February 09, 2025
The Delaware Poison Candy Murders of 1898
Rockwood Park • 610 Shipley Rd Wilmington, DE 19809 Organized by New Castle CountyAbout this event
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Description
One Delaware summer afternoon, a young wife in Dover received a gift box of candy in the mail. Two days after enjoying the treat with family and friends, she and her sister were dead of arsenic pisoning. Discovering who had sent the deadly delicacies, and why, exposeda tangle of lies, jealousy, adultry and bet4rayal in a trial that mesmerized the entire country in 1898.True Crime lecture by Margaret Opsata and Supported by the Delaware Huanities. FREE with museum admission. (Max 36)
DATE: Sunday, 2/9/25TIME: 1:30 PMFEE: FREEAGE: 13+
Location
Rockwood Park at Rockwood Park
Age and Gender
Ages 13-100 · Co-Ed