It is one of the most explosive and cinematic theories on the true crime boards: Jack the Ripper wasn't a random madman, but a humiliated Victorian newspaper editor named Francis Craig, creating a massive, bloody smokescreen just to mask the murder of his runaway wife. Today, we run the Craig and Elizabeth Weston Davies theory through the Pub Test. We are stripping away the internet rumors, looking strictly at the verified historical facts, and seeing if the timeline actually holds up, or if this wild narrative completely falls apart over a pint.About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0

The Locked-Room Poisoning That Baffled Victorian LondonA man is found dead in his bed in 1886 London. A toxicology report later confirms over an ounce of liquid chloroform is in his stomach—a massive, unequivocally fatal dose. But the autopsy reveals none of what you would expect if someone swallowed a caustic chemical: no burns in the mouth, no blistering in the throat, and a perfectly clear windpipe. How do you get 28 milliliters of burning liquid past the human gag reflex without leaving a single trace?Welcome back to The Pub Test. Today, we are cracking open the Pimlico Mystery (the case of Adelaide Bartlett) to see if we can solve the locked-room forensic paradox that frustrated the Victorian medical establishment.We will be looking at the bizarre cast of characters, the highly unconventional Bartlett marriage, and the ultimate courtroom betrayal. Throughout this breakdown, we will be strictly separating verified historical facts from the unverified theories and tabloid gossip that have clouded this case for over a century.Did Adelaide pull off the perfect, medically impossible murder, or was the answer sitting right in front of the jury the whole time? Let's put the evidence to the pub test.About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0

Why would a killer use 20 times the lethal dose of poison to kill one man?The murder of Charles Bravo remains one of the most famous "unsolved" cases in British history. Between the adultery, the financial takeover, and the high-society cover-ups, the truth was buried under layers of Victorian etiquette.Today, we dig into the verified facts and the unverified theories of the Balham Mystery. From the water jug left unguarded to the suspicious behavior of the house staff, we’re putting every suspect to the test. Is the most obvious answer the one the police missed entirely?About the Host:Owen is a fiction writer who loves exploring real-life mysteries and forgotten stories.Check out his books 👇📚 The Power of History📚 Corporate Jungle🎧 Audio Credits:Bar Crowd – Logans Pub – Feb 2007.wav by lonemonk — License: Attribution 3.0OpenBeerDrinkIt.wav by samule44 — License: Attribution 4.0