Introduction
Palmer's Family
His Background
Suspicious Deaths
Palmer's Crime
Palmer Arrested
The Trial
Execution
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  The Rugeley Library:


The Rugeley Library, Anson Street, Rugeley. Staffs. WS15 2BB.
Contact: Telephone: (01889) 583237 Email rugeley.library@staffordshire.gov.uk

List of available resources relating to Palmer available at Rugeley Library:

Books:

Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer of Rugeley
Infamous Victorians - Giles St. Aubyn
They Hanged My Saintly Bill - Robert Graves
Pocket Palmer - John Godwin
Murders of the Black Museum - Gordon Honeycombe
Life and Career of Doctor William Palmer of Rugeley - G. Fletcher
Trial of William Palmer - Eric Watson
Times Report of the Trial of William Palmer

  Articles:
Ilustrated Times
Guide to the Literature of William Palmer - J.P. Sumner
Assorted Newspaper cuttings from recent times
Ballad entitled "Life and Trial of Palmer" - David D. Cooper (sold at Palmer's execution)
Click here to see the ballad
When Palmer the Poisoner Dallied in Dudley - Black Country Bugle
Staffs Advertiser article 1856
The Doctor Became a Poisoner - Staffs Life & County Pictorial
Assorted Illustrations
A Staffordshire Murderer - from the Times Literary Supplement 5th June 1981