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Lex Talk History: something sinister and mysterious took place at this famous UK landmark

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Maxwell Place on UK's campus circa 1940
University of Kentucky Special Collections
Maxwell Place on UK's campus circa 1940

In this new episode of Lex Talk History: get a behind the scenes tour of the long-awaited Intersections exhibit now on display at the Lexington History Museum. Plus, in keeping with 250 Lex's Culinary Month theme, Deirdre Scaggs, with UK Libraries' Special Collections and Research Center, talks to Alan and Mandy about the discovery of new evidence in an unsolved Lexington food poisoning case. The sensational attempted murder of one of Lexington’s most prominent families gripped the community for weeks in 1904. Deirdre also talks about her recently published book: 'The Historic Kentucky Kitchen: Traditional Recipes for Today's Cook.' It's an episode we hope you'll really, (wait for it) savor.

Read more about the Mulligan case at the link below:

https://smileypete.com/community/2012-08-30-attempted-murder-most-foul/

Silver bowl containing poisoned salmon from Mulligan home at Maxwell place
University of Kentucky Special Collections

Silver bowl containing poisoned salmon from Mulligan home at Maxwell place

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Alan Lytle has more than 25 years of experience as a Kentucky broadcaster. Over that span he has earned multiple awards for anchoring, writing and producing news & features for WUKY. He took home the Kentucky Broadcasters Association's Best Radio Anchor award in 2021.