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<h1 align="center"><b>A Most Curious Murder - The Madeleine Smith Story.</b></h1>
<div align="center"><b><a href="http://www.amostcuriousmurder.com/Madeleine.ram">Listen
to the full story in RealAudio format.</a></b></div>
<h2>This web site is devoted to the Madeleine Smith case. Featuring new in-depth
research undertaken prior to scripting the musical, it sets out the full story
of a bizarre orchestration of evidence discovered 140 years too late.</h2>
<h3>Thursday, 9th July 1857 - The atmosphere outside the High Court in Edinburgh
was charged to fever pitch as the crowd awaited the verdict at the end of
the most sensational trial of the century. Hanging in the balance was the
life of Madeleine Smith, attractive 22 year old daughter of James Smith, a
prosperous Glasgow architect, (and grand-daughter of David Hamilton, the "Father
of Glasgow Architecture").</h3>
<h4>Madeleine Smith had been accused of poisoning her lover, Jersey born Pierre
Emile L'Angelier. She had purchased arsenic poison on three occasions.</h4>
<h4>Over the last few days, revelations of Madeleine's secret romance had been
making headlines in London, Paris and New York. By the end of the trial, in
spite of widespread belief in her guilt, sympathy had swung towards Madeleine
and the crowds cheered when news of the Not Proven verdict reached the street.
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<h4>Madeleine Smith was free to leave the court but never was she free from
suspicion. </h4>
<p><b>HOWEVER... </b></p>
<p>On Friday 4th July 1997 and on Saturday 5th, exactly 140 years after the
trial, the Scottish press reported the results of our research - that the
true facts of the case had been uncovered for the first time: </p>
<h5>The Scotsman 4th July 1997:<br />
"EVIDENCE SHOWS ONE OF SCOTLAND'S MOST HATED WOMEN WAS FRAMED BY HER LOVER"
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<h5>The Scottish Daily Mail 5th July 1997: <br />
"THE TRUTH ABOUT THE WOMAN BRANDED A POISONER - 140 YEARS LATE"</h5>
<p>August 2003 saw the World Premiere of <b>"A Most Curious Murder"
</b>at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.</p>
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<li><a href="menu.htm">Main Menu </a><br />
<li>The Madeleine Smith Story - the full text version<br />
<li><a href="datefile.htm">Datefile (sequence of events)</a> (including geneology
of the Smith and Hamilton families)<br />
<li><a href="who.htm">Who's Who</a> <br />
<li><a href="WitnessList.htm">Witnesses (linked to testimony)</a><br />
<li><a href="Defence.htm">Evidence for the defence</a><br />
<li><a href="Prosecution.htm">Evidence for prosecution</a><br />
<li><a href="Works.htm">Works of David Hamilton</a> (The story of the professional
life of David Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="Census.htm">Census details etc.</a><br />
<li><a href="Gildard.htm">Thomas Gildard's speech</a> (a unique, priceless glimpse
into David Hamilton's life by an old architect who had been one of Hamilton's
pupils)<br />
<li><a href="Obituary.htm">Obituary of David Hamilton</a><br />
<li><a href="RoyalExchangeHistory.htm">History of the Royal Exchange</a> (Excellent
background to the whole story)<br />
<li><a href="Jones.htm">1787 Glasgow Directory</a> (The Nathaniel Jones Directory
of "names and places of abode of the merchants, manufacturers, traders and
shop-keepers in and about Glasgow" in 1787). <br />
<li><a href="Analysis.htm">Analysis of the case</a> <br />
<li><a href="RoyalExchangeHistory.htm">The Royal Exchange</a> (architect: David
Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="rExCeiling.htm">Ceiling of the Royal Exchange</a><br />
<li><a href="Family.htm">Smith family photograph</a><br />
<li><a href="Birkenshaw.htm">Birkenshaw House</a> (home of the Smith families
- junior & senior - until 1843)<br />
<li><a href="Stables.htm">The Stables at Birkenshaw</a><br />
<li><a href="Lennox.htm">Lennox Castle</a> (architect: David Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="Wall.htm">David Hamilton's grave</a><br />
<li><a href="Airth.htm">Airth Castle</a> (architect: David Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="Rowaleyn.htm">Rowaleyn</a> (architect: James Smith - country home
of the Smith family)<br />
<li><a href="Palace.htm">Hamilton Palace</a> (architect: David Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="WitnessList.htm">The Trial (links to witnesses and testimony)</a><br />
<li><a href="Collegiate.htm">The Collegiate School </a>(architect: James Smith)<br />
<li><a href="mclellan.htm">The McLellan Galleries</a> (architect: James Smith)<br />
<li><a href="Parliamt.htm">Houses of Parliament Competition</a> (architect:
David Hamilton)<br />
<li><a href="Children.htm">David Hamilton's children</a>
<li><a href="http://www.swingrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Swing Records</a>
(the Radio Big Band - recordings of Fascinating City (Edinburgh Tribute Song,
and That Old Forth Bridge & Me)
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- highly recommended - the <a href="http://www.masonhost.com">best web site
design company in Scotland</a>.
<li><a href="strengthandweaknessFS.htm">The Mechanics of Strength and Weakness
- Understanding the Psychopathic Personality - The conflict of active and
passive libido in the normal personality</a>.<br />
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