Episode 2: Mary Blandy falls in love at last, but there are no happy endings here. There are, however, a scientifically-minded doctor and a housemaid whose first name by all rights should have been Sherlock.
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Music:
Deadly Roulette by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Sources:
Silent Witnesses: The Often Gruesome but Always Fascinating History of Forensic Science by Nigel McCrery
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/blandy.html
https://murderpedia.org/female.B/b/blandy-mary.htm
Amy Watkin. McSweeneys. “Mary Blandy:The O.J. Simpson Of The 18th Century.” https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/mary-blandy-the-oj-simpson-of-the-18th-century
David Nash Ford.
“Dr. Anthony Addington.” http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/aaddington.html
“Mary Blandy.” http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mblandy.html
The Tryal of Mary Bandy, Spinster: For the Murder of Her Father, Francis Blandy, Gentleman. https://bit.ly/2XvT8Q9
Mary Blandy. Miss Mary Blandy's own account of the affair between her and Mr. Cranstoun. https://bit.ly/2MuN3Na
Wikipedia. “Arsenic Poisoning.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic_poisoning
Bank of England Inflation Calculator. https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy/inflation/inflation-calculator
