The Delaware Poisoned Candy Murders of 1898

Thursday, October 23, 2025
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Laurel Public Library
Sussex County
Program: The Delaware Poisoned Candy Murders of 1898

One Delaware summer afternoon, a young wife in Dover received a gift box of candy in the mail. Two days after enjoying the treat with family and friends, she and her sister were dead of arsenic poisoning. Discovering who had sent the deadly delicacies, and why, exposed a tangle of lies, jealousy, adultery and betrayal in a trial that mesmerized the entire country in 1898.

Join Margaret for this lecture program.

This event is sponsored by Delaware Humanities. If you have any questions please contact the hosting location.

Laurel Public Library
101 East 4th Street
Mary Wooten Carpenter Room
Laurel DE 19956
302-875-3184