MYW: Durham’s Deadly Poisoner

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

BBC

Comedy, True Crime

4.3 • 757 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

Kim from Durham has sent in the legendary local case of Mary Ann Cotton. Iain takes us through Mary’s many poisonings and explores the origins of THAT nursery rhyme.

If you want to see the massive hole that the Rathkeale Rover thieves drilled into the side of Durham University Oriental Museum, click here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-35667130

And for the picture of the crime-fighting cat, click here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-35934206

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Before you listen to this BBC podcast, I'd like to quickly tell you about some others.
0:05.2	My name's Andy Martin and I'm the editor of a team of podcast producers at the BBC in Northern Ireland.
0:11.3	It's a job I really love because we get to tell the stories that really matter to people here,
0:16.3	but which also resonate and apply to listeners around the world.
0:19.6	And because the team is such a diverse
0:21.2	range of skills and strengths, we have trained journalists, people who love digging through
0:26.0	archives, we've got drama and even comedy experts. We really can do those stories justice. So if
0:31.8	you like this podcast, head to BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories
0:37.1	from all around the UK. BBC Sounds where you'll find plenty more fascinating stories from all around the UK.
0:40.3	BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.
0:48.3	Living Legends, welcome back. This is our second ever episode of Murder You Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Ian Sterling.
0:58.6	We hope you enjoyed episode one, sit in all.
1:01.2	It's very clever, isn't it, Murder You Wrote?
1:04.0	With Laura Whitmore and Ian Sterling.
1:05.8	It is, it's a clever title.
1:07.5	We actually love digging into the local cases you sent into our inbox
1:10.5	because they're a little bit different than sometimes the cases that we would explore.
1:14.0	Do you know what?
1:14.4	It's been very interesting.
1:15.2	I'm going to say it.
1:16.1	Darker.
1:17.1	Dark than I thought.
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