The Poisoners' Cabinet

Let's take a trip around the world's deadliest garden, The Alnwick Poison Garden!

Join us for this special bonus episode where Nick and Sinead are shown around the world-famous Poison Garden at Alnwick Gardens to learn about all the plants that can kill. The gardens are dedicated to growing toxic and narcotic plants and educating people of all ages about them.

This is a live recording with expert guide John Knox, and is full of fun facts about things in your garden, in the woods, in the fields, basically EVERYWHERE that can mess you up.

Plan your trip to The Alnwick Garden: https://www.alnwickgarden.com/

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Ep 225 is loose on Halloween night! And we are diving into the terrifying legend of the mummy, and the so-called curse of the Pharaohs...

Did opening King Tut's tomb unleash horrors on the world? Did a mummy sink the Titanic? And how do you like your mummy served?

The secret ingredient is...a Pharaoh!

Enjoy and HAPPY HALLOWEEN

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Sources this week include The Tomb of Tutankhamun by Howard Carter, The Curse of the Mummy, by Candace Fleming, The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest by Nicholas Reeves, National Geographic, The Register Adelaide 1924, La Times & John Stewart, History News Network, World History, The Archaeologist, interviews with Dr Campbell Price

For a great piece on the legends of the Unlucky Mummy, look here: https://www.davidcastleton.net/unlucky-mummy-curse-british-museum-titanic-amen-ra-egyptian/ 

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Ep 224 is loose! And there's a panic in New England as vampires appear to be roaming the land, searching for victims in this special spooky season episode...

Who was Mercy Brown? Why would vampires be targeting small farming communities? And how do you spot a virgin horse?

The secret ingredient is... vampires!

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Sources this week include:

https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/new-england-vampire-panic.htm

https://newengland.com/yankee/history/new-england-vampire-history/ 

https://www.woodstockhistorycenter.org/articles/2022/10/4/woodstocks-vampire

https://uncertaintist.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/hunting-for-thoreaus-vampire-in-vermont/

In Search Of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires by Raymond McNally

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It's part two of our dive into the terrifying story of The Zodiac Killer, where we look at the prime suspects and the web of alleged crimes around the mysterious figure.

Do you have a theory about this case? Do you think it was one figure...or more? And who wants a drink?

The secret ingredient is...a super secret code!

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Ep 222 is loose and we are going to tackle one of the most famous serial killers of all time, The Zodiac...

In Part 1 we look at the crimes and the activity around them. Who did the Zodiac target? Why did the killer tease the press with puzzles? And how do you write cyphers in a French accent?

The secret ingredient is...the constellations!

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Ep 221 is loose! And we're off to Bavaria, to hear the story of 'Mad' King Ludwig II, and his mysterious death...

Why was Ludwig labelled a madman? Why did he love Wagner's music so much? And was it the swans?

The secret ingredient is...a castle!

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Sources this week include Histories, Mysteries and Conspiracies, Neuschwanstein Castle website, Der Spiegel International, Ludwig II by Hans Nohbauer, My Dear Boy by Rictor Norton, History.com, Ancient Origins, The Mad Monarch by Werner Richter, Forbidden History and online interviews with Dr Gerhard Immler of the Bavarian State Archives and historian Guy Walters.

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Ep 220 is loose! And we're aboard the Herbert Fuller cargo ship where murder most foul has been committed...

Who was aboard this vessel? Could any of the crew be trusted? And how quickly would you start crying during a murder investigation?

The secret ingredient is...timber!

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Ep 219 is loose! And it's a truly bizarre and sometimes disgusting story of a man with a huge appetite that got him into a fair amount of trouble.

Who was the mysterious Tarrare? Why could he eat literally anything? And was this the worst spying plan in history?

The secret ingredient is...a baby!

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Sources this week include: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare

https://cvltnation.com/tarrare-man-ate-toddler/

https://www.wiltons.org.uk/news/155 

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39074/pg39074-images.html , CURIOSITIES OF

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090521072202/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/260/the_cat_eaters.html 

https://www.dailygrail.com/2020/01/forbidden-flesh-an-appetite-never-to-be-sated/ 

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Ep 218 is loose! And we have a bizarre mystery on our hands, with a man being very shifty in a hotel in the 1930s...

Who was the man in room 1046? Why did he have no luggage? And what IS the formal greeting for a potential crime boss?

The secret ingredient is...a president!

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Sources include

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree

https://allthatsinteresting.com/room-1046-murder-roland-t-owen

https://www.ranker.com/list/room-1046-mystery/orrin-grey

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/04/the-baffling-case-of-roland-t-owens-mysterious-death/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanbergara/the-ogletree-murder-is-one-of-the-creepiest-unsolved-cases

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Ep 217 is loose and we have a woman accused of murder and - much worse - accused of being ugly!

Who was Nancy Farrer? Was she insane or a calculating killer? And can your head tell you how mirthful you really are?

The secret ingredient is...a skull!

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Sources this week include Murderpedia, Homicidal Insanity:The Case of Nancy Farrer in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, The Life Public Service and Select Speeches of Rutherford B Hayes, Unknown Gendre History, collected writings on Phrenology, Craniology and the Edinburgh Phrenological Society 

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