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In this week’s episode, J’Lynn teams up with her new partner in crime‑solving — Adam the Llama, historian, hoofed intellectual, and occasional chewer of important documents — to unravel one of Tudor England’s most politically charged mysteries: the alleged poisoning plot against Bishop John Fisher.

The case begins in a bustling kitchen, where cook Richard Roose is accused of slipping something sinister into a pot of porridge. What follows is a whirlwind of panic, royal intervention, and a legal process so rushed it practically leaves hoofprints. As J’Lynn dissects the forensic plausibility of the poisoning, Adam contributes his own brand of analysis: sharp historical insight, impeccable recall of Tudor politics, and the occasional dramatic spit when something doesn’t add up.

Together, they uncover a troubling pattern — Roose’s guilt may have been less about evidence and more about convenience. Bishop Fisher was a thorn in powerful sides, and Roose’s trial looks suspiciously like a message meant for someone far above his station.

Was Richard Roose truly a poisoner, or simply the perfect scapegoat? And did Bishop Fisher escape one plot only to be swept into another far more dangerous?

By the end, listeners will see why this case still echoes through Tudor history: it’s not just a tale of treachery in a kitchen… but treachery in a kingdom, narrated by a woman with a forensic eye and a llama with opinions.

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Footprints in the snow... multiple assassins...numerous attempts... and the worst murder cover up in Tudor history. 

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Step into 1537 Bildeston, where rumor spreads faster than truth and justice is whatever the loudest villager insists it is. In this darkly humorous and chilling episode, J’Lynn unravels the wrongful execution of Philip Witherick — a man condemned for murdering his lodger, Ambrose Letyce… who wasn’t even dead.

Follow the twisting path of suspicion, panic, and Tudor‑style “investigation,” featuring:
• A tailor who vanishes without his tools
• A bailiff who digs up bones and plants teeth
• A terrified child bribed into storytelling
• A mother coerced after five denials
• And a village that invents a crime out of thin air

With Josephine off time‑traveling for research on another case, J’Lynn guides you through one of history’s most absurd miscarriages of justice — a murder solved before anyone checked whether the victim was alive.

A missing man who wasn’t missing.
A crime that never happened.
And a community determined to punish someone anyway.

Pour your tea.
Brace yourself.
This is Tea & Treachery.

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Your first glimpse into the new historical murder mystery podcast- Tea & Treachery

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