Secret Devon: The McGinty Mystery

Secret Devon: The McGinty Mystery is a four-part BBC Radio Devon series presented and produced by Emily Wood. It investigates the 1935 death of her great-aunt Eva, who lived in London as Eveline McGinty; an inquest found she was killed by her boyfriend, who then took his own life. The series explores the theory that the case may have helped inspire Agatha Christie's Mrs McGinty's Dead. Contributors include Dr Mark Aldridge, Laura Thompson, Jeremy Vine and Robert Thorogood.

This is the gentlest pick this week, and the most personal. Emily Wood, a BBC Radio Devon producer, sets out to understand the 1935 murder of her great-aunt Eva, who lived in London under the name Eve

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