Ep 246 is loose and we have the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the beautiful Martha Ray, the pining Rev James Hackman, and two loaded pistols...

Did John Montagu really invent everyone's favourite lunch? What led to a bloody showdown at the theatre? And what on EARTH happened with this week's cocktail?

The secret ingredient is...a sandwich!

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Sources this week include https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/martharay/

• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fatal-triangle-77291407/
• https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3613725/A-killer-made-senseless-by-sensibility.html
• https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2014/03/23/the-murder-of-martha-ray-or-the-earl-his-mistress-and-her-stalker/
• Kate Chisholm's books include 'Fanny Burney: Her Life' (Vintage)
• The London Gazette Archives, the Newgate Calendar, the Morning Post, Old Bailey Online

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