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Sorcerer and fortune-teller Catherine "La Voisin" Monvoisin was sentenced to death on 22nd February, 1680. She had supplied poisons and potions to clients including Madame de Montespan, official mistress to King Louis XIV.\nMonvoisin\u2019s punishment was the climax of the witchcraft hysteria that rocked the Parisian court, triggered by the confessions of Madame de Brinvilliers, who\u2019d been executed for conspiring to poison her father. The scandal became known as \u2018The Affair of the Poisons\u2019.\nIn this episode, Arion, Rebecca and Olly explain how a \u2018black mass\u2019 actually worked; ponder how it was such a seemingly small jump from chiromancy to murder in Voisin\u2019s backstreet clinics; and consider what La Voisin\u2019s career would look like if she was around these days\u2026\xa0\nFurther Reading:\n\u2022 \u2018La Voisin and the Scandalous Affair of the Poisons\u2019 (SciHi, 2019): http://scihi.org/affair-poisons-voisin/\n\u2022 \u2018The Bizarre Life Of The Murderous French Fortuneteller La Voisin\u2019 (Grunge, 2020): https://www.grunge.com/246131/the-bizarre-life-of-the-murderous-french-fortuneteller-la-voisin/\n\u2022 \u2018The Terror of History: The Witch Hunt in Early Modern Europe\u2019 (UCLA, 2007): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOQND4fVF_w\n#1600s #Witchcraft #France #Macabre\nLove the show? Join\xa0\U0001f334CLUB RETROSPECTORS\xa0\U0001f334 to DITCH THE ADS and get an additional full-length episode every SUNDAY!\nPlus, get weekly bonus bits, unlock over 70 bits of extra content and support our independent podcast.\nJoin now via\xa0Apple Podcasts\xa0or\xa0Patreon.\xa0Thanks!\n\xa0\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts:\xa0podfollow.com/Retrospectors\n\xa0\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Sophie King.\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2023.\n\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices