[From The Vault 🔐] The Affair of the Poisons

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From The Vault 🔐 — normally a member-only episode, unlocked this month for everyone.

The Affair of the Poisons was a scandal involving black magic, murder, and deceit at the court of King Louis XIV of France.

It all began with the discovery of a red leather trunk, and would go on to expose the desperation and moral decay behind the glitter of Versailles.

- King Louis XIV and life at the French court
- The role of mistresses in Louis XIV's court
- Marie de Brinvilliers and the hospital poisonings
- The death of Godin de Sainte-Croix reveals a scandal
- La Voisin's role in Parisian witchcraft and poisonings
- The investigation led by Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie
- The Chambre Ardente tribunal's secretive findings
- Madame de Montespan allegedly plots against the King
- How the scandalous affair was quietly covered up
- The enduring legacy of 17th-century France's dark secrets

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