3min chapter

Stuff You Missed in History Class cover image

Cagliostro

Stuff You Missed in History Class

CHAPTER

The Story of the Alchemist - Antoine Caliostro

Caliostro and his wife lorenza were both taken into custody on august 20 second 17 85. He stayed in prison, awaiting a hearing until january of 17 86. As all the legal machinations played out, lorenza was found to have had no involvement in this and was freed. The cardinal was also revealed to have been foolish, but an innocent dupe. But caliostro was still regarded with suspicion. When he was asked who he was, he simply replied, i am an illustrious traveller. That made all present laugh, according to witness accounts. And of course, he was let go. So you might think that he would want to put this

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode