Maddy Pelling
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6,969 appearances
23 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
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And she really draws on those social distinctions.
This is Lizzie, yeah.
And
Something to remember about the police force in America generally in this period, but specifically in Fall River, is that they're made up almost primarily of immigrants, specifically Irish immigrants, which I suppose you could say potentially that's why they don't necessarily leak
to the idea that Maggie might have done it.
Maybe there's some solidarity there, or maybe there's simply not the prejudice that police who didn't have that background wouldn't have brought to it.
But when they interview Lizzie,
she absolutely leans in to her social superiority.
She acts in a way that's very stoical, very cold, very calm.
She's very clear and precise in the information she gives them, but it does not take long for that to start breaking down.
And little mistakes in her testimony start to creep in.
So she claims, for example, that Maggie.
was the one who handed her a note from Abby, her stepmother, saying Abby was going out to visit a sick friend.
But when Maggie's asked by the police about this, she says that there never was a note like that.
So it's not looking great for Lizzie already.
Two pieces of really crucial evidence.
The first of these is that, and this seems totally wild to me, Lizzie has tried to buy poison the day before from the local druggist.
When the police find this out, of course, they ask her about it, and she claims that she wanted to use the poison to clean a fur coat.
But even by 19th century standards, this wasn't really a method.
that anyone used, and Maggie certainly has never heard of this.
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