

Jan 1926; Kathleen Smith meets Jack Derham but her husband Frank is determined to win her back.

1919; Arthur Goslett has two wives, Evelyn and Daisy. Daisy confronts him and he decides to murder Evelyn.

1865; Adolf Beck is identified as swindler John Smith. He is sentenced to twelve years. His name is finally cleared in 1907.

1909; George Storrs fears for his life but the police fail react to a ringing bell and he is found dead.

Sept 1911; Frances Orme was found dead at the Savoy, in Lucknow. Her friend Eva Stephens is put on trial for poisoning her.

1884; John Lee was due to hang for the murder of Emma Keyse but on three occasions it failed.

1560; Queen Elizabeth I's close friendship Robert Dudley is frowned on. When Dudley's wife dies, scandal threatens the monarchy.

1855 Glasgow; Madeleine Smith is the prime suspect in the murder of Emile L'Angelier, a man considered outside of her class, but whom she had an illicit affair with. L'Angelier is murdered with arsenic, arsenic that Smith was known to purchase.

Jan 1928; Harry Pace dies of arsenic poisoning. His wife Beatrice was released due a lack of evidence and the possibility Harry killed himself.

February 1882; Esther Pay is tried for poisoning Georgina Moore but acquitted due to faulty evidence.