She denied guilty intention, claiming she only wanted her father's affection for her lover.
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A severe, antique telling of Mary Blandy’s parricide and its aftershocks.
This episode treats Mary Blandy’s case as a study in household respectability breaking apart into parricide, then follows the punishment and aftermath with a restrained, disciplined voice.
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You want a grave historical true-crime narrative about Mary Blandy, a young woman of respectable family, whose father's murder leads to execution and consequence.
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