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40th year  -  N° 339                 Friday, 5 December 2025         Antwerpen		
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Saturday 15th of December 1855

170 years ago



31-year-old serial poisoner William Palmer aka The Prince of Poisoners is arrested and charged with the poisoning of John Parsons Cook in Rugeley, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.

When detained at Stafford Gaol Palmer threatened to go on hunger strike but backed down when the governor informed him that this would lead to him being force fed.