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Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

111. The Prince of Poisoners

23 March 2026

46 minutes

Available for over a year

Iain looks at the story of Dr William Palmer, a man whom Charles Dickens described as “the greatest villain that ever stood in the Old Bailey".

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