Madeleine Smith

In 1856, Glasgow debutante Madeleine Smith began a passionate affair with Emile L'Angelier. The two met in secret and wrote to each other frequently. When her parents tried to have her “married off,” Madeleine abandoned her lover. He threatened to use their letters to expose the affair. Shortly afterward, he was found dead from what was recorded as arsenic poisoning. When the passionate letters were found, Madeleine was charged with murder.