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How acid attacks started in Victorian times
The wave of callous and life-changing acid attacks in London feels like a new threat on the streets of our capital. But, this is a crime that was horrifying Londoners in the nineteenth century too. Hester Cant took Fern Riddell out onto the streets of North London to hear about one particularly nasty attack which the press of the day labelled 'Actor Murdering Mania!'.
First broadcast on Making History, 9 January 2018.
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