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Susan Morrison explores the rich and sometimes murky depths of Scotland's past.

Time Travels: Series 3

Time Travels: Episode 9: Arsenic and Black Armbands

Episode 9

Episode 9: Arsenic and Black Armbands

Arsenic and Black Armbands

BBC Radio Scotland - Time Travels, Arsenic and Black Armbands

Susan Morrison crosses the centuries to discover Scotland's rich past.

We're off to the courts with Susan to hear about a new drama on the Joseph Knight slavery case and an attempted family slaying in Glasgow where someone's poisoned the porridge.

Comedian and history enthusiast Susan Morrison is off to the courtroom this week to hear about a murder but not before fitting herself out with mourning dress. Costume historian Lucie Whitmore shows Susan that mourning dress didn't disappear in World War 1, it just changed fashion.

Having adjusted our attire, we're heading for Glasgow's Calton in 1831 to find out how domestic tensions and a troubled youngster led to poison in the porridge. Historian Dr Katie Barclay takes us into the tragic world of 19 year old Alexander Wingate. 

Continuing our legal quest, we'll be chatting to playwright and screenwriter May Sumbwanyambe about his new radio drama and forthcoming play and film which bring out new angles on the famous case of Knight v. Wedderburn in 1778 where a young African man, Joseph Knight took on the man who enslaved him to win the right to freedom - and to be a husband and a father who could support his wife and family.

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