Marie Besnard: Undertaker's Best Friend?
The most interesting thing about Marie Besnard might not be that she was accused of poisoning about a dozen people. It's that she got away with it -- and got wealthier with each murder. Learn more ab...
22 Sep 202030min
Sally Bassett: Symbol of Resistance or Murderer?
Sally Basset was an enslaved woman who was executed in 1730 for allegedly attempting to poison her granddaughter’s enslavers. She is known throughout Bermudian folklore, where she is, to many, a hero....
15 Sep 202021min
Giulia Tofana: World's Most Dangerous Apothecary
Giulia Tofana was an Italian apothecary known for her beauty, her secrecy and her poisonous proclivities. If the numbers are all to be believed, she may be the most successful serial killer you’ve nev...
8 Sep 202026min
Marie LaFarge: Pretty Little Poisoner
Marie was convicted of murdering her husband by poisoning him with arsenic. But what's most notable about that in doing so, she became the first person ever to be convicted based on direct forensic to...
1 Sep 202028min
Julia Agrippina: Mother to Nero and Ambitious Broad
Julia Agrippina was a power-hungry Roman empress – power-hungry even by Roman standards – who is said to have poisoned her husband (who also happened to be her uncle) to ensure her only son's successi...
25 Aug 202026min
Tillie Klimek, the 'Black Widow' of Chicago
On Criminalia, hosts Holly Frey and Maria Trimarchi explroe the intersection of history and true crime. This season is all about lady poisoners. During the time that Chicago’s most visible criminal el...
18 Aug 202032min
Introducing Criminalia Season 1: Lady Poisoners
Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time? Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.ih...
10 Aug 20202min
