Episode 05 - A Trial in Scotland

Tonight, we talk about the murder of Marion Gilchrest in 1908 and how stereotypes and antisemitism led to the wrongful conviction of an innocent man.

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Fox, Margalit. “Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and the Case of the Wrongfully Imprisoned Man.” Medium, 25 Aug. 2018, medium.com/s/story/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-and-the-case-of-the-wrongfully-imprisoned-man-dc5eb26b0331.

Leducq, Marie-Agnès. “Monstrous Conspiracy That Condemned the Innocent Oscar Slater (1909) ..” Scotiana | Everything Scotland, 23 Nov. 2014, www.scotiana.com/monstrous-conspiracy-that-condemned-the-innocent-oscar-slater-1909.

Margalit, Fox. Conan Doyle for the Defence: A Sensational Murder, the Quest for Justice and the World’s Greatest Detective Writer. Main, e-book, Profile Books, 2021.

McLaughlin, Eilidh. “BBC - Scotland - The Curious Case of Oscar Slater.” BBC, 22 June 2011, www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/history/the_curious_case_of_oscar_slater.shtml.

National Records of Scotland. “The Case of Oscar Slater | National Records of Scotland.” National Records of Scotland, www.nrscotland.gov.uk/research/learning/features/the-case-of-oscar-slater#:%7E:text=He%20was%20charged%20with%20murder,his%20innocence%20from%20the%20outset.&text=Following%20his%20trial%20in%20the,to%20penal%20servitude%20for%20life. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.

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