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In 1871, the seaside town of Brighton, England saw one of the more bizarre cases of the Victorian age play out when a lady of the town, Miss Christiana Edmunds, found her romantic feelings for a local doctor knocked back. As the pain of the unrequited love affair became too much, Christiana attempted and failed to commit murder and then in a perverse effort to clear her name, decided to carry out a mass poisoning campaign.
SOURCES
Wohl, Anthony S. (1983) Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Harvard UP
Jones, Kaye (2016) The Case of The Chocolate Cream Killer: The Poisonous Passion of Christiana Edmunds. Pen & Sword History, Barnsley, UK
Brighton Gazette (1871) Borough of Brighton, £20 Reward. 17 Aug, 1871. p.4.
Brighton Gazette (1871) Alleged Wilful Poisoning. 24 Aug, 1871. p.6.
Brighton Gazette (1871) The Alleged Poisoning By Sweets. 29 June, 1871. p.7.
Brighton Gazette (1871) Mysterious Death Of A Child - Suspected Poisoning. 15 June, 1871. p.5.
(1871) Poisonous Sweets. Clerkenwell News, 24 June, 1871. p.3
(1871) Summary Of This Mornings News. Pall Mall Gazette, 23 June, 1871. p.4.
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Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017
Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.
Dark Histories is also available as an audio podcast, available from:
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In 1871, the seaside town of Brighton, England saw one of the more bizarre cases of the Victorian age play out when a lady of the town, Miss Christiana Edmunds, found her romantic feelings for a local doctor knocked back. As the pain of the unrequited love affair became too much, Christiana attempted and failed to commit murder and then in a perverse effort to clear her name, decided to carry out a mass poisoning campaign.
SOURCES
Wohl, Anthony S. (1983) Endangered Lives: Public Health in Victorian Britain. Cambridge: Harvard UP
Jones, Kaye (2016) The Case of The Chocolate Cream Killer: The Poisonous Passion of Christiana Edmunds. Pen & Sword History, Barnsley, UK
Brighton Gazette (1871) Borough of Brighton, £20 Reward. 17 Aug, 1871. p.4.
Brighton Gazette (1871) Alleged Wilful Poisoning. 24 Aug, 1871. p.6.
Brighton Gazette (1871) The Alleged Poisoning By Sweets. 29 June, 1871. p.7.
Brighton Gazette (1871) Mysterious Death Of A Child - Suspected Poisoning. 15 June, 1871. p.5.
(1871) Poisonous Sweets. Clerkenwell News, 24 June, 1871. p.3
(1871) Summary Of This Mornings News. Pall Mall Gazette, 23 June, 1871. p.4.
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For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com
Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: patreon.com/darkhistories
Connect with us on Facebook: facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast
Or find us on Twitter: twitter.com/darkhistories
& Instagram: instagram.com/dark_histories
Or you can contact us directly via email at contact@darkhistories.com
or via voicemail on: (415) 286-5072
or join our Discord community: discord.gg/6f7e2pt
Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017
Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.
