Bendigo woman stabbed in guts by killer corset 140 years ago

Tom O'Callaghan
February 26 2022 - 5:30am
FASHION VICTIM: An advertisement for a very tight looking corset from around the 1890s. Picture: Courtesy of the STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA
FASHION VICTIM: An advertisement for a very tight looking corset from around the 1890s. Picture: Courtesy of the STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA

A KILLER corset struck in Bendigo 140 years ago, rupturing a woman's internal organs and sending her to an untimely death.

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Tom O'Callaghan

Tom O'Callaghan

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