Kristy, Scott, and Amber talk about Marie Lafarge and the landmark poison trial that made arsenic enthusiasts start to think twice.
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Sources:
Blood & Ink: An International Guide to Fact-based Crime Literature by Albert Borowitz
Memoirs of Madame Lafarge, by Marie Lafarge.
Encyclopedia.com. “Lafarge, Marie.”
Wikipedia. “Marie Lafarge.” “Gum Arabic.” “Cholera.” “Le Glandier.”
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Jess Romeo on JStor daily. “The Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge.” https://daily.jstor.org/the-arsenic-cake-of-madame-lafarge/
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France Info.fr “The Chartreuse du Glandier in Beyssac in Corrèze is for sale.”
https://artoftoxicology.weebly.com/marie-lafarge.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Lafarge
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https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/01/09/marie-lafarge-a-frenchwoman-who-poisoned-her-husband-with-arsenic-and-was-put-on-the-most-popular-trial/
Music:
Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-plan
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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