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56 - Ladies Who Cover Their Drinks: The Lore of The Affair of Poisons
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- Ladies Who Lore
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- Jan 21, 2026
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Summary
In this week’s episode Lindsay teaches the ladies about the deliciously dark side of the French Court: The Affair of Poisons. As It’s a Head Snapper is poured, the ladies cackle about cryptid puns, gush over Bigfoot T-shirts, and discuss the psychology of crime. So grab your favorite red blend and watch your back, Ladies Who Cover Their Drinks will have you yearning for a magic lamp to take you back in time. If you want cryptid pins, magnets, and stickers, go to Dissent Pins and use code LOREPOD20 to get 20% off of their cryptid line! TW Death, murder, harming children Sources: Frost, Natasha. “The Scandalous Witch Hunt That Poisoned 17th-Century France.” Atlas Obscura , October 5, 2017. “Catherine Monvoisin and the Affair of the Poisons.” HeadStuff . “Catherine La Voisin: Poisons and Magic at the Royal Court of Louis XIV.” ScienceDirect . (Chapter in Toxicology in the Middle Ages and Renaissance ). “Who Was La Voisin? France’s Socialite Poisoner For Hire.” Ancient-Origins . Roos, Dave. “Sorcery, Sex and Murder: The Parisian ‘Affair of the Poisons’ Had It All.” HowStuffWorks , April 10, 2023. “La Voisin, France’s murderous fortune teller.” Occult Encyclopedia . “The Parisian Poison Panic and Versailles’ Secret Witch Hunt.” Messy Nessy “The Affair of the Poisons.” Britannica . “La Voisin | Encyclopedia.com.” “Poisons, Affair of the.” Encyclopedia.com . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.