Venetia Stanley
Venetia Anastasia Stanley Digby (December 1600 – May 1, 1633) was a celebrated beauty of the Stuart period (England), renowned for her racy good looks and mysterious death. She was a granddaughter of Henry Percy, 8th Earl of Northumberland and the wife of Kenelm Digby.
Read more about Venetia Stanley: Life, Mysterious Death
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“We’re not blind and we’re not fools. We’re just plain, sensible people who refuse to be fooled by a lot of supernatural nonsense.... There’s no magic in dried lizards and dead chickens.”
—Eric Taylor. Robert Siodmak. Frank Stanley (Robert Paige)