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Crime Classics - The Seven Layered Arsenic Cake Of Madame Lafarge - Oct. 1, 1953

Published: May 4, 2020, 2:54 p.m.

In this episode of Crime Classics, directed by Elliot Lewis and starring Lou Merrill as Thomas Hyland, our narrator and guide to the story of "The Seven Layered Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge." In 1840 Madame Marie Lafarge was charged with killing her husband with arsenic... believed to be the first criminal investigation to involve toxicology reports... and it created quite a political firestorm! More Crime Classics episodes found in the playlist "Crime Classics".