Did Mary Blandy Know the 'Love Powder' She Gave Her Father Was Arsenic?

Criminalia

Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mary Blandy was desperate to marry, but none of her suitors met the stringent standards set by her father -- until she met William Cranstoun, son of a Scottish peer. But her engagement to him turned out to be her downfall; William was already married. When it was divulged, her father did not approve the engagement, but William "had a method of conciliating [her father's] esteem" -- and it involved feeding her father a 'love powder' to soften him up a bit. The love powder turned out to be arsenic, and Mary killed her father by administering it. Though she claimed she didn't know, there were clues she maybe did. The question remains: Was she a partner to this crime, or wasn't she?

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1:16.0	A girl falls in love. The man she loves is married and has a child, but still promises
1:28.8	the girl they will marry and gives her a pouch of arsenic with which to poison her father who did not approve of the engagement.
1:36.5	The girl stirs the powder into her father's tea as instructed and he dies.
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