Ep 13: The Sensational 'Germ Murder' of 1933 - Part 1

A sizeable inheritance, a disgruntled half-brother, a killer bacteria and the plot of a Sherlock Holmes novel come together in the sensational royal murder involving the scion of a zamindari estate called Pakur.  The planning was so meticulous and the execution so clinical, that it made headlines around the globe, from London to Sydney to New York.This case was unlike anything the world had seen outside the works of detective fiction. In this episode, I take a look at the sensational 'germ murder' of 1933.Host: Suparna Chatterjee (www.suparnachatterjee.com)Instagram: soup_and_chat and thedesidetectiveshowEmail: [email protected] and references:WikipediaArticle in BBC.com/Asia Calcutta High Court JudgmentArticle in The TelegraphThe Poisoner of Bengal by Dan MorrisonHow Bubonic Plague reshaped MumbaiHow Bombay Fought the PlaguePodcast theme music by Khurshed Batliwala and B. Prasanna