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The Mug Still Warm: How a Hidden Ledger Proved Poisoning

The Mug Still Warm: How a Hidden Ledger Proved Poisoning

A warm coffee mug clutched in a dead man's hand, an upright cup that should have fallen - and a hidden ledger that names a deadly compound. The discovery of a pharmacist's notebook seven years later links a coded entry for aconitine to a delivery marked "R.W." two days before the death; but who actually crossed the seven miles to Birchwell Road to hand it over?

In this episode, we lay out the sequence of events from the morning Ralph Wilson was found to the ledger's arrival at the sheriff's office, and follow how experts matched…

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