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Case Reopened: Episode 2

Case Reopened

Episode 2

BBC Radio Scotland - Case Reopened, Episode 2

Author Louise Welsh examines the real story behind the Woods/Pirie Trial.

Award-winning author Louise Welsh examines the real story behind the Woods/Pirie Trial of 1811 in which a pupil accused her two schoolmistresses of having an affair.

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Louise Welsh, award-winning author of 'The Cutting Room', examines the real story behind the 'Woods/Pirie Trial' of 1811 in which a pupil accused her two schoolmistresses of having an affair in Edinburgh. After their reputations and careers were ruined, the two brought a libel suit against their accuser.

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