The Poisoners' Cabinet

It's Nick's episode this week and we're whirling into the fashionable yet deadly world of Belgian Borgia, Marie Alexandrine Becker - an independent woman who had expensive appetites.What drove her to ...

9 Okt 202050min

We're crossing continents this week as we tell the tale of John Tawell, a man who couldn't keep his secret family secret forever...Why was John such a bad Quaker? What role did the telegraph play in h...

2 Okt 202044min

We're off to New Jersey this week, as Nick tells the tale of serial killer Lydia Sherman who did away with numerous husbands and infants in the 1800s.Was she a psychopath or simply lazy? What drove he...

25 Sep 202048min

It's the 1910s and we're off to that hotbed of crime Chicago to hear the marvellously mad tale of Tillie Klimek. Some say she had Second Sight and could predict the deaths of those around her. Others ...

18 Sep 202045min

Multiple poisons and witchcraft abound this week, as we celebrate hitting 30 episodes with the conclusion of Nick's European poisoning trilogy - the famous Affair of the Poisons. Was the poisoning hys...

11 Sep 20201h 13min

Sinead takes us down under this week to tell the tale of one of Australia's most notorious serial killers, Martha Needle. Was Martha beset by tragedy her whole life? Or did she enjoy the attention dea...

4 Sep 202050min

We're racing back to the 15th Century to tell the tale of Elizabeth Ridgeway. Elizabeth wasn't a fan of the church. Or husbands. Or people who stood in her way. Were her crimes embellished by an over-...

28 Aug 20201h 3min

A special bonus episode for you featuring the delectable Carla Valentine, a bona fide qualified Anatomical Pathology Technician, author and founder of Morticulture.Join us as we chat about detecting p...

26 Aug 202036min