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17 years after Albert Pierrepoint assisted his Uncle Tom in the execution of Dorothea Waddingham he would act as the main executioner for Louisa May Merrifield another woman whose chosen weapon was poison.
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
Bradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 22 July 1953 Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 04 August 1953 Shields Daily News- Friday 04 September 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 27 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 25 July 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 20 July 1953 Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 06 August 1953 The Scotsman - Wednesday 12 August 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 27 July 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 25 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 22 April 1953 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 30 April 1953 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 15 May 1953 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 23 April 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 May 1953 Daily News (London) - Monday 20 April 1953 Bradford Observer - Monday 20 April 1953 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953 Dundee Courier - Monday 20 April 1953 Daily Record - Monday 20 April 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/merrifield-louisa.htm https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-poisoner-drunkard-who-murdered-17079890 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/merrifield.html https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/spoonful-jam-rat-poison-story-25417279 https://www.personsunknown.net/p/the-strange-case-of-louisa-merrifield https://beyondtheblackpool.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/louisa-may-merrifield/ https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/mrs-merrifield-and-mrs-ricketts-1953/ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://crimescribe.com/2018/09/18/on-this-day-in-1953-louisa-merrifield-the-blackpool-poisoner/comment-page-1/
Resources
Daughters of Cain by Renee Huggett and Paul Berry, published by Pan books ltd.
Executioner: Pierrepoint an autobiography
Bradford Observer - Tuesday 21 July 1953 Lancashire Evening Post - Wednesday 22 July 1953 Nottingham Journal - Tuesday 04 August 1953 Shields Daily News- Friday 04 September 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 27 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Saturday 25 July 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Monday 20 July 1953 Yorkshire Evening Post - Thursday 06 August 1953 The Scotsman - Wednesday 12 August 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 27 July 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 25 April 1953 Leicester Evening Mail - Wednesday 22 April 1953 Liverpool Echo - Thursday 30 April 1953 Coventry Evening Telegraph - Friday 15 May 1953 Aberdeen Evening Express - Thursday 23 April 1953 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 16 May 1953 Daily News (London) - Monday 20 April 1953 Bradford Observer - Monday 20 April 1953 Birmingham Daily Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953 Dundee Courier - Monday 20 April 1953 Daily Record - Monday 20 April 1953 Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette - Monday 20 April 1953
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://murderpedia.org/female.M/m/merrifield-louisa.htm https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackpool-poisoner-drunkard-who-murdered-17079890 https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/merrifield.html https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/spoonful-jam-rat-poison-story-25417279 https://www.personsunknown.net/p/the-strange-case-of-louisa-merrifield https://beyondtheblackpool.wordpress.com/2020/09/18/louisa-may-merrifield/ https://blackpoolcrime.wordpress.com/2014/10/23/mrs-merrifield-and-mrs-ricketts-1953/ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Louisa_May_Merrifield https://crimescribe.com/2018/09/18/on-this-day-in-1953-louisa-merrifield-the-blackpool-poisoner/comment-page-1/
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