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Hieronyma Spara and Her Secret Society of Poisoners
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Length:
26 minutes
Released:
Dec 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Hieronyma Spara, known as "La Spara," organized instruction in the uses of arsenic for married women who were considering bettering their station in life by becoming wealthy widows. After the church became suspicious of this secret society, they infiltrated her group -- and La Spara was hanged in 1659.
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Released:
Dec 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
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