Conan Doyle for the Defence

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Conan Doyle for the Defence

By: Margalit Fox

Narrated by: Crawford Logan

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Just before Christmas 1908, wealthy 82-year-old spinster Marion Gilchrist was found bludgeoned to death in her Glasgow home. A diamond brooch was missing, and police arrested Oscar Slater, a Jewish immigrant and gambler.

Despite having an alibi, Slater was convicted and imprisoned in Peterhead Prison.

Seventeen years later, convict William Gordon was released from Peterhead. Concealed in a false tooth was a message addressed to Arthur Conan Doyle, who turned his formidable talents to freeing Slater....

Drawing on original sources including Oscar Slater's prison letters, this is a compelling account of one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in Scottish history.

Margalit FoxCrawford LoganOakhill Publishing

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