Tag: #HistoricalCrimes

The Graham Young Poisonings: Science, Observation and Ethics

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The water simmers slowly in the kettle, the scent of Earl Grey fills the room, and for a moment, everything seems perfectly normal. It’s a gray afternoon on the outskirts of London in the early 1970s. Workers at the Bovingdon chemical factory gather around the table for their break. One …

Dorothea Puente and the Sacramento Boarding House Case

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The story of an apparently respectable woman involved in serious crimes against vulnerable individuals.   A House in a Sacramento Neighborhood In 1980s Sacramento, a Victorian house with white shutters became the center of a highly significant criminal case. Its owner, Dorothea Puente, was known in the neighborhood as a …