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Ep 102 Arsenic: Paris Green with Envy

This Podcast Will Kill You

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Arsenic Trioxide - The Burges

The borges were said to collect and store poisons like wine. Their signature poison, la canterella, was mostly arsenic. The siblings supposedly fed it to any one who stood in their way. Many historians nowadays think that a lot of these rumors about the bourges were exaggerated by contemporary critics. But they were definitely responsible for putting arsenic on the map as a murder weapon.

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