Foul Play: A Historical True Crime Podcast · Shane L. Waters, Wendy Cee, Gemma Hoskins
France: La Voisin and the Poison Affair
·22 min
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A fortune teller's poison trade opens onto scandal in Louis XIV's France.
France's Affair of the Poisons comes through as a study of social power finding a criminal service in Catherine Monvoisin's Paris home. The episode follows her movement from fortune teller with herbalism and folk medicine into poisoner for clients who included powerful figures…
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