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.”
Tabea Tietz on SciHi Blog. “Madame Marie Lafarge – The first “Victim” of the Marsh Test.”
Joan Acocella on The New Yorker. “Murder by Poison.”
Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes by Mary S. Hartman. 2014.
An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience by Elisa Bergslien.
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
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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/
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Evil Plan by Kevin MacLeod
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