39. The Lethal Love Letters
The case of Edith Thompson – a woman whose love letters led to her demise.
Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling · BBC Radio 5 Live
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Show Notes
This week, Laura looks at a 1922 murder case involving a married couple – Percy and Edith Thompson – and the man Edith was having an affair with, Freddy Bywaters. When Percy is fatally stabbed by his wife’s lover on a dark October evening, it doesn’t take long for the public to exonerate Freddy – and blame Edith instead. But did Edith really play a part in her husband’s murder? Or was she simply punished for being a woman living outside the cultural norms?
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