Episode description
News of the Times Short #123 | 1873
A Boys attempt to murder his stepmother
A 12 year old boy's attempt to murder his step-mother with arsenic is re-told here.
There are far more stories of Children Who Kill during this time than one would imagine, so this was not so unusual.
Hosted by Robin Coles.
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