Adelaide Bartlett, Threesome or Love Triangle?

About this episode

The episode explores the case of Adelaide Bartlett, who became a murder suspect after her husband was found dead amidst a love triangle.

Adelaide Bartlett was a young French woman living in England, who got into a love triangle with her husband and another man. When her husband turned up dead one day though, the whole arrangement fell apart and she suddenly became a murder suspect. Sources and Resources: “The impossible case of the Pimlico poisoning,” The CutPrice Guignol, https://thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/04/17/the-impossible-case-of-the-pimlico-poisoning/ Farrell, M. “Adelaide Bartlett and the Pimlico Mystery,” https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2542684/pdf/bmj00471-0054.pdf Wikipedia

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne

Topics covered

• love triangle
• murder mystery
• poisoning
• 19th century
• true crime

Keywords

• Adelaide Bartlett
• murder suspect
• love triangle
• Pimlico poisoning
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The CutPrice Guignol, Wikipedia

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