Pimlico Mystery
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The '''Pimlico Mystery''' is the name given to the circumstances surrounding the [[1886]] death of '''Thomas Edwin Bartlett''', possibly at the hands of his wife, '''Adelaide Bartlett''', in the [[Pimlico]] district of [[London]]. It describes the mystery as to how a fatal quantity of chloroform came to be in Mr Barlett's stomach, despite having not caused any damage to his throat or windpipe. Adelaide Bartlett was tried for her husband's murder, but was acquitted. Popular belief has it that Mrs Bartlett's acquittal was partly secured because the prosecution could not prove how Mrs Bartlett had committed the crime.
The Bartlett case was dramatized on the [[BBC]] radio series ''[[The Black Museum]]'' in 1952 under the title of ''"Four Small Bottles"''.
==References==
* Bridges, Yseult, ''Poison and Adelaide Bartlett''
* Notable British Trial Series, ''The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett''
* Stratmanm, Linda, ''Chloroform: The Quest for Oblivion''
[[Category:Unsolved murders]]
[[Category:1886 crimes]]
[[Category:1886 in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:19th century in London]]
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