DESCRIPTION:
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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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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MUSIC:
No.2 Remembering Her by Esther Abrami
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
All music used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
* sourced from https://www.purple-planet.com/
REFERENCES:
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Saturday 04 February 1911
London Daily News - Monday 06 February 1911
Lyttelton Times - Tuesday 07 February 1911
Lincolnshire Echo - Wednesday 08 February 1911
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Wednesday 08 February 1911
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough - Friday 10 February 1911
Hereford Times - Saturday 11 February 1911
Tamworth Herald - Saturday 11 February 1911
Belfast Telegraph - Saturday 18 February 1911
Dundee Courier - Monday 20 February 1911
The Northern Miner Monday - 20 February 1911
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Tuesday 21 February 1911
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Wednesday 22 February 1911
Lincolnshire Echo - Wednesday - 22 February 1911
Cornishman - Thursday 23 February 1911
The Cornish Telegraph - Thursday 23 February 1911
Portsmouth Evening News - Thursday 23 February 1911
Aberdeen Press and Journal - Friday 24 February 1911
Evening Mail - Friday 24 February 1911
Midlothian Advertiser - Friday 24 February 1911
Hereford Times - Saturday 25 February 1911
Sleaford Gazette - Saturday 25 February 1911
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times - Saturday 25 February 1911
Lincolnshire Free Press - Tuesday 28 February 1911
Belfast News Letter - Friday 17 March 1911
BOOKS
Killers, Crooks and Cons: Scotland's Crimes of the Century by Reg McKay
Scottish Murders by Lisa Wallis & Derek Wright
DIGITAL ARTICLES
https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/lothian-murder-files-poisoner-escaped-was-unable-outrun-law-1738126
https://thesarnian.com/guernsey-history/murder-inquiry-ends-suicide/
https://www.healthline.com/health/arsenic-poisoning#common-causes
https://www.cia-landlords.co.uk/faq/what-are-the-different-categories-of-listed-buildings/
https://www.hertspastpolicing.org.uk/content/crimes_and_incidents/suicide_and_unexplained_deaths/bitter-coffee
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