The case, with all the ingredients of an Agatha Christie novel, is investigated 100 years on.
Podcast Agatha Christie & the Dandelion Poisoner is the latest attempt to uncover the truth.The case was based on circumstantial evidence - no-one actually witnessed Armstrong putting arsenic in food or even being unkind to his wife. Then there are a doubts over the forensics.told the court the arsenic present in Kitty's intestines showed a large dose was taken within 24 hours before her death, when she would not have been mobile enough to get out of bed.
Podcast host Joe Nocera believes the judge, Justice Darling, who was due to retire following the case, wanted to leave on a high with a conviction, so did not conduct a fair trial. Caroline Crampton, host of the Shedunnit podcast added: "I think the trial was riddled with problems, whether you think he did it or not."Armstrong's barrister Sir Henry Curtis-Bennett told the court Kitty had spoken about potential suicide and knew where the arsenic was kept.
While she was there, Armstrong would frequently make the 120-mile round trip to visit his wife - is this the actions of a man plotting her death?
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