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S05E12 - "The Letter Killeth"
Wyemitowany Oct 11, 1996, 11:00 AM
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The Silent Witness
The death of a man on 12 August 1926 in a seaside villa in Whitstable. An old Etonian playboy, Frank Smith, visits his wife who had left him after he squandered their fortune. During the night there is a shot, and his old friend, Jack Derham, has been killed.Ă‚Â
Aug 5, 1996
30 min
The Great Romancer
The story of Arthur Goslett, a South African who settled in London shortly before the outbreak of the First World War. He married a widow and joined the Royal Naval Air Service. But he was suspected of spying for the Germans and was thrown out of the service after being found guilty of bigamy. His past finally caught up with him when one of the women in his life was found murdered. He claimed that another woman forced him to do it.Ă‚Â
Aug 5, 1996
30 min
Ring of Truth
The case of John Smith, who was accused of posing as Lord Wilton de Willoughby, a smooth talking aristocrat, in order to steal watches and jewellery from unsuspecting ladies. The man identified as John Smith/Lord Willoughby denied all knowledge of the crimes.Ă‚Â
Aug 12, 1996
30 min
The Golden Goose
The wealthy Victorian Northern industrialist George Harry Storrs. In 1909, an armed intruded broke into his house and someone was killed. The police made an arrest, but in spite of four eye witnesses to the murder and two separate murder trials, the case remained unsolved.Ă‚Â
Aug 12, 1996
30 min
Murder of a Memsahib
The story of a medium who exerts an unhealthy influence over an heiress travelling to Imperial India.
Aug 19, 1996
30 min
A Place of Execution
The tale of John Lee, who experienced a premonition on the eve of his execution.
Aug 19, 1996
30 min
An Evil Business
The suspicious death which drove a wedge between Queen Elizabeth I and her lover Lord Robert Dudley.Ă‚Â
Aug 26, 1996
30 min
Dearest Pet
A society scandal in Victorian Glasgow. A wealthy architect wanted his beautiful eldest daughter Madeleine Smith to marry well. A suitable suitor was found for her and they became engaged. However, an impoverished clerk also had designs on the heiress. A suspicious death occurred just as the betrothal was about to be publicly announced.Ă‚Â
Aug 26, 1996
30 min
Who's Sorry Now?
The death of a member of a sheep farmer's family in the Forest of Dean in 1928. The father of the family was a violent and angry man, but it was not clear if the death was murder or suicide. Researchers for this programme uncovered a confession that was sent to the authorities at the time, and the name at the bottom is revealed.
Oct 4, 1996
30 min
The Woman in Grey
A murder in Victorian London. Esther Pay endured a childless unhappy marriage to a violent drunken man, but had an affair with a married man who lodged in her house. When her husband discovered the affair, her lover abandoned her for another woman. A body is discovered on Esther's doorstep, but it is unclear if she was capable of murder to avenge her betrayal.
Oct 4, 1996
30 min
The Monster of Reading
The trial of American actor Philip Yale Drew, who by his forties was losing his career and drinking whisky which was affecting his work and his memory. In 1929 he was playing the part of an undercover detective in a provincial tour when a shopkeeper was murdered not far from the theatre.Ă‚Â
Oct 11, 1996
30 min
The Letter Killeth
The tale of Major General Charles Luard and his wife Daisy who retired to the countryside after a long and distinguished career, but became the victim of a writer of malicious letters.
Oct 11, 1996
30 min
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