Mary Blandy

 

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1752: First Case Of Conviction With Forensic Evidence: Mary Blandy

 

 

 

 Mary Blandy

 

 

 

 

Mary Blandy was a female murderer in 18th century England. In 1751, she poisoned her father Francis Blandy with arsenic. She claimed that she thought the arsenic was a “love potion” that would make her father approve of her relationship with William Henry Cranstoun, an army officer and son of a Scottish nobleman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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