The Blackpool Poisoner

About this episode

This episode explores the case of the Blackpool Poisoner, revealing an unlikely murderer and the events surrounding the investigation and trial.

If you ever hear someone casually predict a person’s death — and then that person dies days later — you might be a little suspicious. Today's case that's exactly what happened & it revealed an unlikely murderer! Timestamps: 0:00 - Intro 0:36 - Sarah Ann Ricketts 6:58 - The Merrifields 2:37 - The Death 17:56 - The Investigation - Questioning Louisa 25:46 - The Investigation - Media Attention 29:46 - The Investigation - Poisoning 34:37 - The Trial 40:08 - Got away with murder? 41:37 - Executed an Innocent Woman? ► THESE VIDEOS ARE FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY, Based on actual events. ►Sources:https://northernlifemagazine.co.uk/the-chatterbox-killer/ https://edu.rsc.org/download?ac=14223 Lots of articles for this story are on: newspapers.com Poisoning: https://www.newspapers.com/article/south-wales-argus/170210885/ https://capitalpunishmentuk.org/louisa-may-merrifield-the-blackpool-poisoner/ https://uk.news.yahoo.com/workshy-drunk-killed-her-employer-090000959.html Blackpool’s History: https://blackpool.com/heritage-history https://www.personsunknown.net/p/the-strange-case-of-louisa-merrifield https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/spoonful-jam-rat-poison-story-25417279…

People in this episode

Host: Christina

Topics covered

• murder
• investigation
• poisoning
• trial
• historical crime

Keywords

• Blackpool Poisoner
• Louisa May Merrifield
• murder investigation
• poisoning
• historical crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northern Life Magazine, South Wales Argus, Capital Punishment UK, Lancs Live

Places: Blackpool

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