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Murder Most Foul

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MISSISSIPPI BURNING

March 20, 2024 23:46 - 53 minutes - 86 MB

MISSISSIPPI BURNING is the name of a motion picture, released in 1988, starring Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, loosely based on the murders of 3 civil rights workers in Mississippi, during the “Freedom Summer” of 1964.  James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were lured to Philadelphia, Mississippi, and executed by the Ku Klux Klan. No one was ever prosecuted for their murders, until over 40 years later when Jerry Mitchell, an investigative reporter with The Clarion-Ledger, in Jac...

Killing Spree

March 08, 2024 19:17 - 50 minutes - 80.8 MB

I saw her standin' on her front lawn Just a twirlin' her baton Me and her went for a ride, sir And ten innocent people died From the town of Lincoln, Nebraska With a sawed off .410 on my lap Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path I can't say that I'm sorry For the things that we done At least for a little while, sir Me and her we had us some fun Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict And the judge...

Innocence Lost

February 29, 2024 22:28 - 37 minutes - 59.3 MB

“A Murder in Hollywood” - the dark story behind the bright lights of Tinseltown. Before there was Jodie Foster and Brooke Sheilds, there was Judy Turner. You may know her by her stage name, Lana Turner.  Discovered at a malt shop in LA in her early teens and thrust before the cameras, she seemed to have it all―a thriving film career and the kind of fame and fortune that most people could only dream of. But she was soon physically abused by directors and studio honchos and sexually preyed up...

Finding Amy

February 20, 2024 22:37 - 51 minutes - 83.3 MB

It’s every mother and father’s worst nightmare to discover your daughter has vanished after a night on the town. Finding Amy is the story of just such a nightmare, written by Detective LT, Joseph K. Loughlin, who led the investigation into 25-year-old Amy St. Laurent’s disappearance and his co-author, Kate Clark Flora. The story is especially compelling because of the personal accounts of Lieutenant Loughlin--- his thoughts, emotions, and reactions as the investigation unfolded in 2001. Unli...

MINDHUNTER

February 14, 2024 21:10 - 51 minutes - 83 MB

In the early 1970’s, F.B.I agent, John E. Douglas, created and managed the FBI's Criminal Profiling Program, now called the Behavioral Analysis Unit. Agent Douglas became the inspiration for the character Jack Crawford in “The Silence of the Lambs,” played by actor Scott Glenn. Douglas has interviewed numerous serial killers and other violent sex offenders at various prisons, including David Berkowitz, John Wayne Gacy, Charles Manson and others. In the late 1990’s he formed a partnership ...

Justice Delayed, but not Denied!

February 10, 2024 01:16 - 55 minutes - 88.7 MB

In the winter of 1982 in Brighton, New York, a bedroom suburb of Rochester, Jim Krauseneck came home from work to discover his wife, Kathleen, lying in bed, dead, with an ax lodged in her head. Their 3-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Sarah, was unharmed alone in the dark, cold house. She had attempted to dress herself and make herself breakfast, which was evident by the cereal strewn all over the kitchen floor. For over 30 years, no one was charged with Cathy's murder, until the Brighton Pol...

Scott Peterson's Appeal

January 30, 2024 22:54 - 42 minutes - 67.4 MB

It is hard to imagine that there is anyone out there who doesn’t know the name Scott Peterson, the man convicted in 2004 of the murder of his young wife who at the time was 8 months pregnant with their child they had named Connor. Peterson was initially sentenced to death, but in 2020 that sentence was overturned and commuted to life without the possibility of parole. Most thought that this was the end of this tragic tale. Not quite. In January of this year (2024), Peterson’s attorneys, wi...

HELLTOWN!

January 25, 2024 21:08 - 31 minutes - 50 MB

1969: The Age of Aquarius - Peace, love and understanding! Nowhere was this more evident than in Helltown, also known as Provincetown, Massachusetts. And Tony Costa was at the center of it all. Like Charles Manson on the left coast, Tony had a group of loyal followers, mostly smitten women who called him Sire. Tony was the undisputed leader of their counter-culture movement, the charming man who speaks eloquently and hands out hallucinogenic drugs like candy. But beneath his benign persona...

Doppelganger Murder!

January 23, 2024 20:31 - 41 minutes - 66.7 MB

Doppelganger: “A person who looks or acts the same way you do – a twin.” Many of us have been told that we look exactly like a celebrity. Sometimes you might walk up to someone in the supermarket and start talking to them as if they are someone you know, only to be fooled because they are not. Harmless fun? Yes, except for poor Pamela Hutchinson, who was murdered by her doppelganger. To tell us this unusual story is Rod Kackley, a return guest to MURDER MOST FOUL and the author of The Murder...

Elliot Ness and the American Demon

December 11, 2023 20:50 - 41 minutes - 67 MB

Elliot Ness and the American Demon. Almost sounds like a Nancy Drew Mystery. I wish the story were that benign. In the mid 1930’s, just after Prohibition ended, Cleveland played host to a killer whose grizzly murders rivaled that of London’s Jack the Ripper. The victims were all beheaded and often their limbs were also removed earning this sadist the moniker: Torso Killer! My guest today is New York Times bestselling author, Daniel Stashower, who’s here to share the story of Elliot Ness and...

Witness from Beyond the Grave

November 27, 2023 22:38 - 1 hour - 101 MB

If you’ve ever been at a criminal trial or, like me, have never missed an episode of Law & Order on TV, you are aware that certain evidence and witness testimony is not allowed by our current judicial system. But in 1673, in Colonial Portsmouth, Rhode Island, it was not that restrictive. Thomas Cornell, Jr., was charged with killing his mother, Rebecca, by burning her alive. Evidence at the trial included testimony from the spirit of the deceased who appeared to a relative, stating “see how ...

Inside The Warren Commission

November 22, 2023 19:42 - 55 minutes - 89.2 MB

Sixty years ago this year, President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. Not quite two weeks after the tragedy, The Warren Commission, established by President Johnson, was launched to investigate the incident and report its findings to the American people. The Committee stated in publishing its findings that “the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy was a cruel and shocking act. This report endeavors to appraise this tragedy by the light of reason… to present to the American p...

Who Killed Superman?

November 06, 2023 22:56 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MB

Look! Up in the sky, it’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Superman! For us “baby-boomers” there is only one Superman. And that is as portrayed actor, George Reeves. Reeves version of the Man of Steel was beamed into our living rooms as The Adventures of Superman. The serial aired from 1952-1958, first in black white and then in color, during the birth of the Golden Age of Television. Mr. Reeves did not get rich from the show and sadly, arguably. due to typecasting, could never shake the role. ...

Miranda's Victim

November 01, 2023 20:56 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MB

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you.   If you have watched any cop show after 1965, from Dragnet to Law and Order, you recognize those words, often printed on a small, crumpled card pulled out of a detective’s pocket. Miranda Rights. But who is Miranda? Ernesto Arturo Miranda was an American criminal and laborer whose convi...

BEHOLD the MONSTER

October 22, 2023 19:14 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MB

The biggest, the fastest, the longest of anything intrigues us. Many aspire to have their feats, no matter how trivial, immortalized in The Guiness Book of World the Records. The record of “Most Murders by a Serial Killer” is no exception. And that honor goes to Sam McDowell Little. Starting in 1971 and continuing for 20 years, the FBI confirmed Little's involvement in at least 63 of the 93 confessed murders - the largest number of confirmed victims for any serial killer in United States h...

Someone's Daughter

October 21, 2023 20:11 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

In 1954, two college students were hiking along a creek outside of Boulder, Colorado, when they stumbled upon the body of a murdered young woman. Who was this woman? What had happened to her? The initial investigation turned up nothing, and the girl was buried in a local cemetery with a gravestone that read, "Jane Doe, April 1954, Age About 20 Years." Decades later, historian Silvia Pettem formed a partnership with law enforcement and forensic experts and set in motion the events that led to...

Pizza Bomber

September 07, 2023 21:52 - 27 minutes - 18.7 MB

On August 28th, 2003, in the suburbs of Erie Pennsylvania, a pizza delivery man named Brian Wells was accosted by several men who locked a time bomb around his neck and ordered him to rob a bank.  After delivering the money, he would receive clues to...

The Murder of Thora Chamberlain

August 27, 2023 18:03 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MB

September 2nd, 1945 - World War II is over! A time for celebration and rejoicing, except in the small town of Campbell, California. Like most towns at the time, the folks were happy that the war was over, and life was slowly returning to normal. That is, tragically except for one poor family in Campbell. It was Friday night, November 2nd. The high school was the site of a fall tradition, an interschool football game. Thora Chamberlain, just shy of her 15th birthday, was supposed to be at the...

Elementary, my dear Watson!

August 19, 2023 19:42 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MB

“Elementary, my dear Watson.” I hazard a guess that you are all familiar with that phrase uttered in almost every film portrayal of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s literary creation, Sherlock Holmes. More about that utterance later. What some folks don’t know about Sir Arthur, is that he was in every sense the alter ego of his creation, Sherlock Holmes. Conan Doyle was not only a brilliant spinner of mystery tales, but he was also an accomplished medical doctor and scientist. He was an expert in de...

Kidnapping, Murder and Innocence Lost

August 14, 2023 18:48 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MB

With 50-year-old cold murder cases there is rarely the opportunity to bring the perpetrator, even if identified, to justice. Odds are that he, or she, is long deceased. But not so in the case of 8-year-old Gretchen Harrington of Marple, PA, a quiet suburb of Philadelphia. In 1975 she was abducted on her way to Bible Camp, brutally murdered and her naked body dumped in Ridley State Park. In 2022, authors Joanna Falcone Sullivan and Mike Mathis, who grew up in Marple and were childhood contem...

Looking For Madeleine

July 31, 2023 18:56 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

As a father, I cannot think of anything more horrifying than discovering that your 4-year-old daughter has been abducted from her bed, in the middle of the night, while your family is vacationing in a foreign country. But that is exactly what happened to the parents of Madeleine McCann. The cold case, which is over 15 years old, is as controversial as it is disturbing. What better person to take us through it than author Robbyn Swan who, with her husband Anthony Summers, has written more t...

JUNK SCIENCE and The American Justice System

July 25, 2023 17:33 - 49 minutes - 45 MB

Why do folks like True Crime stories in all their manifestations? I have been told it’s not the gore or even the unravelling of the mystery. In the end, it comes down to one thing: the “perp” getting his or her just desserts and going prison or being executed. But what if that resolution relied on JUNK SCIENCE to obtain that outcome. Those of us addicted to Law and Order or CSI love our forensic experts. But what if all, or most, of their work has little or no basis in actual verifiable scie...

The Killing of Richard Glossip

July 09, 2023 20:28 - 49 minutes - 44.9 MB

No topic, save maybe abortion, engenders more debate than that of Execution in our penal system. The arguments on both sides are intense, but I think it’s safe to say that both sides do not want an innocent man or woman to fall victim to the “Final Judgement.” As they say on LAW AND ORDER, “the case at bar” is that of Richard Eugene Glossip of Oklahoma. Mr. Glossip has been on death row for over 26 years for a murder he did not commit. In that time, he has had his execution date stayed 3 ti...

The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing

July 05, 2023 16:31 - 1 hour - 71.4 MB

The Gilded Age in America was a time of great political corruption, wealth inequality and loosening of Victorian Age morals in the late 1800s.    No one person embodied all that the Gilded Age promised more than Evelyn Nesbit, a willowy, copper-haired beauty from Philadelphia. Arguably, she was the world’s first ever supermodel. Before she was out of her teens, Evelyn was the most sought-after artist and fashion model in NYC. She was the original “it” girl, the model for the Gibson Girl an...

The Trial of Lizzie Borden: a true story

June 09, 2023 20:24 - 1 hour - 65.6 MB

“The Trial of Lizzie Borden: a true story.” Yeah, I know, everyone says that, but trust me this is NOT just another Podcast about Lizzie Borden. It's not “Lizzie in the drawing room with a hatchet” offering. We won't try to convince you that Lizzie was pregnant, or sleeping with Bridget, or even did the deed naked. My guest today, lawyer and author Cara Robertson, instead covers in detail the legal proceedings, of which there were many, in the infamous murder trial and acquittal of Lizzie B...

The mystery of Lizzie Borden Decoded

March 15, 2023 22:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

Depending on your age and demographic, many of you might remember the female “buddy” movie, “Thelma and Louise.” Today, I am pleased to introduce Jennifer and Stephanie. Jennifer Marshall is a Navy veteran, private detective and host of the popular documentary series MYSTERIES DECODED seen on The CW Network. Stephanie Bingham is an author, historian, and spiritual psychic. Jennifer and Stephanie took a road trip to Fall River, Massachusetts, to film an episode on Lizzie Borden. The pair wer...

Unnatural Causes

March 01, 2023 22:12 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MB

In a span of just over two years starting in 2018 in a small area of suburban Dallas, Texas, in a cluster of retirement facilities, 26 senior citizen’s died, of “natural causes.” At least that was the finding of the police authorities. Oddly in all cases there was clearly a robbery involved of expensive jewelry (including wedding rings taken off the deceased), and in two cases a safe was purloined. In almost every case, investigators failed to collect fingerprints or DNA evidence, order aut...

SNATCHED!

February 07, 2023 19:33 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MB

In early 1980, Jackie Schut and her husband Harold (Lee) Schut embarked on a multi-state, baby-snatching enterprise that involved killing the mothers of the infants. One of those infants was Amanda Bell. Although Jackie and Lee were implicated in Amanda’s abduction and the murder of her mother, they were never prosecuted. In 2020, the documentary DIABOLICAL: “Hands that Rob the Cradle” first aired. The basis for the episode was the book by the late Ann Rule entitled: “Lying in Wait.” Today ...

Legacy of Death

January 26, 2023 21:48 - 45 minutes - 42.3 MB

On January 23rd 2023, Alex Murdaugh - disgraced and disbarred attorney, scion of the influential Murdaugh family and South Carolina “good ol’ boy” - went on trial for the double-homicide of his wife, Maggie and their teenage son, Paul. But this is only the tip of the iceberg. Aside from the financial fraud and swindling of law partners and vulnerable clients, there are at least 3 other deaths connected to Alex and his family. Join me today as I try to sort out this case that has more head-sp...

Talked to Death

January 13, 2023 22:51 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MB

On June 18th 1984, Denver radio talk show host, Alan Berg was assassinated in front of his house, his bullet-riddled corpse found in his driveway in a pool of his own blood. Berg was an acerbic, gonzo personality who was an equal opportunity annoyer. Christian or Jew. Liberal or Conservative. White or Black. NAACP or KKK. All were fodder for his popular radio show. He could be described as a cross between Groucho Marx and Tom Hanks’ character in the film: “A man called Otto.” A colleague on...

Murder Potpourri

December 29, 2022 21:11 - 42 minutes - 39 MB

Join me as I visit with prolific True Crime author, and all-around fun guy, Rod Kackley. Listen in as we talk about his encounter in high school in an elevator with Jane Fonda and hear about his ancestor who provided medical treatment for a member of Butch Cassidy’s Gang. Oh, we’ll talk murder, too! Like the case of the Uber driver who killed fares because, like Flip Wilson said, “The devil made him do it!” Not to be undone by the woman who killed her husband and sought advice from the helpf...

I see dead people!

November 29, 2022 21:38 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MB

Do you? Join me as I welcome renowned author and Ghosthunter, Leslie Rule to the show.  In this segment, we examine paranormal activities associated with murders as well as suspicious unsolved disappearances. You do not have to believe in ghosts to be entertained by the stories in Leslie’s most recent book: “Haunted in America.”

Monster or Victim?

November 08, 2022 19:16 - 51 minutes - 47.8 MB

The movie’s horrific rape scene is grueling to watch. In a car, a terrified prostitute is bound at the wrists and tied to one of the door handles. Already bloodied and beaten, she is viciously sodomized by the man who picked her up by the side of the highway. Somehow, she breaks free and, wild with rage, bravely turns the tables on her attacker. She grabs a gun from her bag and fires bullet after bullet into his chest. The audience, watching breathlessly, feels a rush of sympathy for her. Th...

AMERICAN MURDERER

October 21, 2022 00:35 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MB

Jason Derek Brown was a small time petty con man who spent most of his life one step ahead of the law or the mob, depending on the day of the week. That was until November 29th, 2004, when this charismatic drifter decided to pull off one last big score and vanish into thin air. He carefully planned and executed the robbery of an armored car outside a movie theater and killed the guard in cold blood. He soon was placed on the F.B.I.’s 10 Most Wanted List, where he remained until September of ...

Lest we forget...

September 21, 2022 20:20 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

Before there were the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, QAnon and Donald Trump, there was Timothy McVeigh. A decorated war veteran, who decided he, too, didn’t trust the federal government. He decided to release his anger and frustration upon over 800 innocents by bringing down the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. This largest act of domestic terror in the history of the United States, took the lives of 168 souls, 19 of whom were children, and injured 680 others. Was McVeigh...

I don't like Mondays

September 14, 2022 19:54 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MB

In 1979, Brenda Spencer, a seemingly average teenage girl living in a nice suburban neighborhood, made and executed plans that would place her in infamy and set a violent and terrifying national precedent. She received a rifle from her father for Christmas, and a month later, opened fire on the elementary school across the street, killing the principal and a custodian and wounding 8 students and a police officer. The event is forever glorified by the song “I Don’t Like Mondays” by The Boomt...

REDEMPTION

September 06, 2022 17:01 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

REDEMPTION. Not a word one would associate with Charles Manson, Ted Bundy or Jeffrey Dahmer. But what about an 11-year-old boy who, in 1889 in rural Iowa, murdered his abusive parents as they slept, sparing his one-year-old sister who was sleeping in the same bed? “THE PLEA: The true story of Young Wesley Elkins and his struggle for Redemption,” might help you answer that question. Authors Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf join me now on this edition of Murder Most Foul.

Midnight Massacre

August 30, 2022 16:25 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MB

On July 20, 2012, James Holmes walked into the midnight showing of THE DARK KNIGHT RISES in Aurora, Colorado and opened fire on the theater patrons, methodically killing 12 people and injuring 70 others. Like the mass shootings which preceded that night, and those which have occurred since, the public response was swift and predictable. Stricter gun control, Red Flag Laws and more money for mental health. Politicians searched for any benefit that could be gained from the tragedy. The surpris...

EVA AND THE HANGMAN

August 14, 2022 20:48 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MB

In 1930, Eva Dugan became the first woman ever executed in the State of Arizona and the last person to face the gallows in that state. Author Rod Kackley tells us the twisted tale that I’m calling “Eva and the Hangman.”

BURIED IN PLAIN SIGHT

August 10, 2022 20:37 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MB

A parent’s worst nightmare…their child vanishes on the way to catch the bus to school. Did they run away? Were they abducted by a stranger or were they taken by someone they knew and trusted. In 2002, 13-year-old classmates, Ashley Pond and Miranda Gaddis both vanished on their way to school, two months apart. Soon a task force of over 40 police and F.B.I. agents and the entire community of Oregon City were frantically searching for the missing girls. Jim Redden and Janine Robben reporters ...

WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD

July 30, 2022 22:03 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MB

WHEN THE MOON TURNS TO BLOOD digs deeply into the horrific tale of the murder and mutilation of two innocent children by their Doomsday Mother, Lori Vallow and her husband, Chad Daybell. Was it simply a love affair gone wrong, a story of sexual lust so intense it drove two people to kill? Or was it something far more sinister? Join me as I interview author and journalist Leah Sottile who in her book explains the who, what, when, where and how of this yet unsettled case. The why... is up to y...

Written in Blood

June 18, 2022 23:31 - 1 hour - 60.7 MB

The Petersons seemed the ideal couple, well-respected, prosperous, and happy. All that came crashing down in December of 2001, when Kathleen apparently fell to her death in their secluded home in an exclusive area of Durham, North Carolina. But blood-spatter evidence and a missing fireplace poker suggested calculated, cold-blooded murder. Her trusted husband, Michael, stood accused. To bolster their case, prosecutors introduced evidence at trial that sixteen years earlier, Peterson was the l...

Passport to Murder

May 10, 2022 22:10 - 52 minutes - 47.7 MB

Babbling brooks, breathtaking mountain views, the endless sounds of nature. That’s what comes to mind for most of us when we think about National Parks like the Grand Canyon and Acadia National Park in Maine. But these wonderful and pristine escapes have a dark side as well. They are perfect places to commit a murder. Join me as I speak with nature writer, and friend, Randi Minetor as we delve into her series of books on death in National Parks…many by murder!

Defending a Serial Killer

May 04, 2022 21:43 - 36 minutes - 33.8 MB

In the criminal justice system, the People are represented by two important groups: the police who investigate crime and the District Attorneys who prosecute the offenders. I think it’s safe to say that most of you are familiar with that opening to the successful TV show LAW AND ORDER. But the Defense Attorney is an equally essential party in our Criminal Justice System. It’s funny. When we are accused of a crime, rightly or wrongly, we want an attorney to protect our rights. But what about...

Beyond Suspicion

April 27, 2022 21:58 - 54 minutes - 49.6 MB

“Beyond suspicion” and “hiding in plain sight” are two phrases that have been used to describe countless serial murders, that is… before they are caught. Many have led mundane lives that allow them to remain under the radar throughout their reigns of terror. But not Russell Williams, who was by night a rapist and killer, but his day job was that of Colonel in the Canadian Airforce, tasked with flying World dignitaries around Canada, including Queen Elizabeth II and President Clinton. Listen ...

Death Insured: The Pam Hupp Story

April 08, 2022 20:26 - 1 hour - 72.9 MB

As the ad goes: “You’re in good hands with ALLSTATE,” but not if you are Betsy Faria. The brutal murder of Betsy Faria, on December 27, 2011, set off a maelstrom of events that resulted in an innocent man's imprisonment and another man's death. It would take a decade to unravel all the misdirection in the Faria murder case, the misconduct of the prosecution team, and the insidious mind of a murderer that St. Charles County Prosecutor Tim Lohmar called "The Worst of the Worst!" Betsy Faria wa...

Midnight Assassin

April 05, 2022 20:59 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MB

“Lizzie Borden took an ax.” Nine years later in a rural town in Iowa, Margaret Hossack, mother to 10 children, raised an ax and butchered her husband, John, as he slept in their bed. Or did she? Come along as we investigate this fascinating case that has more than one parallel to the Lizzie Borden murders. Our guides are husband and wife team, Patricia Bryan and Thomas Wolfe. Their book: MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN.

ShadowMan

March 31, 2022 18:22 - 1 hour - 56.2 MB

On June 25, 1973, a seven-year-old girl went missing from the Montana campground where her family was vacationing. Somebody had slit open the back of their tent and snatched her from under their noses. None of them saw or heard anything. Susie Jaeger had vanished into thin air, plucked by a shadow. “ShadowMan,” by Ron Franscell, is a pulse-pounding account of the first time in history that the FBI’s Behavioral Science Unit created a psychological profile to catch a serial killer. Ron Fransc...

Dark Roses

March 29, 2022 18:37 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MB

QUESTION: What is better than an exciting True Crime Story? How about 13 such stories in one book. Award winning author Michael Benson has penned just such a book, DARK ROSES and joins me today on Murder Most Foul.

The Poisoner

January 19, 2022 21:16 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB

The ancient and oft quoted Hippocratic oath exhorts all doctors “to do no harm.” Technically the exact words are: “I will abstain from all intentional wrongdoing and harm.” It also states that “Neither will I administer poison to anybody.” One Victorian gentleman in England, who did not get the memo, was Dr. William Palmer, who, in the mid-19th century, although tried for only one murder, is purported to have poisoned several individuals. Among his alleged victims: his wife, his mother-in-la...