Welcome back, bingers, to our two-part story about Great Britain's teacup poisoner, whose

crimes book ended England's swinging 60s period, and actually inspired the 1995 movie The Young

Poisoner's Handbook, which is sadly not currently available anywhere to watch, hopefully that

will change someday soon. But in our previous episode, we were exploring Graham Young's childhood,

and the mysterious illness that was affecting every member of his household, eventually culminating

in the death of his stepmother Molly, after which the health of his newly widowed again, father Fred,

also began taking a dive, with the same symptoms as his late wife, and that's where we'll pick back up.

So, with the death of his second wife, Fred Young had become a widow again. All the while, the

cause of his late wife's crippling illness remained a mystery, and the pathologist findings made the

situation all the more puzzling, when the cause of death was ruled to be a prolapsed bone at the

top of Molly's spinal column, which was believed to be the result of a freak accident that she'd had

the previous summer. Now, 14-year-old Graham Young appeared to be absolutely wrecked by his stepmother's

death, shutting himself inside her bedroom to play with her music boxes and cry, and Graham outwardly

expressed worry for his father, as Fred had been experiencing symptoms similar to what Molly had

suffered in the months leading up to her death. Graham really wanted his dad to take it easy,

so he suggested that rather than going through the trouble of burying another wife, he should have

Molly cremated. It would be the easiest and best choice for everyone concerned, and so the following

Thursday, family and friends gathered to pay their respects to Molly Young as her coffin

disappeared into the crematorium's furnace. That afternoon, the mourners reconvened at the

Young House on North Circular Road, and while there, Graham's uncle John became violently ill,

with symptoms much like what had been circulating in the Young Household. By late evening,

fortunately, he had recovered enough to be able to drive himself home. In the weeks that followed,

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