MYW: Bradford’s Deadly Delicacies

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Iain transports us to 1858 Bradford – then the world's wool capital, where confectioner William Hardaker ("Humbug Billy") unknowingly sold arsenic-contaminated sweets that resulted in one of Britain's most devastating mass poisonings.

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to introduce myself.
0:03.7	My name's Stevie Middleton and I'm a BBC Commissioner for a load of sport podcasts.
0:08.4	I'm lucky to do that at the BBC because I get to work with leading journalists, experienced
0:12.2	pundits and the biggest sports stars.
0:14.3	Together we bring you untold stories and fascinating insights straight from the player's mouths.
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0:21.6	is our unique access to the sporting world.
0:24.8	What that means is that we can bring you podcasts
0:27.1	that create a real connection to dedicated sports fans
0:30.1	across the UK.
0:31.3	So if you like this podcast,
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0:37.1	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:47.2	Hello, everybody.
0:48.7	You lovely living legends, welcome back to another episode of murder you wrote with
0:53.3	Laura Whitmore and
0:54.2	Ian Sterling.
0:55.8	That's right.
0:56.5	We're on a virtual true crime road trip around the UK.
0:59.1	Looking into cases recommended by you, our listeners, from your local area.
1:02.4	Mick is currently doing things to my fuss.
1:05.0	It's really inappropriate.
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