Few crimes cause more disgust than a mother who kills her own children. Initially, that is what the Esher Murders seem to be: a mother who brutally murdered her six children whilst their father was away.
However, when you study the case, you realise that the murder was not as simple as you first thought. You may even find yourself empathising with the mother and understanding her situation.
The last shock that this case will produce is why you have never heard of it. It is due to the cover-up instigated at the highest level that no one heard the name of Mary Ann Brough.
