Sheridan Shocked By Arson & Fraud Family History | Who Do You Think You Are

Sheridan Smith learns how her x2 great grandfather Benjamin later went on to become a pub landlord, running the Woodman Inn in Sheffield. But a 1895 newspaper report goes on to say Doubleday may have attempted to burn down his pub for the insurance!
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[@dixiecat666]

Talent clearly runs in the family .

[@rainrowan4939]

Gosh over the top this one.

[@CatzASMRnMore]

Boy she sure did pick up the banjo fast....its in her blood...

[@secondhandrose6214]

Dang here I am lookin for banjo 😜

[@saraho9568]

But he did the arsons, obviously. It's crazy. How many times can a place burn down? Wow.

[@akschmidt2085]

Must have done

[@ljmcdonald2703]

Not all families are perfect sweetheart

[@akschmidt2085]

No family is perfect. It's still ok to be upset.

[@secondhandrose6214]

Poor girl they really put you through the wringer in this one 🤥

[@lindapesnell5723]

❤️ Thank You ❤️

[@exdus235]

Where is the rest of the story?

[@HandsIntoHistory]

They release them in a series, in different episodes, with a 'cliff hanger' at the end of each, gosh darn them! 😉

[@nicolasmith2699]

Wonder if they wanted him out because they were building a railway 🤔

[@akschmidt2085]

What does the railway have to do with it? You saw where the tracks were in the photo. You don't bulldoze everything around tram tracks just for shits and giggles

[@truthhurtz19]

Who is she?

[@claireca4842]

Is anyone else bothered by how casually these people touch those old documents? It’s like they don’t treat them delicately and their hands go all over the papers and it bothers me ....

[@mariazahedi7444]

They should be wearing gloves.

[@bluesky9577]

Sheridan seems fragile in this, almost like she has been drinking. 😕

[@MC-ii3qk]

Yes, a smidge over the top dramatic.

[@Patriiiiick]

Yeah, why would anyone feel empathy for family relatives! What a loser!