Inheritor's Powder: A Cautionary Tale of Poison, Betrayal and Greed

Sandra Hempel

In the eighteenth century it was criminally easy to bump off unwanted relatives. A Household Thrown into Chaos Plumstead village, 2 November 1833. Wealthy landlord, George Bodle is taken violently ill. He dies within hours. When his wife, daughter and two maids are also taken ill, there is only one terr...