The Poisoners' Cabinet

Ep 200 is here! To mark the end of season 4, Nick and Sinead share their highlights from the last 2 seasons and read listeners' thoughts on the funniest moments, scariest cases, silliest criminals and...

21 Apr 20241h 52min

Ep 199 is loose, and we have a big one for you - we're talking about all the crimes and misdemeanors that occurred during The Great Fire of London!Who or what started the fire? How much of what we kno...

12 Apr 20241h 19min

Ep 198 is loose! And it’s another swashbuckling tale with possibly the most fearsome pirate of them all…Blackbeard!Who was Edward Teach? How long was his reign on the high seas? And what ARE sea-going...

5 Apr 20241h 7min

Ep 197 is loose and this week we have a historic battle of the minds and money in the mad cap tale of William Chaloner.Who was this cocky young criminal? Why did he get under Isaac Newton's wig? And w...

29 Mars 202458min

Ep 196 is loose and we have a juicy crime story from a small town Indiana, where a preacher's home lies in ruin after a mystery attack.What happened to William Hinsaw's wife? Who was Miss F? And is th...

22 Mars 202457min

How do you turn true crime into compelling fiction?In this installment of Expert Witness Sinead speaks to Tonya Mitchell, author of The Arsenic Eaters Wife, a new gothic crime novel inspired by the fa...

18 Mars 202436min

Ep 195 is loose! And we have two good old fasioned poisoning cases for you to devour, both featuring our good friend rat poison.What happened in the Biggadike household? Why did Josephine Bouvier want...

15 Mars 20241h 2min

Ep 194 is loose! And we're off to fair Scotland to tell the tale of Deacon Brodie, an upstanding member of Edinburgh society with a lot of secrets.Who was this man of cabinets? What did he do after da...

8 Mars 202457min