The Poisoners' Cabinet

Ep 294 is loose! And we have the tale of a woman who plotted against her husband, with several chaps who she kept smuggling into her house...Who was Bathsheba Spooner? Why did she want her husband dead? And won't someone please think of the spoons?!The secret ingredient is...a shiny shoe buckle!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet    Sources this week include: Bathsheba Spooner: A Revolutionary Murder Conspiracy by Andrew Noone plushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathsheba_Spooner https://historicipswich.net/2026/02/03/the-hanging-of-bathsheba-spooner-july-2-1778/ https://georgianera.wordpress.com/2022/03/21/the-story-of-bathsheba-spooner/ https://www.americanantiquarian.org/proceedings/48055767.pdf https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2011/06/bathsheba-spooner-murderer.html

Ep 293 is loose! And this week, we look at the many cons of Joseph Weil, who fooled a lot of people out of a lot of cash.Why did Joseph turn to crime? What were the cons he pulled? And how stupid was Mussolini?The secret ingredient is...an elixir! 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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources include:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Weil#www.lib.usm.edu/spcol/exhibitions/item_of_the_month/iotm_jan_2020.htmlcrimereads.com/joseph-weil-yellow-kid/dn720006.ca.archive.org/0/items/yellowkidweilaut00weil/yellowkidweilaut00weil.pdf

Ep 292 is loose and it's a grim and gruesome tale of lonely hearts, scary garages and horrible murder...Who was Harry Powers? Why was he looking for so many wives? And what would your requirements be if wife hunting?The secret ingredient is...a newspaper!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include Harry Power's Trial: Portrait of a Killer by Raymond Alvarez.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Powershttps://medium.com/tftunderworld/the-grisly-tale-of-infamous-bluebeard-serial-killer-harry-f-powers-132e6075de00 https://www.10minutemurder.com/blog/the-true-story-of-the-bluebeard-killer/https://murderpedia.org/male.P/p/powers-harry.htm 

Ep 291 is loose and we have a rogue and swindler on our hands in the form of John Reginald Birchall!Who was this carefree Englishman? How did he get involved in Canadian farming? And was his wife ANY good on stage?The secret ingredient is...a farm!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include:Killers Cavalcade: A Collection of historical British murders.www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3623764/Murder-in-the-marshesarchives.oxfordcounty.ca/media/44upwxod/student-resource-the-historical-trial-of-reginald-birchall.pdfwww.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6562577.detective-lied-improve-image/murderpedia.org/male.B/b/birchall-reginald.htm

Ep 290 is loose! And we're off to beautiful Sweden to look at a collection of bizarre events that all occurred on the same day...Why did 4 men vanish from the city apparently at once? Are the cases connected or a coincidence? And is this the worst robbery in the history of robberies?The secret ingredient is...a Scuba Diver!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include several translated Swedish sources plus:https://historyandotherthingsweb.wordpress.com/2019/05/08/the-dahlsjo-case/https://coolinterestingstuff.com/the-unexplained-mystery-of-the-dahlsjo-disappearanceshttps://medium.com/the-mystery-box/unsolved-mysteries-the-foiled-bank-robbery-and-the-four-missing-men-e6e208f6c35d

Ep 289 is loose! A dinner party is in full swing, but something is very wrong with the coffee.Who would want so many people dead? What was in the coffee pot? And are we due an alarm this week...?The secret ingredient is...a dinner party! 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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet

A special episode this week from the Patreon archives covering the horrifying legend of Sawney Bean and his family of murderous children roaming the wilds of Scotland...A bloody and wild tale, this episode was originally broadcast on Patreon in March 2021. No cocktail, just lots of...gore!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet

Ep 288 is loose! And we have a grim tale of murder most foul in a simple bookbinder's workshop...Who was James Cook? Why was smoke pouring from his chimney? And where do you hang your body parts?The secret ingredient is...hooks! 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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com  Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet

Ep 287 is loose! And we're off to Arizona to find out when a horrible old chicken rancher has gone missing...Who was Eva Dugan? What sort of housekeeper was she? And what did the chickens know?The secret ingredient is...the gallows!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 www.thepoisonerscabinet.com Join us Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thepoisonerscabinet Find us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thepoisonerscabinet Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepoisonerscabinet/ Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePoisonersCabinet Listen on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThePoisonersCabinet Sources this week include:https://www.truewestmagazine.com/article/claw-fingered-kitty-a-k-a-eva-dugan/https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197660067/eva-duganhttps://murderpedia.org/female.D/d/dugan-eva.htmhttps://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-execution-of-eva-dugan/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Dugan