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Kristy, Scott, and Amber talk about Marie Lafarge and the landmark poison trial that made arsenic enthusiasts start to think twice. For more old timey crimey content, check out the Patreon and see what extras you can get for a few bucks a months! Or check out our Amazon Wishlist to buy us a book--making the episode topic YOUR CHOICE! Don't forget to follow the show FB, Insta, or Twitter. WE HAVE MERCH! https://www.redbubble.com/people/oldtimeycrimey/shop 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/ Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. Isis: a journal of the history of science society. “Managing Uncertainty in the Academy and the Courtroom: Normal Arsenic and 19th-Century Toxicology.” Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. “Popularizing Controversial Science: A Popular Treatise on Poisons by Mateu Orfila (1818).” Medical History. Joan Acocella on The New Yorker. “Murder by Poison.” Martin Lynch. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal. “Analysis of Madame Lafarge's Trial, with Remarks on the Medical Evidence.” 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 https://murderpedia.org/female.L/l/lafarge-marie.htm 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 MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3725-evil-planLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Season 1 Episode 11: I swear these aren't actual Christmas episodes. This week we look at the case that made the Marsh test a thing. Marie Lafarge is put on trial, and things are looking pretty good for her--until Mathieu Orfila shows up. Find us on FB, Insta, and Twitter. Voice acting by Amber Gaunt, Lynne Kearney, and Scott Mort. Music by Kevin McLeod, LiloSound, and MusicLFiles. Sources: Mary S. Hartman. Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes Elisa Bergslien. An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience Jess Romeo on JStor daily. “The Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge.” Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. Isis: a journal of the history of science society. “Managing Uncertainty in the Academy and the Courtroom." Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. “Popularizing Controversial Science” Medical History. Joan Acocella on The New Yorker. “Murder by Poison.” “Marie Lafarge.” Wikipedia. Martin Lynch. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal. “Analysis of Madame Lafarge's Trial, with Remarks on the Medical Evidence.” France Info.fr “The Chartreuse du Glandier in Beyssac in Corrèze is for sale.” Music: Kevin McLeod: Deadly Roulette https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette, The Snow Queen https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4511-the-snow-queen, Sneaky Snitch https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch, Umbrella Pants https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4559-umbrella-pants, Improbable https://filmmusic.io/song/4069-improbable, Thinking Music https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music MusicLFiles: Autumn Waltz https://filmmusic.io/song/6487-autumn-waltz, Melancholic Sentimental Piano https://filmmusic.io/song/6328-melancholic-sentimental-piano-solo, Classical Piano Waltz of Birds https://filmmusic.io/song/6238-classical-piano-waltz-of-birds LiloSound: FamilialCrises https://filmmusic.io/song/6536-familialcrises Licenses: License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Chloroform is a colorless, sweet-smelling, dense liquid that is a powerful anesthetic, euphoriant, anxiolytic and sedative when inhaled or ingested. It can also be used to kill. 40-year-old Thomas Edwin Bartlett found that out in 1886, when he never woke to enjoy New Years Day! A lethal dose of Chloroform was found in his stomach and it was believed his young wife was responsible. Today I tell the take of the Pimlico Mystery on the 160th episode of Sunday Morning Coffee with Jeff. Show notes and links: * Pimlico Mystery – Wikipedia (wikipedia.org) * The Mammoth Book of Women Who Kill by Richard Glyn Jones (goodreads.com) * The Trial of Adelaide Bartlett for Murder, Held at the Central Criminal … – Adelaide Blanche de la Tremoille Bartlett (google.com) * Criminal Molecules and Classic Cases by John Emsley (goodreads.com) * Victorian murderesses: a true history of thirteen respectable French and … – Mary S. Hartman (google.com) * The Language of Newspapers: Socio-Historical Perspectives – Martin Conboy (google.com)