Angela Brabin: The Black Widows of Liverpool

Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 14:30

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An account of Liverpool ladies who insured people then poisoned them for profit. Two were hanged but many others, all over the country, had been doing this for decades.

Part of a series of free talks by local historians as part of Wirral Libraries’ annual local history month.

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