The Poisoners' Cabinet

Ep 238 is loose on our 5th birthday - and to celebrate we're going to Rome!We dip our toe into the huge history of the Roman Empire and chat weird facts and crazy stories featuring famous and lesser k...

21 Feb 20251h 8min

Was Giulia Tofana a murderer...or a saviour?This is the question posed by Cathryn Kemp in her new historical fiction novel, A Poisoner's Tale - a retelling of the legend of Giulia and her poison, Aqua...

19 Feb 202536min

Ep 236 is loose! And we're headed to Quincy, Illinois where a dashing young man has arrived at his extended family's farm with big tales and big promises...Who was Stephen Ballew? What business did he...

14 Feb 20251h 7min

Ep 236 is loose and we're looking at the case of Polly Bodine, the Witch of New York accused of a horrific murder and tried by the press for it...Who was Polly? Why would she want her sister-in-law de...

7 Feb 202553min

It's a special episode from our Patreon files! And we tell the incredible story of Phineas Gage...Originally broadcast on Patreon in October 2024, this Deadly Nightcaps episode follows on from Ep 217 ...

31 Jan 202547min

Ep 235 is loose and we're off to the hallowed halls of Stanford University to discover what really happened to one of its founders...Who was Jane Stanford? Why would anyone want her out of the way? An...

24 Jan 202558min

Ep 234 is loose and we're telling the story of how having a mother-in-law can quite literally can be murder...Who was Elizabeth Duncan? Why was she so obsessed with keeping her son close? And which fr...

17 Jan 20251h 2min

Ep 233 is loose! And this week we have the terrifying tragic tale of the Radium Girls and their fight for justice.Why was radium all the rage in the early 1900s? Why were so many women working with po...

10 Jan 20251h 4min