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The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

Mar 13 2025

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The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

A champion for children’s rights and an activist for socio-economic reform, whose own father was committed to a debtor’s prison, was Victorian era author and literary genius, Charles John Huffam Dickens. In one of his lesser-known novels, The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, Dickens raises the theme of an elderly man, Old Martin, employing […]

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Angels of Death- Tipping the Scales of Themis

Mar 6 2025

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Angels of Death- Tipping the Scales of Themis

Themis is the Greek goddess of justice, divine order, law, and custom and her symbol is the Scales of Justice. Her Roman equivalent is Justitia. She personifies divine law – “that which is put in place”. Judges were often referred to as “themistopóloi” – the servants of Themis. Many defence lawyers in Angel-of-Death nursing […]

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Feb 27 2025

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Mask of Tragedy – Munchausen by Proxy

Baron Hieronymus Karl Friedrich Freiherr von Münchhausen would entertain the 18th-century Germain aristocrats with stories about his escapades during the1735-1739 Russian-Turkish War, exaggerating to such an extent in 1785 it inspired the German author Rudolf Erich Raspe to write a book, titled Baron Munchausen’s Narrative of his Marvellous Travels and Campaigns in Russia, with a […]

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Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

Feb 20 2025

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Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

There is a common misconception that Angels of Death and Angels of Mercy refer to the same typology of serial killers and the terms are used interalia, since they have similar victim profiles, and are often in the medical profession, yet they differ in their motivation. Angels of Death generally operate in a hospital, clinic […]

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The Sisterhood of Arsenic and Old Lace – Lethal Old Ladies

Angels of Death- Tipping the Scales of Themis

Mask of Tragedy – Munchausen by Proxy

Dr Lauren Dickason: Angel of Mercy or Angel of Death?

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