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UK Crime Files

Name: 4:00pm - UK Crime Files
Start: 2026-06-27T15:00:00Z
End: 2026-06-27T16:00:00Z
Location: True Crime Xtra

The Blackpool Poisoner

Geoffrey Wansell explores how Louisa Merrifield poisoned elderly employer Sarah Ricketts at her Blackpool bungalow for inheritance and was hanged at Strangeways Prison.

Category: Documentary
Original air date: 14/05/2026

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