About this episode

This episode explores a criminal network in 17th century France involving poison and aristocrats at Louis XIV's court.

In 17th century France, Louis XIV's court sparkled with luxury. It also teemed with poison, occult rituals and aristocrats trying to murder their way up the social ladder. What started with one poisoned Easter pie uncovered a criminal network stretching from the backstreets of Paris to the bedchamber of the Sun King himself. Joining Anthony to uncover this criminal underworld is special guest co-host, and host of our sister podcast Betwixt the Sheets , Dr. Kate Lister! Thanks so much to https://www.shanscreepycreations.ca/ for the amazing new doll. Head to the website to check out more :) Edited by Anna Brant. Researched by Phoebe Joyce. Produced by Stuart Beckwith. Senior Producer is Freddy Chick. Sign up to History Hit for hundreds of hours of original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe .   You can take part in our listener survey here . All music from Epidemic Sounds. Voting is now open for the Listener's Choice Award at this year's Podcast Awards. Click here to place your vote! Thank you! https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/voting Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony

Guest: Dr. Kate Lister

Topics covered

• 17th century France
• Louis XIV
• poison
• occult rituals
• aristocracy
• criminal network
• true crime

Keywords

• murder
• Versailles
• poisoned pie
• occult
• aristocrats
• criminal underworld
• history

Sponsors

Shan's Creepy Creations

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: History Hit, Betwixt the Sheets, Epidemic Sounds, British Podcast Awards

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