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Fatal Attractions - Wicked Wednesdays
News of the Times Episode 177 | 1845 - 1895
Today we look at stories that reveal a darker side of the Victorian age, where love has turned deadly.
The fine upstanding quaker, John Tawell, with the inconvenient mistress on the side.
The baronet’s son with a murderous mistress, Flora Davies, he may becoming tired of. Was it an accident or was it purposeful?
And the famous cricketer, Edmund Kesteven, retired, who snaps on Christmas day with fatal consequences.
Beneath the polished veneer of the Victorian England, we explore 3 stories of fatal attractions ending in tragedy and death in today’s episode of Wicked Wednesdays.
Hosted by Robin Coles.
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