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Ep 13: The Sensational 'Germ Murder' of 1933 - Part 1

Ep 13: The Sensational 'Germ Murder' of 1933 - Part 1

Update: 2025-05-19
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A sizeable inheritance, a disgruntled half-brother, a killer bacteria and the plot of a Sherlock Holmes novel come together in the sensational royal murder involving the scion of a zamindari estate called Pakur.  The planning was so meticulous and the execution so clinical, that it made headlines around the globe, from London to Sydney to New York.

This case was unlike anything the world had seen outside the works of detective fiction. In this episode, I take a look at the sensational 'germ murder' of 1933.


Host: Suparna Chatterjee (www.suparnachatterjee.com)

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Books and references:

Wikipedia

Article in BBC.com/Asia

Calcutta High Court Judgment

Article in The Telegraph

The Poisoner of Bengal by Dan Morrison

How Bubonic Plague reshaped Mumbai

How Bombay Fought the Plague


Podcast theme music by Khurshed Batliwala and B. Prasanna


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Ep 13: The Sensational 'Germ Murder' of 1933 - Part 1

Ep 13: The Sensational 'Germ Murder' of 1933 - Part 1

Suparna Chatterjee