The Delaware Poisoned Candy Murders of 1898

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
6:00 – 7:00 pm
New Castle Public Library
New Castle 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!

New Castle Public Library
424 Delaware St.
Community Room
Historic New Castle DE 19720
302-328-1995