
Part One: Aqua Tofana: How to Kill Your Husband
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The History of Julia Tufana, a Poisoner
The story that gets passed into legend is that there's a woman in Italy named Julia Tufana. She concocted a poison that mixed arsenic lead and belladonna. It was sold as aqua tufana, a cosmetic so as to not arouse suspicion or alternatively a vial of holy water with St. Nicholas on the label. This was a whole con. Oh, like, oh, yeah, we'll get to them.
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