When Fiona started Fee's fancy flowers, she used a fax machine to get in touch with her suppliers,

her investors and her customers too.

But as her business went from 100 customers to 10,000,

she realized it was time to finally embrace modern technology.

fax machines, they kind of like your business current account,

just because they were good once doesn't mean you have to stick with them forever.

Maybe it's time to switch with the current account switch service.

Two women appeared at the infamous court number one at the Old Bailey in London, 12 years apart.

Both were accused of conspiring with their lovers to murder their husbands.

Both became the subject of intense scrutiny and fascination,

with the international media picking over every sorted detail shared in court.

Both experienced extreme moral judgement for behaviour which, by today's standards,

is hardly headline worthy. Both cases, especially when considered together,

had an outsized impact on the way women's crimes were regarded.

Both inspired works of fiction by prominent writers of the day,

and their stories have continued to be written and adapted for new generations in the decades since.

The big difference between them, in December 1922, Edith Thompson was found guilty,

and in May 1935, Alma Rattenbury was acquitted.

Today we are exploring the tragic tale of the murder at the Villa Madeira,

and its consequences for crime and crime fiction.

Welcome to She Done It, I'm Caroline Crampton.

Alma Rattenbury and her husband Francis moved into the Villa Madeira at five manorode

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