The Werewolf Trials of Europe | The Affair of the Poisons

High Tales of History

Well howdy and welcome to episode 90 of High Tales of History! For the month of October we are taking a trip into spooky and horrible histories and in episode 90, we are taking a trip to Europe to hear all about their werewolf trials which came out of the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries' anxieties about religious and political clashes as well as a gross attempt to find a scapegoat for these changes and harsh conditions. Next, we head to the court of France's King Louis XIV, a place that is already a hotbed of jealousy, deceit and ambition and add poison and magic spells meant to eliminate enemies and influence their position at court. We also take a side trip to Italy to learn about the Aqua Tofana poison ring which may have been responsible for 600 deaths! *~*~*~*~* Mentioned in the Episode: Episode 31: History's Worst Serial Killers You've Never Heard Of *~*~*~*~*~ The Socials and Patreon! Patreon-- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Best Buds Club!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram⁠ - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory TikTok⁠- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistoryPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook⁠ -⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History or ⁠⁠@HighTalesofHistory YouTube - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠High Tales of History Email—[e-mail] *~*~*~*~* Source Materials-- Werewolves-- Poisons-- https://www.britannica.com/event/Affair-of-the-Poisons https://www.jstor.org/stable/20618513?read-now=1&seq=2 chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1500&context=pubs https://www.academia.edu/29668795/Aqua_Tofana https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/aqua-tofana https://retrospectjournal.com/2024/03/03/aqua-tofana-bottled-revenge-of-the-17th-century-wife/ *~*~*~*~ Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/