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DISASTERS & TRAGEDIES | MEDICINE & HEALTH
Beware Poisonous Mushrooms: A Grave Warning from Mitcham
In Mitcham Parish Church a gravestone tells of a family who dined on mushroom stew. Three would die after eating poisonous fungi.
DISASTERS & TRAGEDIES | SUPERNATURAL
Warning Words to the Wise: The Strange Story of Charles Henry Kelly
In 1883 a Methodist preacher was about to cross the Channel when he had a presentiment of danger. But was the warning worth listening to?
DISASTERS & TRAGEDIES | POVERTY
The Girl Who Survived the Workhouse, Cholera and Surrey Hall
In 1849 Sarah Skittlethorpe, a London workhouse girl, was at the centre of a devastating cholera outbreak but somehow lived to tell the tale.
Cornelius Ahern: The Not-So-Artful Dodger
Cornelius Ahern, a young criminal, frequently ended up in prison. One night in 1849 he robbed a man who had remarkable literary connections.
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