Bonus Patreon Episode - The Dancing Plague 1518

Ep 249 is loose and this week it's the bizarre, mystical case of murder, artists and Ouija boards.Who would want Clothilde Marchand? Were the spirits whispering warnings or was there a nastier presence at work? And would you take off your clothes for a smooth-talking artist?The secret ingredient is....MORE witches!! Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources include:https://forest-lawn.com/blog/2019/03/09/the-scandal-of-the-century-the-murder-of-clothilde-marchand/https://paranormalphenomena.medium.com/the-dark-side-of-the-ouija-board-a-bizarre-murder-case-a760e109915dhttps://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/The-Mystery-of-the-Ouija-Board-Revealedhttps://www.grunge.com/280591/how-a-ouija-board-was-connected-to-a-murder/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 248 is loose! And we have the tale of an inventor, performer, broadcaster and conman Norman Baker.Who was this boisterous chap from Iowa? Did he really have a cure for cancer? And what trained animals do you send through the mail?The secret ingredient is...watermelon! Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include Border Radio: Quacks, Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics, and Other Amazing Broadcasters of the American Airwaves by Gene Fowler,https://www.visitmuscatine.com/177/Norman-Bakerhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charlatan-ozarks-still-looms-over-haunted-crescent-hotel-180973743/https://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/the-haunting-history-of-a-hucksters-cancer-curehttps://encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/norman-baker-4885/https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/dr-norman-baker-when-quackery-kills-1257a3638419 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 247 is loose! And we are off to China for the tale of a notorious mob boss who presided over Shanghai with an iron fist.Who was Du Yuesheng? How did he gain control of the city? And how do you like your twigs serves?The secret ingredient is... Shanghai!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week includewww.damninteresting.com/the-kingpin-of-shanghai/www.globaltimes.cn/content/767575.shtmlen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Du_Yuesheng Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 246 is loose and we have the 4th Earl of Sandwich, the beautiful Martha Ray, the pining Rev James Hackman, and two loaded pistols...Did John Montagu really invent everyone's favourite lunch? What led to a bloody showdown at the theatre? And what on EARTH happened with this week's cocktail?The secret ingredient is...a sandwich! Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/martharay/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/fatal-triangle-77291407/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3613725/A-killer-made-senseless-by-sensibility.htmlhttps://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2014/03/23/the-murder-of-martha-ray-or-the-earl-his-mistress-and-her-stalker/Kate Chisholm's books include 'Fanny Burney: Her Life' (Vintage)The London Gazette Archives, the Newgate Calendar, the Morning Post, Old Bailey Online Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 245 is loose! And there's a strange smell coming from a rented room in a New York apartment...What on earth happened to Father Casper? What was in his secret pouch? And could we drink this week's cocktail?The secret ingredient is...a priest!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include Famous Crimes the World Forgot: Ten Vintage True Crime Stories Rescued from Obscurity, and various newspaper archives includinghttps://newspaperarchive.com/saint-regis-falls-adirondack-news-jun-01-1907-p-8/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 244 is loose and we're back with the Borgias for another dive into this famous family's secrets - particularly the death of one sibling...Who would want Juan/Giovanni Borgia dead? Who was sleeping with who? And what did the donkey know?The secret ingredient is...a masked man!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet  Sources this week include Peter Strathern's The Borgias: Power & Fortune, Professor Catherine Fletcher & Not Just The Tudors, CrimeReads, The Guardian, and various Wiki rabbit holes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 243 is loose, and we have the little-known tale of Luther Jones, a career criminal! And a bad one at that.Why did Luther turn to a life of crime? Why did he keep making mistakes? And how do you serve your bean beverages?The secret ingredient is...poker!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 242 is loose! And we're taking a look at some of the worst popes in history - criminals, plotters, and madmen.Why did so many Popes live debauched lives? Why was a dead pope put on trial at Cadaver Synod? And who was plotting to poison Pope Leo X in an...unusual way?The secret ingredient is...a pope!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinetFind us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinetFollow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinetListen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinetSources this week include:https://medium.com/@mwfraser/the-cadaver-synod-when-the-corpse-of-a-dead-pope-was-put-on-trial-and-executed-1c9f3b82b11fhttps://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htmhttps://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-popes-in-history-2017-1#julius-ii-had-a-bad-case-of-syphilis-8https://www.thesmartset.com/article05111001/https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synodhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-elephant-buried-beneath-vatican-180957013/https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/murder-vaticanhttps://reformation500.csl.edu/pope-leo-x/Guicciardini, The Historie of Guicciardin Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 241 is loose and we're off to China for one of Nick's famous episodes from the Far East. And it's a brutal tale of murder and mystery this time...Who was Pamela Werner? Who would want her dead? And where would you definitely not go cycling?The secret ingredient is...Beijing! Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 240 is loose! And this week we look at the multitude of men who seemingly tried to get rid of Queen Victoria.Who were the seven assailants? Did they really want the queen dead? And how do YOU walk around the park?The secret ingredient is...assassins!Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at www.thepoisonerscabinet.com Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include:https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20230519-how-assassins-revealed-a-hidden-side-to-queen-victoriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Oxford#Historiographyhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5m5zjvDYrBMBGFJCFNmWgcY/the-seven-men-who-tried-to-kill-queen-victoriahttps://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Queen-Victoria-Eight-Assassination-Attempts/https://www.history.com/news/eight-times-queen-victoria-survived-attempted-assassinationshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_MacleanShooting Victoria by Paul Thomas MurphyHow To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.