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October 31, 2024 27 mins

It's Halloween, which is the perfect time to discuss the Country's first case of homicide via the USPS.


  • https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/08/01/dovers-chocolate-candy-murders-brought-back-life-anniversary/862842002/
  • https://www.newspapers.com/topics/crimes-mysteries/cordelia-botkin-chocolate-candy-murders/
  • https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/candy-from-a-stranger-the-cordelia-botkin-case-of-1898/
  • https://open.spotify.com/episode/6uNiqlxObCUd8bUHZZWDxJ?si=vPqYkcCFRHmvmnMYqRQw5A
  • https://delawaretoday.com/life-style/1898-murderess-nearly-escaped-justice/
  • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryuicontent/view/87454718:60525?tid=&pid=&queryId=56d98c6d-a6ad-4049-a87183944d480029&_phsrc=HNE59&_phstart=successSource
  • https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/119755559/person/210179951877/story
  • https://whyy.org/articles/100-year-old-murder-case-still-haunts-dover-delaware-video/
  • https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/27/us/no-fault-divorceexplainedhistorywellnesscec/index.html#:~:text=No%2Dfault%20divorce%20was%20first%20legalized%20in%20California%20in%201969,a%20no%2Dfault%20divorce%20option.
  • https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/cordelia-botkin/36807/
  • https://www.ancestry.com/familytree/person/tree/119755559/person/210179951683/story?_phsrc=HNE79&_phstart=successSource
  • https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/199893081:60525
  • https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/death-by-chocolate-ab1f379e705c
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