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Podcast: Beheaded
Episode: Pick Your Poison | La Voisin
Description: La Voisin was a woman of many trades: fortune teller, midwife, and, of course, one of France's top-selling poison makers. Not only did she assist anyone who needed to do away with someone (for a great profit, of course), she was also more than eager to orchestrate black, satanic masses to ensure their every wish came true. It was only a matter of time before she got caught up in what would be known as "The Affair of the Poison" in 17th century France. In this episode, we talk about the dangers of participating in dark violence, evil sins...