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The Poison Ledger
by Peter Bell
Each episode of The Poison Ledger opens one name from Britain's history of poisoners and follows it through the evidence, the trial and the verdict: the nurse who buried her families, the doctor whose case changed where a man could be tried, the Brighton woman who poisoned chocolates. Every case is true, every one is built from contemporary newspapers and trial records, and each one leads to the next. Episodes run under fifteen minutes, so you can binge them. Written and produced by Purpose Made. AI-generated voice (ElevenLabs). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Woman Who Buried Her Families
West Auckland, County Durham, 1872. A seven-year-old boy is dead of what the doctor calls gastric fever. The village grocer remembers what the boy's stepmother told him only days before, and he won't let the certificate rest. A surgeon tests what he kept back, and finds arsenic. This is the case…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Each episode of The Poison Ledger opens one name from Britain's history of poisoners and follows it through the evidence, the trial and the verdict: the nurse who buried her families, the doctor whose case changed where a man could be tried, the Brighton woman who poisoned chocolates. Every case is true, every one is built from contemporary newspapers and trial records, and each one leads to the next. Episodes run under fifteen minutes, so you can binge them.
Written and produced by Purpose Made. AI-generated voice (ElevenLabs).
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Peter Bell
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Each episode of The Poison Ledger opens one name from Britain's history of poisoners and follows it through the evidence, the trial and the verdict: the nurse who buried her families, the doctor whose case changed where a man could be tried, the Brighton woman who poisoned chocolates. Every case is...
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