This is a bonus content episode available exclusively for our Housekeeper and Butler tier Patrons. To accompany episode 38 about Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, I have the story of another bad Victorian doctor.

This is the story of Dr. William Palmer.

In terms of notoriety, this case belongs alongside the likes of HH Holmes and Jack the Ripper. His name usually comes up in both of their stories, but the truth about him is comparatively lesser known.

This is the story of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream.

This is the Valentines Day episode. If there’s one thing you can count on in A Good Night For a Murder on Valentine’s Day, it’s a love triangle and a poisoning.

This is the story of chocolate cream killer, Christana Edmunds.

Tonight’s story is a classic arsenic poisoning case… or was it? I think the answer is very clear, but you’ll have to let me know what you decide. This is the story of Eliza Fenning.

In this season opener we’re going to cover a case that encompasses something that I think is a lot of people’s worst fears. And if it isn’t a fear you already have, it might become one after hearing this case. Sometimes called Angels of mercy, or angels of death, this story is about what happens when someone trusted with the care of others, abandons their oath to “do no harm.” This is the story of Jane Toppan.

This episode was initially created only for Housekeeper and Butler tier Patreon subscribers as the bonus content for the Cassie Chadwick episode. I am adding it to the regular feed as a preview of the type of content posted for Patreon subscribers.

Welcome to the the Valentine’s Day episode. We’re going to be talking about flowers, and chocolate, and murdering your lovers wife. This is the story of Cordelia Botkin.

Seeing as it’s the first month of 2023, in this month’s episodes I’m covering two Victorian true crime firsts. Tonight’s episode is about the first murderer who was arrested with the aid of wireless telegraphy. This is the story of Dr. Crippen.

She was a black widow. And, she was an angel of death. But why? Did she think she was showing mercy to her victims? Was she herself a victim of society’s failures and the lack of support? Or was she just a cold and callous murderer? This is the story of the Derby Poisoner, Lydia Sherman.

There’s many reasons why true crime is fascinating but I think at some point every true crime fan has run across a story that’s made them stop and think, “I don’t know if I can listen to this anymore…” But every once in awhile something redeeming comes out one of these stories - there’s a foundation set up or a law that’s enacted. That is one of the things I personally really like about true crime. This is the story of the Bradford Sweet poisoning.

For our first episode, I thought we’d start with a case that has a little bit of everything. A scandal within the upper echelons of Scottish Victorian society, a salacious affair, and of course, a poisoning. This is the case of murderess Madeleine Smith.