Dalkeith Poisoner

Dalkeith Poisoner

Just north of an old toll bridge on the border of Dalkeith, Scotland sits a property called The Neuk in Bridge End. The beautiful home with servant quarters and outbuildings in Midlothian was the place for an exceptional party on February 3, 1911. As the evening was drawing to its conclusion, a party deemed a roaring success, it was time for one last drink, a coffee. But things were about to take an awful turn...


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This episode was researched and written by Rosanna Fitton.


Illustrations and production direction also by Rosanna Fitton. Narration, audio editing, script editing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.

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Court documents and information from the following news organisations and books were referenced in this episode: Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, London Daily News, Lyttelton Times, Lincolnshire Echo, Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough, Hereford Times, Tamworth Herald, Belfast Telegraph, Dundee Courier, The Northern Miner Monday, Aberdeen Press and Journal, Cornishman, The Cornish Telegraph, Portsmouth Evening News, Evening Mail, Midlothian Advertiser, Sleaford Gazette, The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times, Lincolnshire Free Press, Belfast News Letter, The Scotman, ’Killers, Crooks and Cons: Scotland's Crimes of the Century’ by Reg McKay and ‘Scottish Murders’ by Lisa Wallis & Derek Wright.


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No.7 Alone With My Thoughts by Esther Abrami

Immuration by Purple Planet Music *

Dramatic Swarm by Doug Maxwell

Wrong Turn by Purple Planet Music *

Allegro by Emmit Fenn

Surrender by Asher Fulero

No 8 Requiem by Esther Abrami

Fresno Alley by Josh Lippi & The Overtimers

Slow Motion Part 2 by Peter Rudenko

Lurking Shadows by Myuu

It’s Coming by Josh Kirsch / Media Right Productions


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