Contains strong language, adult humour, some sexual content and some violence.

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Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

Murder They Wrote with Laura Whitmore and Iain Stirling

114. A Scandal in Beacon Hill

13 April 2026

37 minutes

Available for over a year

It’s 1901 and Boston is abuzz with gossip. A high-society man named Sumner Paine has just been arrested for chasing his daughter’s music teacher down the street with a pistol.

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