{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/628a5f3e8109c10016a76c51/67dd4a3777bf8b899e5173f6?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"EP 242 - Poison, plots and penance: Terrible Popes Through History","description":"<p>Ep 242 is loose! And we're taking a look at some of the worst popes in history - criminals, plotters, and madmen.</p><p>Why did so many Popes live debauched lives? Why was a dead pope put on trial at Cadaver Synod? And who was plotting to poison Pope Leo X in an...unusual way?</p><p>The secret ingredient is...a pope!</p><p><br></p><p>Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historical true crime tales every week by following and subscribing to The Poisoners' Cabinet wherever you get your podcasts. Find us and our cocktails at <a href=\"http://www.thepoisonerscabinet.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.thepoisonerscabinet.com</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Join us Patreon: <a href=\"https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet</a></p><p>Find us on TikTok: <a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet</a></p><p>Follow us on Instagram: <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/</a></p><p>Find us on Facebook: <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet</a></p><p>Listen on Youtube: <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet</a></p><p><br></p><p>Sources this week include:</p><ul><li><a href=\"https://medium.com/@mwfraser/the-cadaver-synod-when-the-corpse-of-a-dead-pope-was-put-on-trial-and-executed-1c9f3b82b11f\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://medium.com/@mwfraser/the-cadaver-synod-when-the-corpse-of-a-dead-pope-was-put-on-trial-and-executed-1c9f3b82b11f</a></li><li><a href=\"https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-popes-in-history-2017-1#julius-ii-had-a-bad-case-of-syphilis-8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.businessinsider.com/crazy-popes-in-history-2017-1#julius-ii-had-a-bad-case-of-syphilis-8</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.thesmartset.com/article05111001/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thesmartset.com/article05111001/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://theconversation.com/the-ostentatious-story-of-the-young-pope-leo-x-his-pet-elephant-the-cardinal-he-killed-and-his-anal-fistula-171499</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synod\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-cadaver-synod</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-elephant-buried-beneath-vatican-180957013/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/theres-elephant-buried-beneath-vatican-180957013/</a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/murder-vatican\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.historytoday.com/miscellanies/murder-vatican</a></li><li><a href=\"https://reformation500.csl.edu/pope-leo-x/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://reformation500.csl.edu/pope-leo-x/</a></li><li>Guicciardini,&nbsp;<em>The Historie of Guicciardin</em></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Poisoners' Cabinet"}