The death of Frances Garnett Orme in 1911 made global headlines. The 49 year old woman was found dead in her room at the swanky Savoy Hotel in Mussoorie, India.
She had been living in India for more than a decade. The post mortem report found that she had been poisoned with prussic acid.
Her friend Eva Mount Stephens, 36, a spiritualist was was accused of murdering her. She would inherit everything from Orme's will. She had written letters making out that Orme was seriously ill when she actually looked healthy.
However at the time of Orme's death. Stephens was several hundred miles away in Lucknow.
Presenter Edward Woodward speculates that either Orme committed suicide. Unlikely as prussic acid leads to an agonising death. Orme's body was found in a serene position like it was laid out, post death. Or an accomplice of Stephens might had poisoned Orme and then made a mistake of altering her body position.
The show indicates that Stephens was involved in some form of foul play. Even though a jury in an Indian court found her not guilty.
The judge did not ask many difficult questions to Stephens. Orme's death was certainly suspicious.
A good drama but very little convinced me that it was set anywhere near India.
She had been living in India for more than a decade. The post mortem report found that she had been poisoned with prussic acid.
Her friend Eva Mount Stephens, 36, a spiritualist was was accused of murdering her. She would inherit everything from Orme's will. She had written letters making out that Orme was seriously ill when she actually looked healthy.
However at the time of Orme's death. Stephens was several hundred miles away in Lucknow.
Presenter Edward Woodward speculates that either Orme committed suicide. Unlikely as prussic acid leads to an agonising death. Orme's body was found in a serene position like it was laid out, post death. Or an accomplice of Stephens might had poisoned Orme and then made a mistake of altering her body position.
The show indicates that Stephens was involved in some form of foul play. Even though a jury in an Indian court found her not guilty.
The judge did not ask many difficult questions to Stephens. Orme's death was certainly suspicious.
A good drama but very little convinced me that it was set anywhere near India.