Around 30,000 people saw Palmer aged 31 years publicly executed in Stafford at 8.00 a.m. on Saturday June 14th 1856 for the murder of John Parsons Cook in Rugeley at the Talbot Arms later the Shrewsbury Arms, now The Shrew. He became known as The Rugeley Poisoner and The Prince of Poisoners. His effigy stood in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors for some 127 years.That he was a rogue, heavily in debt, guilty of attempted bribery, fraud, forgery and overly fond of the ladies and of gambling on the horses is beyond doubt

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