A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.
Maria Marten, or: The Murder in the Red Barn (1913) Online
A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.
| Cast overview: | |||
 | Elisabeth Risdon | - | Maria Marten |
 | Fred Groves | - | William Corder |
| Douglas Payne | - | Roger Deaves |
| Nessie Blackford | - | Mary Marten |
| A.G. Ogden | - | Tom Marten |
| Mary McKenzie | - | Mary Moore |
 | Maurice Elvey | - | Captain Matthews |
The real Red Barn, where Maria Marten was murdered in 1828 is in the village of Polstead, Suffolk, UK. Baroness Rendell of Babergh lives there now; she is better known as crime writer Ruth Rendell.
The film is lost as no copy of it is known to exist.