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125. Very Bad Things: The Prince of Poisoners, William Palmer

125. Very Bad Things: The Prince of Poisoners, William Palmer

Update: 2025-11-18
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A respected doctor with a charming smile, a trail of bodies that always seemed to follow. Was he a cold strategist who mastered poison or a desperate gambler who let greed swallow everything in his path?


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Source Material & Further Reading


Staffordshire Murders by Alan Hayhurst


 William Palmer, the infamous Rugeley poisoner by Dave Lewis


 The Demeanor of Murderers by Charles Dickens


Poisonings Throughout History: William Palmer by the Maryland Poison Center


The Poisoner: The Life and Crimes of Victorian England’s Most Notorious Doctor by Kate Colquhoun

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125. Very Bad Things: The Prince of Poisoners, William Palmer

125. Very Bad Things: The Prince of Poisoners, William Palmer

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