Marguerite gives the nitty gritty on Elizabeth Woolcock; who was convicted of poisoning her husband, Thomas, with mercury and paid the ultimate price—literally—when she was hanged at Adelaide Gaol. She remains the only woman ever executed in South Australia, buried inside the prison walls like a warning label for patriarchy gone wrong. But here’s the menopause-rage twist: historians argue Elizabeth may not have been a cold-blooded killer at all, but a battered wife trapped in a violent marriage, punished by a legal system that didn’t care about bruises you couldn’t see. Was this murder… or survival with a toxic side dish?

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