This event has finished Took place on: Wednesday, 8th Jun 2022

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This real-life murder mystery inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the Golden Age of Crime.

The only solicitor ever to be hanged in England, he was also accused of attempting to kill a rival solicitor with a poisoned box of chocolates and a scone allegedly laced with arsenic. The 1920s was rife with newspaper sensationalism, hypocrisy and sanctimonious morality, which leads us to ask the question: Was he really guilty as charged?

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2022-06-08 2022-06-08 Europe/London The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery This real-life murder mystery inspired Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, and the Golden Age of Crime. https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/calendar/2022/06/08/the-poisonous-solicitor-the-true-story-of-a-1920s-murder-mystery-290706 ,,,

This is an online video event, please check the organiser for details about how to watch.