Parkour is approach to teaching was often compared to that of the inspiring mentors of Hollywood such as John Keating the Econo King glish teacher in Dead Poets Society. As such his teaching inspired the approach of many a boy in his classes. He seemed to understand them to a great degree and his novel was one Layton proof of such a powerful grasp on the mindset of male youth. That same enthusiasm was something that translated over to his work after he left Stowe and began giving occasional lectures at Cambridge University starting in 2007. One friend and former pupil of Peters Michael Creek, even described Peter as having an acute understanding of the problems of modern adolescent boys for some he became almost like a second father. Perhaps it was this Zeal that blood into the crowd at his lectures encouraging many young students to approach him socially these solicitations were usually welcome. Of course Peter was a social animal and an intellectual at that. He lived to impart wisdom. And so when Benjamin field and Martin Smith came to him and became acquainted with the Learned writer. Nothing at all seems out of sorts for quite some time. For the elderly gentleman. It was likely that the Newfound attention from these two young men helped him feel a little less lonely. Now up in years Peter had never truly settled down. One may have said he was married to his career, but there was more to it. Peter struggled with the belief in Christian Theology and his feelings of Attraction toward men something that embattled his theology quite a bit. It became such an integral part of his inward struggle, but his first ever published novel between boy and man takes on those feelings of conflicted attraction and embodies them the struggles of his fictional School Chaplin the story based Loosely on Peters own experiences while its toe. It was this feeling perhaps of loneliness and misunderstanding that made him incredibly welcoming to the two boys, but sometime after making his acquaintance decided to move in with him Benjamin Martin even discovered a manuscript of Peters the tucked away copy of a wide wide sea and read through it. The pushed for Peter to publish it and they made other appeals of trust toward the man Whose desire to be seen had been fulfilled at long last or so. We thought then and Martin spent a lot of time with Peter and it was clear that the two had a lot to gain from it. They were able to receive years of wisdom from an acquaintance dare. They say even a friend whose experience had amounted to more than twice that of Their Own. Been a prolific writer in his own right also stood to gain the rubbing of shoulders while he got to know Peter and both Ben and Martin were rightly aware of the vast pension still trickling out of the sexagenarian. Both Ben and Martin were staying with Peter now and Peter's relationship with Ben soon grew into a romantic entanglement. Ben had told Peter that he was apparently through with girlfriends. Although he still was spending time with women on the side. However, Peters repressed feelings were much more easily manipulated by been once they begin sleeping together and been even wrote an email before nurturing this relationship detailing his intentions to rest from Peter and he rewards he could Anna most Sinister way. Peter a Scott four core is a man of many contradictions. He is a closeted Christian homosexual English teaching pennant with a serious problematic attraction to teens and who continues to privately tutor 14 and 15 year old boys and his home. I do not suspect him of ever acting inappropriately in any way this is because I know he is a virgin I first met Peter and my sixth term of University Peter usually acts in a fashion that betrays his fearful nature overcautious and aged example when making a cup of tea, he will go throw the bag into the cup but as in stricken by apprehension and goes to toss the thing several times before dropping it from a distance of 3 to 5 inches. It's All but summarizes his entire demeanor Desiring to appear masterful. He contemplates a Showmanship is a version to failure inhibits. He ends up looking far more insecure and shaky than if he was not trying to present himself to the world at the end of term. I called Peter invited myself over the reasons for this are manifold but Center on career-minded avarice. I wanted to work at the University where he was a guest lecturer or at Stowe school where he had been head of English for 21 years. So I went over and was amusing and cheered the poor man up. He retired early to be a novelist and his day-to-day existence was lonely note later in our friendship. I edited his second novel for him and suggested that we collaborate on a book. This is once again my own ambition seeking to exploit Peters vanity and his desire for companionship time passed. I saw Peter again and again, he once came to Olney and I showed him. Around the various churches and spoke about the history of the Baptist Christian tradition in Britain blond blah. Typically though. I would visit him during a free hour or two while I was in Buckingham anyway, and he would make us a meal I had and still have a very clear model of relationships reciprocity or mutuality, which is vulgar early commercial. He gives me things and it gets me for a length of time. Historical example, he lets me stay in the spare room makes me dinner and breakfast and in exchange he wins at chess and feels a little less lonely. This is needlessly cruel. Of course. I do like the man in appreciate some of the things he's done for me. However, that's not really an interesting thing to say. Needlessly cruel then called it and yet he did more than just use Peter. He began to be used to add insult to injury bended Martin shrewd as they were had devised system through which they would glean much more than a furthering of career from not just Peter but several targets whom they called clients and their plans. The execution of such a strategy was as Ben said needlessly cruel, but the goal was clear. Ben and Martin aimed to secure inheritances from pension ears and their regular black widow fashion earning trust and becoming the named inheritors of Estates of all sizes before ending the lives of the selected clients to cash in on their Twisted plots or projects. Plans for ending each client's life were called exit strategies and there was much more planning that went into this part of the scam as well. But for bed and Martin who had yet to cash in on their plan with a single person turn their full attention on Peter first to read through Awards of their SEC efforts. Benjamin Martin had notes some of which detailed methods of killing and one of Ben's many ideas was to have Peter died and alcoholics death. Been even recorded a rap on his dictaphone glorifying himself as he plots to kill the man. He has claimed to love. So the two sector work in bringing about their plans. As Ben had become Peter supposed partner and definite Confidant. It was a question of Peters last will and testament which when it came up was apparently left to Peter's brother Ian Peter though soon named Ben and his will and his dad as the to underwent a betrothal ceremony in 2014. Peter believe that he would not have to worry about dying alone and in a way he was right. Ben want about a slow and cruel method for the eventual extrication of Peter from the ties of his life firstly been began to drug Peter. Taking apart Peters own medications to add drugs of his choice into the mix. The initial changes were sudden Peter began to notice that he felt more groggy than usual. He experience hallucinations and he felt less stable one time sustaining serious injuries from a fall. But that wasn't all. Then also took to moving things around Peter's home when Peter wasn't looking. These things would go missing frequently enough that Peter began to question his own sanity. And only when Ben came home with these items be miraculously found. Ian Peters brother said later that these actions were robbing Peter of the things he held most dear including his intellect since he now started to doubt his own work. Peter had also become less social and more in depth in his usual intellectual environments. And in one case, he even experienced the psychoactive drugs to their utmost effect. The day in question was the day that he released his book a wide wide sea which Ben and Martin had encouraged Peter to publish and yet Ben was there. slipping him psychedelic 2cb to turn the man into a gibbering shadow of that which he once was it made many students of his nervous as people came from near and far to learn from Peter his quick wit was legendary to a local degree. And yet although students and Friends worried Peter's trips to the doctors turned up. Nothing suspicious. It was as if nothing was out of the ordinary medically speaking anyway. He had been hospitalized unless for these episodes from April to September of 2015. But the doctors did not suspect or test for drugging. Not only did been slit Peter drugs though. He encouraged Peters drinking to exacerbate the issues that came of these drugs and eventually he used the same drinking Habit to convince Peter that he was unwell Ben told Peter that he believed Peter had become an alcoholic and Peter whose Vision had been blurred by a traction and by months of drugging believed him. Peter who is finding his crystal glass in the freezer and finding all his contacts deleted on his phone. Firmly believed that his mind was simply going at the hands of his lover though. Peter was suffering a slower deterioration after the initial changes that left him listless depressed and devastated at the loss of that which he held dearest his mind. Not every student who maintained contact with Peter had Sinister motives one such former student a man named Richard Searby had been taught by Peter at Stowe in the 1980s Richard Searby among others notice the seemingly sudden shift to the daughtery and Confused state that Peter was in when the to in July of 2015 made a visit to the theater. They are Richard was saddened by the apparent loss of wherewithal that Peter was experiencing, but something didn't Sit right with Richard. He had met been multiple times at Peter's home. And for Richard something about the younger man was unnerving. In fact during Richards Last Visit to Peter's home in September 2015. The two were enjoying a walk around the house. Peter was still frail. But sometime in a care home had significantly improved his condition. However, when been appeared leaving the house to get something from the shops, there was that feeling of disquiet once again for Richard. Still he finished up his visit with Peter and he later left driving through Buckingham a new ride town where he noticed this guy following him same car that been left the house in an eerie feeling encompassed Richard as he drove. He followed me to the edge of town and turned away without waving or flashing his lights. The very next month on October 3rd. Peter was hospitalized yet again and his symptoms drove doctors to conclude. He had overdosed on 14 tablets of fluoride. Pam a psychoactive drug, which Peter was prescribed as well as 400 milliliters of gin a dangerous mixture that was sure to have massive repercussions. But Peter didn't remember taking those meds and he assured the hospital attendants that he was not suicidal. It wasn't long before he was back in his own home or he was assumed safe and sound until that is on the 26th of October when Peter was found dead in his own home by the cleaner. Who came Came into his home. He sat dead on the sofa next to his pills and whiskey bottle and a glass. It seemed that he had done it again, and it was not assumed to be suspicious foremost who knew not much of Peters home life. Ian though, I had come and saw the glass and bottle where they lay next to Peter spot on the couch and felt as though something was amiss not an investigator though. He soon dismissed the thoughts as he had Peters Affairs to worry about He went to have a talk with been which he later described as unreal. It seemed that Ben was virtually unaffected by the catastrophic event at hand and it wasn't just Ian that thought so Richard who eventually got to see his friend one last time at the funeral got an even better. Look at Ben. He later told media at the funeral. I thought he was surprisingly lacking in grief. My wife and I commented at the time we thought he was quite perky given the circumstances. Ben Martin had gaslighted Peter conspired to bring about mental anguish that causes a person to doubt their sanity. It was cruelly intended and even as they brought about the man's death they were able to glean from an inheritance of which Ben was left the Lion's Share. Peter trusted been implicitly and in the shadows been we've destruction from the unknowing victim in addition the two young men set up a posthumously named company for Peters unpublished Works. Hoping to release them for a profit. It was clear what had happened to many but the doubt and suspicion would not motivate the police until months later for now Ben and Martin walked free to strike along their hundred-person list of potential clients. But they didn't go far before beginning their next project Benfield though clever and matters of manipulation was a cocky killer. Although he used the funds from Peters inheritance to get a toaster apartment. He lacked the street smarts to know that it was a bad idea to take his dark game three doors down into the home of an more Martin. We will be right back after these short messages. And was another person just bends type retired unwed with no children speak of undeveloped and her faith of Roman Catholicism. She was born in Kent and her career as a Catholic school teacher took her from town to town all over England. After being appointed as headmistress at a Catholic Primary School in Bicester Oxfordshire when she made this last move in her career, she made her home with her mother and Maids Morton an attached home. That was Three Doors Down from Peter Farquhar. And who is now in her 80s but a sense of surprise and wonder when Benfield began writing to the retired head teacher. He paid regular visits to her home. He wrote poems love letters and other messages to this woman who lived just down the street from his previous mark. Little did she know he was the reason for Peters departure? She met Ben sure once he had moved in with the author, but nothing had explicitly implicated Foul Play initially. However, it wasn't as if the new relationship was considered a normal thing and who lived alone all her life was a well-loved part of her own family Auntie Anne as they called her wasn't just an ant but a mom grandmother. And end all rolled into one. It was her nurturing spirit that made her family care so much for her and when her relatives especially her niece and Marie Blake learned of Ben's role in the woman's life. They grew suspicious been who is over 50 years. Her Junior was spending a lot of time wooing and he said that he loved her and soon he began to have a sexual relationship with her one time even taking photographs of her as she was engaging with him and sexual acts without her knowledge something. Thought he could eventually use as blackmail if need be. Then knew how important hands religious background was to her and it wasn't just something that he took to using as blackmail been also took to writing so-called messages from God on the mirrors and Ann's home these like so many of the things that he did were planned written down with many of them reading inspirationally such as your intentions are holy your work is not yet done. Take care and complete the task given to you by the Lord. Others to explicitly mentioned Ben and call to attention her relationship with him such as pray for Ben Ben loves you and all that you give him will return tenfold soon. The messages had their way with The Devout old woman whose affections for Ben would not belie his true nature. They convinced her to change her will. She was swooning for Ben who had acted as a Christian himself. He had everyone fooled and it wasn't just for the late payoff. Been swindled and life as much as he tried to do in death. Ben first fraudulently claimed that he was in desperate need of a car for this. He eventually came to an and an encouraged into obscene generosity with then by the messages in her mirrors. Gave the money needed to Ben. She gave him four thousand Pounds Sterling to use for this purchase, but she gave him even more later when been approached her with a fake sob story involving his very real brother, Tom. Tom and Ben both falsely claim that Tom was experiencing kidney failure at an insanely quick rate to the point where he required a dialysis machine of his own in order to function on pain of death. Answer this very seriously and she took no issue with giving been another 27,000 in order to get help for his brother. Tom who had been in on the take new of Ben's projects and had in fact called it good fun only advising against the manipulation of these elderly people's last Wills. And apparently mattered not what been dead in life to extort and Gaslight these Unfortunate Souls for whom generosity was obviously a common trait. It only mattered to Tom that been did not mess with the wills of these people probably because the amount of attention such changes would likely receive in succession still Tom and Ben were quite fine with taking the 31,000 from her that she gladly offered to help a dear friend. In fact, she made sure to call the bank and make it happen as soon as she could. As could be heard in the following phone call. I'll do I'm just going to hand you over to I'm thinking of withdrawing all my accounts money held in my accounts. Okay sometimes and because I have an urgent need for them. I have a very dear friend who is above the other than our very different. He is extremely ill. He's got very difficult kidney difficulty and And is likely to die if he doesn't have his own dialysis machine and so on. I've been thinking of a way in which I can help him. He is a lovely young man. He's got this lovely brother who's a bit Odin into to stay alive. He actually has to have this dialogue his machine. Okay, he's heartbroken because he can't continue at the moment in life one must not be selfish and keep everything to yourself. It's this investment was worth it as I think he's gay. A very helpful for them. After a message from God came to an telling her to leave her home to Ben she began to have trouble sleeping during this time been apparently offered her a white powder and the concoction. He brought her seem to help her sleep. It wasn't long though until the drugs that Ben was evidently bringing her maid and fall terribly ill when she did she wound up in the hospital where her niece Anne-Marie accompanied and comfort her. It was then that an finally gained Lucidity. She understood the nature of Ben's relationship with her a little better after discussing with Anne-Marie that she had been receiving this white powder to sleep. But also that she had been finding these mysterious messages from God which the to now suspected to be Ben's doing although Anne. Marie said that Anne had trouble getting her mind around the Betrayal one thing was evident to and now she had to change her will back she was wrought with confusion and and Anne Marie came to the police with the suspicions that she had her laying the information about the evident drugging and the mirrors that had been speaking to an and her home and whose thoughts were finally clearer. Once more asked her knees shortly before her stroke a few weeks after her hospitalization quote. I'm such an intelligent woman. How could I let this happen to me and quote in her will and left her home and the rest of her estate which totaled about 380,000 to Marie the same niece who stayed by her side and her last struggles against the cruel calculating killer who had come for her money. After his and Martin's arrests been admitted to the manipulation and fraud. He admitted to gaslighting each of the victims Peter Farquhar an an more Martin had been without a doubt swindled by this man and his accomplices Martin and Tom and ways that hadn't fully been realized until his confession. Been Advanced all in the little village of Maine's Morton, but he was a Christian himself a boy called into the service of the Lord. He was a Baptist preacher son and a church Warden. He even expressed Ambitions to Vicar him. He made a lie based around truth seen you which is the easiest kind to get away with Ben for his part believe that sharing these details of fraud would make him appear honest and that the jury would buy his plea of Innocence on the count of murder against him. When the investigation came down hard on the projects and the team behind them though, not much stuck on anyone but Ben Martin who walked free of the murder charge simply stated that he learned from The Experience. I'm relieved that this ordeal is finally over the lessons I take from this case our first and foremost to always be your own person and secondly to always choose your friends very carefully. Tom similarly walked free the charge against him for defrauding the late schoolteacher for the dialysis money. Then though had concocted a defense for his crimes that didn't pan out. He admitted to his actions and gaslighting the to. Saying of his work with Peter that he did it for no other reason other than it was cruel to upset and torment Peter. purely out of meanness He loaded Peter up with drugs. Lorazepam hallucinogenics bio ethanol and poteen in addition to the alcohol that he encouraged petered sit and Vibe on a regular basis. He also was discovered to have looked at various horrific ways to torture his two Targets including online searches for information on injecting testicles with lactic acid and bleach enemas two of the more cruel ways that he obviously was ruminating on as he did his evil Deeds. His defense based around telling only of his manipulation Mom unless failed. He had intended to kill the pair. It was clear. He did not prove his so-called honesty to the court and his Cruel Intentions simply solidified the reality before the court. Then field was a cold-blooded killer the lead investigator for the case as well as the prosecuting team believed improved that Ben had suffocated Peter after drugging him. So potently that he'd given no resistance. They also believe that given the chance Ben would have most certainly become a serial killer stalking and prowling for the Lonely People of old age looking to torment them and then to get paid doing it. And was found to have died of natural causes but she was still a victim of Ben's fraudulent activities. Then didn't get stuck the charge of conspiracy to murder or attempted murder of an but he was found guilty of the murder of Peter Farquhar with a jury taking 77 hours to reach the final verdict. Judge, Justice Sweeney told reporters that it was in fact a challenging case, but in the end the clarity of the issue brought forth their killer been who is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 36 years in 2018. It's not known whether the fraud that Martin and Tom engaged in with been discontinued after Ben's sentencing. What is known as this been was the evident Mastermind in this plot, the ringleader of sorts with notes and recorded conversations that led the police right to him as the principal actor in these crimes. The involvement of each other man was deplorable. But without more to go on they walked free of the charges against them while been began his life Behind Bars. Then had made a life out of lying and manipulation and when the truth came out there were others who shared their stories of the man. They thought they knew. BBC Radio 5 live was able to produce a documentary on this life of been which they called killer in the congregation. In it one contact from Ben's earlier life shares her thoughts on the man who turned out to be a sadist and murderer the following excerpt from the story helps to reveal the nature of Ben's deceit and to what lengths it had gone. Quote Lucy not her real name had been friends with field for a long time and thought she knew everything about the man who made her laugh with his funny stories, but she admitted to BBC Radio 5 live documentary killer in the congregation that the person I knew probably didn't ever exist. He was always a bit odd. She said like lovable odd the stories. He told would make me laugh because he was always very good at observing people when field was charged with Lucy wanted to believe he was innocent but reading the evidence against him made her realize she didn't know him at all. I guess there's always a part of you that hopes. It will turn out to be some weird joke and then you see photographic evidence in your like oh God, she said and quote. There are dark Deeds going on in every neighborhood big or small young or old there are those who prey on children and those who prey on their peers? What's evident here is that people also prey on those who have lived their lives? Those who have a plethora of years behind them simply looking for peace and a reason within the Twilight of their days. And those people just like everyone else deserve justice. They deserve the ability to live as unfearing Citizens and what should be a warm cozy existence. But the world is cold and although we have friends and family live in it. The world is also shared by Predators some cunning some stronger than us and some most definitely hiding in sheep's clothing. When we've reached the end of the road to discover, it's a trap. It's these Predators these people devoid of moral conduct. But take from us until there's nothing left but a heap a shell of our former selves. It's in this position that Peter and Anne's families found them. Thanks to the work of Ben and his accomplices. And it's thanks to Ben and others like him prowling the homes of the lonely and helpless that we have to sleep restlessly at night unsure of what's really out there. Because of these people we can never really know what people are like not really. Hey devil, we know fans. I wanted to share with you another band to pique your interest meet just a mess a local band that plays out a plethora of places in the Chicago area. In fact, Thursday November 21st is another show of theirs at Roscoe's in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The show is around 8 p.m. That night so head on over to hear them play. You won't regret it their song Manifest Destiny has been quite the hit and made it onto YouTube as the band's first official music video. Here's a sneak peek at the Rock and sound and if you like what you hear follow the link in the show notes to find them on Spotify. So without further Ado just a mess. saying manifest destiny Perhaps thinking about the day your badges. The new intro we played was produced and created by Chase Gray from Chase multimedia. I want to give a huge shout out the chase just phenomenal work super talented guy more importantly super nice guy. So, thank you Chase. Please go to devil. We know podcast.com for support of the show. You can buy merch there and donate any amount of money to the show. Just a one-time donation would help. You can also join our patreon at patreon.com slash devil. We know podcast where you get to minisodes a month for one dollar. It's pretty good deal. 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A man in his 20s fosters romantic relationships with two people in their old age, with the ultimate goal of killing them for a hefty inheritance.Written and Researched by David Wayne Young, Intro Music by Chase GrayJust A Mess plays at Rosco's in Milwaukee, WI on Nov. 21st at 8 PM. 