Contains strong language, some violence and some upsetting scenes.

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Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

98. The Dandelion Poisoner

8 December 2025

38 minutes

Available for over a year

The infamous tale of Herbert Rowse Armstrong, a 20th-century solicitor accused of murdering not only a professional rival – but also… his own wife.

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