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!

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Sources this week include:

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20230519-how-assassins-revealed-a-hidden-side-to-queen-victoria
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Oxford#Historiography
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5m5zjvDYrBMBGFJCFNmWgcY/the-seven-men-who-tried-to-kill-queen-victoria
• https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Queen-Victoria-Eight-Assassination-Attempts/
• https://www.history.com/news/eight-times-queen-victoria-survived-attempted-assassinations
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick_Maclean
• Shooting Victoria by Paul Thomas Murphy
• How To Be A Victorian by Ruth Goodman

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Ep 239 is loose! And we have a good ol' fashioned poisoning story from the deadly Lyda Southard.

Who was this flame haired beauty? Why did so many men sign her papers? And will there be an alarm this week...?

The secret ingredient is...fever!

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A sizzlingly sensational special bumper Q&A episode, to mark 5 years of the Poisoners' Cabinet!

Nick and Sinead answer a stack of questions from fans about the show, about life and about snacks. It's a much more relaxed episode with no main case and lots of silly fun, and occasional grown-up content.

Thank you everyone, for an amazing 5 years; we love you to the moon and back!

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Ep 238 is loose on our 5th birthday - and to celebrate we're going to Rome!

We dip our toe into the huge history of the Roman Empire and chat weird facts and crazy stories featuring famous and lesser known figures from the ancient city...

Was Caligula really as mad as people said? Did Nero fiddle while Rome burned? And what do you write on your curse tablets?

The secret ingredient is...Rome itself!

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Sources this week include A Fatal Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum by Emma Southon, HIstory Today, History HIT, National Geographic:

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Journals/CP/27/2/Poisoning*.html 

https://www.thecollector.com/early-christian-martyrs/ 

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/causes-early-persecutions

https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/10-questions-about-emperor-nero-and-some-curious-answers

https://www.italyonthisday.com/2019/01/assassination-of-caligula-Roman-emperor-excess-cruelty.html

http://ad43.org.uk/blog/caligula-and-the-sea-shells/

https://thehistorianshut.com/2018/12/09/nero-reportedly-survived-an-assassination-attempt-because-of-a-discarded-snakeskin/

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Was Giulia Tofana a murderer...or a saviour?

This is the question posed by Cathryn Kemp in her new historical fiction novel, A Poisoner's Tale - a retelling of the legend of Giulia and her poison, Aqua Tofana.

Cathryn kindly joined us to talk about her process for writing the book, the story of Giulia and the main players in her story, and her advice for aspiring writers.

A Poisoner's Tale is now available on hardback at all good independent and high street bookshops, and through Penguin.

You can follow Cathryn at @cathryn_kemp  on Instagram and at https://cathrynkemp.com/

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Ep 236 is loose! And we're headed to Quincy, Illinois where a dashing young man has arrived at his extended family's farm with big tales and big promises...

Who was Stephen Ballew? What business did he really do? And how do you like your silk shirts?

The secret ingredient is...flint! 

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Ep 236 is loose and we're looking at the case of Polly Bodine, the Witch of New York accused of a horrific murder and tried by the press for it...

Who was Polly? Why would she want her sister-in-law dead? And where do you put your granite to sleep?

The secret ingredient is...an apothecary!

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Sources this week include The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice by Alex Hortis, SI Live, Strange Company. 

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It's a special episode from our Patreon files! And we tell the incredible story of Phineas Gage...

Originally broadcast on Patreon in October 2024, this Deadly Nightcaps episode follows on from Ep 217 and delves deeper into the pseudoscience of phrenology and the story of a man who seemingly changed completely after an unfortunate accident with an iron rod...

The main episodes will return next week!

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Ep 235 is loose and we're off to the hallowed halls of Stanford University to discover what really happened to one of its founders...

Who was Jane Stanford? Why would anyone want her out of the way? And what do you shout out on dates?

The secret ingredient is... a university!

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Sources this week include Who Killed Jane Stanford by Richard White, Stanford University Historical Society, The New York Times, The LA Times, Stanford Magazine, Julia Flynn Siler, The Mysterious Death of Jane Stanford by Robert Cutler, San Francisco Chronicle.

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Ep 234 is loose and we're telling the story of how having a mother-in-law can quite literally can be murder...

Who was Elizabeth Duncan? Why was she so obsessed with keeping her son close? And which friend would you ask to help plan a crime?

The secret ingredient is...a mother-in-law!

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Sources this week include FATAL PASSIONS: a chilling collection of true cases where love turned lethal by Adrian Vincent

wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Ann_Duncan

www.independent.com/2022/10/12/elizabeth-duncan-last-woman-executed-california-history/

https://time.com/archive/6613113/crime-mammas-boy/

murderpedia.org/female.D/d/duncan-elizabeth.htm

www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-08-me-32299-story.html

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