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    Ghosts, Ghosting & Love Stories
    samantha battams
    • Apr 18
    • 7 min

    Ghosts, Ghosting & Love Stories

    I hope everyone is enjoying the last hours of their #Easter2022 long weekend. I have had a great weekend, catching up with family and...
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    the rhynie poisoning case
    samantha battams
    • Nov 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    the rhynie poisoning case

    The past seven months has gone by in a whirlwind! Lots has happened in my world, including speaking on The Secret Art of Poisoning at...
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    march 4 justice
    samantha battams
    • Mar 27, 2021
    • 9 min

    march 4 justice

    #March4Justice #Adelaide This month instead of just writing about history, I was involved in creating it! The past six weeks have been...
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    Back to Minnipa
    samantha battams
    • Nov 2, 2020
    • 12 min

    Back to Minnipa

    Back to Minnipa: a family history pilgrimage In July I had decided to visit #Minnipa, on the West Coast (over 600km from Adelaide), with...
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    coping with covid19
    samantha battams
    • May 1, 2020
    • 14 min

    coping with covid19

    So much has happened since the last blog I wrote in November 2019. Writing for my latest book, #TheRhyniePoisoningCase, a sequel to...
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    November '19 update
    samantha battams
    • Nov 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    November '19 update

    Harry Butler presentations Lots has happened since my last blog in August. It was a busy week this week of 10 November, with Wednesday...
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    Harry butler (the red devil) book launchED
    samantha battams
    • Aug 30, 2019
    • 2 min

    Harry butler (the red devil) book launchED

    What an amazing month! This month 'The Red Devil: The story of South Australian #Aviation #Pioneer' was launched at the #Minlaton Town...
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    July '19 update
    samantha battams
    • Jul 10, 2019
    • 2 min

    July '19 update

    Back on the 23rd May, the #Melbourne launch of #TheSecretArtofPoisoning was supported by #SistersinCrime Australia with #crimewriter ...
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    samantha battams
    • May 22, 2019
    • 1 min

    Melbourne Launch

    The month of May has been busy! I've been doing a few radio interviews lately, speaking with Jules Schiller’s on his ABC Adelaide 891...
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    Launch of the secret art of poisoning
    samantha battams
    • May 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    Launch of the secret art of poisoning

    The launch of the Secret Art of Poisoning: The True Crimes of Martha Needle, The Richmond Poisoner was a fun event, with around 110...
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    samantha battams
    • Apr 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    The secret art of poisoning media

    There's been lots of media about 'The Secret Art of Poisoning' released today, with the review of the book by Dr Denise George appearing...
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    Martha Needle in the News
    samantha battams
    • Mar 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Martha Needle in the News

    I had a good chat with Nathan Davies at the Sunday Mail about #TheSecretArtofPoisoning book and the tragic tale of #MarthaNeedle a couple...
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    Martha needle book now published
    samantha battams
    • Feb 18, 2019
    • 1 min

    Martha needle book now published

    I have finally #published my #truecrime book #TheSecretArtofPoisoning The #MarthaNeedle book is available both as an ebook (see ...
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    samantha battams
    • Oct 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Red devil: podcast

    Back in May 2018, Les Parsons and I spoke to the guys at #TheAdelaideShow podcast about our upcoming book #TheRedDevil on #pioneeraviator...
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    samantha battams
    • Oct 30, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Secret Art of Poisoning: podcast

    On Monday 29th October 2018 I had a great chat about my upcoming #truecrime #book 'The Secret Art of Poisoning' with Mathew Hamilton at...
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    samantha battams
    • Oct 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    The Rhynie tragedy

    Welcome to my #newwebsite which I have established in the lead up to the publication of two non-fiction historical books I have been...
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