Ep 217 is loose and we have a woman accused of murder and - much worse - accused of being ugly!

Who was Nancy Farrer? Was she insane or a calculating killer? And can your head tell you how mirthful you really are?

The secret ingredient is...a skull!

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Sources this week include Murderpedia, Homicidal Insanity:The Case of Nancy Farrer in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, The Life Public Service and Select Speeches of Rutherford B Hayes, Unknown Gendre History, collected writings on Phrenology, Craniology and the Edinburgh Phrenological Society 

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