In 1877, Harriet Staunton’s husband and three others were accused of starving her to death. A bestselling novel about the Penge Murder written in 1934 and now republished reveals that the 33-year-old spinster married a gold digger who starved her to steal her money. Read more from The Guardian UK.
official crime blog of a professional writer and editor, active from 2011 until 2012.
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