For our 300th episode, we experiment with the dusty alcoholic contents of the Poisoners' Cabinet itself, tell some tales that may have a twist to them, and play our very own version of Top Trumps using some of the biggest characters from the show!

Enjoy and thank you all for your support since we first began!

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Ep 299 is loose, and we're off on the high seas for a gruesome tale at sea on board the Mary Russell...

What happened to this simple trading ship in 1828? What was wrong with Captain Stewart? And could the donkeys have helped out more?

The secret ingredient is...a donkey!

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Ep 298 is loose! And we have tales from the life, times and death of that great adventurer and self-promoter, Sir Walter Raleigh.

What did old Walt REALLY do? What did he do to end up in the Tower? And should you ever take maps from a wizard?

The secret ingredient is...tobacco!

Thank you for your patience on this episode while Sinead recovered - we had a very giddy time recording as a result, so it's worth the wait, we think!

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Sources this week include:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh#
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Plot#
• https://www.historyhit.com/sir-walter-raleigh-executed/
• https://www.englandcast.com/sir-walter-raleigh/
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/560395/facts-about-sir-walter-raleigh
• https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/sir-walter-raleigh/
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Introduction-of-Tobacco-to-England/

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Ep 297 is loose! And it's a madcap tale of a quarrel, a killing and an awful lot of people turning up at the worst possible time...

Who was Theodore Gardelle? What happened to his landlady? And what presents do you bring to friends to cheer them up?

The secret ingredient is...a portrait! 

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Ep 296 is loose! And it's time for us to tell the story of The Bowery Boys and The Dead Rabbits!

How did the famous gangs of New York form? Who were the powerful leaders? And why was everyone scared of rabbits?

The secret ingredient is...a dead rabbit!

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Sources this week include:

• https://blogs.shu.edu/nyc-history/gangs-of-new-york-19th-century/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowery_Boys_(gang)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Poole#
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/bill-the-butcher
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/dead-rabbits
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Rabbits#
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morrissey#
• https://www.theirishstory.com/2023/12/08/john-old-smoke-morrissey-the-man-who-ordered-the-death-of-bill-the-butcher-poole/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_draft_riots#
• https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/11/killing-of-butcher-bill.html

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Ep 295 is loose! And a woman lies dead in the village Rectory with an odd bundle of papers by her side...

Who would want Martha dead? Was evidence found at the scene put there on purpose? And how many Germans are there in London?

The secret ingredient is... a cobbler!

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Ep 294 is loose! And we have the tale of a woman who plotted against her husband, with several chaps who she kept smuggling into her house...

Who was Bathsheba Spooner? Why did she want her husband dead? And won't someone please think of the spoons?!

The secret ingredient is...a shiny shoe buckle!

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Sources this week include: Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy by Andrew Noone plus

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Spooner https://historicipswich.net/2026/02/03/the-hanging-of-bathsheba-spooner-july-2-1778/ https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/the-story-of-bathsheba-spooner/ https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/48055767.pdf https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/06/bathsheba-spooner-murderer.html

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Ep 293 is loose! And this week, we look at the many cons of Joseph Weil, who fooled a lot of people out of a lot of cash.

Why did Joseph turn to crime? What were the cons he pulled? And how stupid was Mussolini?

The secret ingredient is...an elixir! 

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Sources include:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weil#

www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/exhibitions/item_of_the_month/iotm_jan_2020.html

crimereads.com/joseph-weil-yellow-kid/

dn720006.ca.archive.org/0/items/yellowkidweilaut00weil/yellowkidweilaut00weil.pdf

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Ep 292 is loose and it's a grim and gruesome tale of lonely hearts, scary garages and horrible murder...

Who was Harry Powers? Why was he looking for so many wives? And what would your requirements be if wife hunting?

The secret ingredient is...a newspaper!

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Sources this week include Harry Power's Trial: Portrait of a Killer by Raymond Alvarez.

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

https://medium.com/tftunderworld/the-grisly-tale-of-infamous-bluebeard-serial-killer-harry-f-powers-132e6075de00 

https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/the-true-story-of-the-bluebeard-killer/

https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/powers-harry.htm 

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Ep 291 is loose and we have a rogue and swindler on our hands in the form of John Reginald Birchall!

Who was this carefree Englishman? How did he get involved in Canadian farming? And was his wife ANY good on stage?

The secret ingredient is...a farm!

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Sources this week include:Killers Cavalcade: A Collection of historical British murders.

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3623764/Murder-in-the-marshes

archives.oxfordcounty.ca/media/44upwxod/student-resource-the-historical-trial-of-reginald-birchall.pdf

www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6562577.detective-lied-improve-image/

murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birchall-reginald.htm

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