Murder Most Foul

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BBC Radio 4 Extra

Factual: Crime & Justice

Forensics docu-drama series presented by Nick Ross

Murder Most Foul: Series 1: 3. The Major, the Scone and the Dandelions

3. The Major, the Scone and the Dandelions

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - Murder Most Foul, Series 1, 3. The Major, the Scone and the Dandelions

Nick Ross reviews the case of Major Armstrong's weed killer fetish and his poorly wife.

Nick Ross reviews the 1920s Hay-on-Wye case of Major Armstrong's weed killer fetish and his poorly wife. Stars Aubrey Woods.

True tales of murder from the days when police cars had bells and the men from the Yard wore trilby hats. 

One lump of arsenic or two? There were good reasons for Mr Martin to refuse an invitation to tea with the Major... 

BBC TV's Crimewatch UK presenter Nick Ross reviews the case of Major Armstrong's fetish and his poorly wife in 1920s Hay-on-Wye. 

Written by John Scotney.

Major Armstrong    ......    Aubrey Woods
Dr Hincks    ......    John Rowe 
Mrs Armstrong.    ......    Petra Brigden

With:

Fraser Kerr
Danielle Allan
Timothy Carlton  
James Greene 
Nigel Carrington 

Producer: Mark Savage 

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 1991.

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