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Podcast: Historical True Crime
Episode: Eliza Fenning: Guilty but Innocent?
Description: In a wealthy London home, Eliza Fenning served as a housekeeper for Mr. Turner, a legal stationer. She was executed for allegedly attempting to poison him and his family by preparing arsenic-laced dumplings for the dinner table. Due to the general belief that Fenning was innocent, her trial and execution were sensational at the time.
Source Materials:
https://marylmmaculatelonnerholman.medium.com/when-poverty-was-a-crime-the-execution-of-elizabeth-fenning-893772d83051
https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2015/06/25/eliza-fenning-innocent-but-proven-guilty/
http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/eliza.html
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18150405-18&div=t18150405-18
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