Special Episode - The Gruesome Legend of Sawney Bean

Ep 290 is loose! And we're off to beautiful Sweden to look at a collection of bizarre events that all occurred on the same day...Why did 4 men vanish from the city apparently at once? Are the cases connected or a coincidence? And is this the worst robbery in the history of robberies?The secret ingredient is...a Scuba Diver!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 several translated Swedish sources plus:https://historyandotherthingsweb.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/the-dahlsjo-case/https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-dahlsjo-disappearanceshttps://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-foiled-bank-robbery-and-the-four-missing-men-e6e208f6c35d Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 289 is loose! A dinner party is in full swing, but something is very wrong with the coffee.Who would want so many people dead? What was in the coffee pot? And are we due an alarm this week...?The secret ingredient is...a dinner party! 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.

A special episode this week from the Patreon archives covering the horrifying legend of Sawney Bean and his family of murderous children roaming the wilds of Scotland...A bloody and wild tale, this episode was originally broadcast on Patreon in March 2021. No cocktail, just lots of...gore!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 288 is loose! And we have a grim tale of murder most foul in a simple bookbinder's workshop...Who was James Cook? Why was smoke pouring from his chimney? And where do you hang your body parts?The secret ingredient is...hooks! 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 287 is loose! And we're off to Arizona to find out when a horrible old chicken rancher has gone missing...Who was Eva Dugan? What sort of housekeeper was she? And what did the chickens know?The secret ingredient is...the gallows!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.truewestmagazine.com/article/claw-fingered-kitty-a-k-a-eva-dugan/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197660067/eva-duganhttps://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dugan-eva.htmhttps://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-execution-of-eva-dugan/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Dugan Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 286 is loose! And a man lies dead in his home, two bullets in his body but is it suicide or something more sinister?Who would want Benjamin Burton dead? Who was in the house when he died? And did Garfield just have a terrible terrible doctor?The secret ingredient is...breakfast! 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 285 is loose and we are heading back to ancient Rome for another badass woman from history, the empress Messalina!Were the stories about her true? How did she dispose of her enemies? And what sort of sex contest is acceptable to YOU?The secret ingredient is...rumours!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 Messalina: The Life and Times of Rome’s Most Scandalous Empress by Honor Cargill-Martin, National Georgraphic, ThoughtCo, Walks In Rome and Wiki dives into Messalina, Claudius, Caligula, and Tacitus. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 284 is loose! Werewolves, cannibals, by-standers and narcissists - we tackle them all in this very special bumper bonus episode with guest Roanna Bond.This week we dive into the psychology and pathology of some of the strangest crimes and criminal acts we've covered on the show with psychotherapist Roanna to consider why people continue to be drawn to true crime, what causes by-stander apathy and whether or not any of us would eat each other for a snack...While we try to keep things light, some of the subject matter discusses is dark and maybe uncomfortable for some listeners.Enjoy this dive into the dark side of our mind!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 283 is loose! And we have the wild tale of a spiritualist, medium, lecturer, princess, baroness, countess, guru and conduit to the beyond, Ann O'Delia Diss Debar...Who was this weird woman? Was she really the daughter of a king? And how often to the Greek philosophers contact YOU for a chat?The secret ingredient is....a weird spooky drawing!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: Nothing’s Lost Forever by Edmund Richardson, NY Times archive, wiki dives on Ann O'Delia, Helen Blavatsky, Koreshan Unity and Lola Montez, plushttps://order-of-the-jackalope.com/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koreshan_Unityhttps://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-spirit-painters-of-old-new-yorkhttps://www.grunge.com/1187521/meet-ann-odelia-diss-debar-the-fake-medium-even-harry-houdini-complimented/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ep 282 is loose! And a man lies dead in Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh and the huge package he was carrying is missing...What happened to poor William Begbie? How does it link to the roguish ways of a man called Captain Moffat? And why oh why a bread knife?The secret ingredient is...bank notes!  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.