The Putney Mystery: The Death of Ellen Matilda Franklin (1892)
In October 1892, a young woman arrived quietly at a respectable house in Putney.Within four days she was dead.The death certificate appeared entirely straightforward — embolism, thrombosis, and chronic kidney disease. Natural causes. The body was buried, and the matter might easi ...Show more
The Cambridge Pudding Mystery: The Suspected Poisoning of Henry Day | True Crime 1871
Today we travel to Cambridge in the summer of 1871, where a young labourer collapsed after his morning meal and died within hours.The symptoms pointed unmistakably to poison.The chemistry insisted there was none.And between the two, a newly married wife found herself facing the f ...Show more