Balham, London: The Priory Poisoning Mystery

Podcast: Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast · Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins

Opublikowano: 2026-03-03

Content Warning This episode contains discussions of domestic abuse, poisoning, and death. Support resources are listed at the end of these notes. This Episode Season 39: The Balham Mystery. April 1876, a successful barrister collapses in his bedroom after drinking from a bedside water jug. For three agonizing days, doctors begged him to name his poisoner. He never would. This is the story of Charles Bravo, and the Victorian murder that has never been solved. Behind the elegant facade of The Priory, a villa in Balham, South London, lay a tangle of secrets...