Event 163
Stephen Bates joins Maria Golightly and Sophie Jones
The Poisonous Solicitor Walk
– Meeting Place on Site
The true story of Major Herbert Armstrong, a Hay-on-Wye solicitor who was hanged in May 1922 for poisoning his wife with arsenic, was a celebrated murder case, which inspired works by Dorothy L Sayers and Agatha Christie in the golden age of crime writing. But was he really guilty? Or was it a terrible miscarriage of justice? Stephen Bates uncovers new evidence as he joins Brecon Beacons National Park guides on this walking tour around Hay, visiting some of the sites featured in his book.
2 hours
Please wear appropriate outdoor gear. The walk returns to the Festival site by midday.
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