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In this episode of We All Scream, Lisa covers the case of Martha Rendell. Was she an evil stepmother who poisoned her stepchildren, or was she simply trying to nurse them back to health?

Intro Music created by Jared Quintrell

Sources:

• Truth (Perth, W.A.): Saturday 9 October 1909 Article Titled “Closing chapters of the remarkable Morris mystery”, via Trove
• Deadly Women: Season 4, Episode 13
• The University of Western Australia, “Revisiting the Trial of Martha Rendell”, by Anna Haebich
• theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jul/04/what-is-diphtheria-nsw-case-australia-vaccine-two-cases-children-disease-who-is-at-risk-
• ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8852579/pdf/atlantamedsurgj133119-0036.pdf National Institutes of Health Observations in Diphtheria by by S Monckton · 1859
• Truth (Perth, WA : 1903 - 1931)  Sat 11 Sep 1909 Page 5 and Page 6 THE MYSTERY OF THE MORRIS HOUSEHOLD
• Goulburn Evening Post (New South Wales, Australia) Thursday Oct 7 1909 article Titled “Martha Rendell Hangs”

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