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The prescription Palmer wrote revealed how he cashed deaths
A country doctor in a Staffordshire town faces the gallows after years of suspicious deaths; could a single prescription expose him?
The prescription Palmer wrote revealed how he cashed deaths
In this episode, we look at the months and years leading up to a public execution to trace how medical knowledge, money troubles, and life insurance intersected in a small English town. What did a prescription found decades later reveal about deaths that clustered around one man?
Person: William Palmer
Location: Rugeley, Staffordshire
Date: 14 June 1856
Topic: suspected poisonings and life insurance…
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