The Poisoners' Cabinet

Ep 294 is loose! And we have the tale of a woman who plotted against her husband, with several chaps who she kept smuggling into her house...
Who was Bathsheba Spooner? Why did she want her husband dead? And won't someone please think of the spoons?!
The secret ingredient is...a shiny shoe buckle!

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Sources this week include: Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy by Andrew Noone plus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Spooner https://historicipswich.net/2026/02/03/the-hanging-of-bathsheba-spooner-july-2-1778/ https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/the-story-of-bathsheba-spooner/ https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/48055767.pdf https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/06/bathsheba-spooner-murderer.html
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Ep 293 is loose! And this week, we look at the many cons of Joseph Weil, who fooled a lot of people out of a lot of cash.
Why did Joseph turn to crime? What were the cons he pulled? And how stupid was Mussolini?
The secret ingredient is...an elixir!

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Sources include:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weil#
www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/exhibitions/item_of_the_month/iotm_jan_2020.html
crimereads.com/joseph-weil-yellow-kid/
dn720006.ca.archive.org/0/items/yellowkidweilaut00weil/yellowkidweilaut00weil.pdf
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Ep 292 is loose and it's a grim and gruesome tale of lonely hearts, scary garages and horrible murder...
Who was Harry Powers? Why was he looking for so many wives? And what would your requirements be if wife hunting?
The secret ingredient is...a newspaper!

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Sources this week include Harry Power's Trial: Portrait of a Killer by Raymond Alvarez.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Powers
https://medium.com/tftunderworld/the-grisly-tale-of-infamous-bluebeard-serial-killer-harry-f-powers-132e6075de00
https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/the-true-story-of-the-bluebeard-killer/
https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/powers-harry.htm
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Ep 291 is loose and we have a rogue and swindler on our hands in the form of John Reginald Birchall!
Who was this carefree Englishman? How did he get involved in Canadian farming? And was his wife ANY good on stage?
The secret ingredient is...a farm!

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Sources this week include:Killers Cavalcade: A Collection of historical British murders.
www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3623764/Murder-in-the-marshes
archives.oxfordcounty.ca/media/44upwxod/student-resource-the-historical-trial-of-reginald-birchall.pdf
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6562577.detective-lied-improve-image/
murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birchall-reginald.htm
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Ep 290 is loose! And we're off to beautiful Sweden to look at a collection of bizarre events that all occurred on the same day...
Why did 4 men vanish from the city apparently at once? Are the cases connected or a coincidence? And is this the worst robbery in the history of robberies?
The secret ingredient is...a Scuba Diver!

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Sources this week include several translated Swedish sources plus:
https://historyandotherthingsweb.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/the-dahlsjo-case/
https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-dahlsjo-disappearances
https://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-foiled-bank-robbery-and-the-four-missing-men-e6e208f6c35d
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