Today, we're taking a trip into the past to a time of corsets, poison and murder.

Mary Blandy was a fair maiden in the 1740s, with her heart set on a bad boy that her father

heavily disapproved of. He forbid the two of them from marrying, thinking that his daughter

would just move on and find a good man, but she did quite the opposite.

She loved her bad boy, and her father standing in the way of this relationship only made her want to get rid of her father.

Without him, she and her bad boy could be together, and they would inherit all her father's money too.

So, happy Valentine's Day. Let's uncover the

poison marriage plot from 18th century London. Now before we get into the case, I just want

to give my usual disclaimer that I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyone that I talk about in this

video. This video is for educational purposes and everything that I'm about to say is

publicly available information that myself and my team have gathered and compiled into this video.

This video will cover a lot of sensitive topics so viewer discretion is advised.

I couldn't find any particular things to warn you about. I'm really sorry if I've missed

anything, but just in general. As a general rule for my channel, we talk about some crazy, mad, scary

shit, so be careful. While we make every effort to fact-check our sources and make sure that all of our

information is correct, no action should be taken in reliance upon the information in this video.

All opinions that are about to be stated are mine and mine alone.

And with all that being said, let's hop in our time travel machine and go back almost 300

years to 1740s England. We haven't done a true crime case this vintage in ages and I'm really really excited. So the location is Henley on Thames just outside of London in Oxfordshire. This was home to the Blandy family, a very wealthy father, mother and daughter all living together in this grand castle mansion thingy. They had a bunch of staff. They were very well-to-do people.

The patriarch of this family was Francis Blandy, a man in his 50s. He was a very well-respected lawyer in their area.

He was kind of like the best lawyer around. If anyone had any legal troubles, they would go to Francis Blandi. And he was also

known outside of his work for just being a very kind man. Everyone loved Francis because he was

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