More Dastardly Deeds Murder at the Moon Inn About 250 years ago a Scottish pedlar was murdered in the Peak. He had been to Eyam wakes and was last seen in the old Moon Inn at Stoney Middleton. Tradition claims that the landlord turned a blind eye as the Scotsman was attacked and killed by two women, rival pedlars. His body was taken away on the back of a horse. It was discovered 20 years later in Carls Wark cave, not far from Lover’s Leap in Middleton Dale. The pedlar’s bones and buckled shoes were put into a box and kept in Eyam church. Nobody came forward to claim them and the remains were eventually buried in the churchyard. A bell ringer named Matthew Hall took the shoes and wore them out. Read on for more Dastardly Deeds. Read More >> More Pictures Crime & Punishment