The Christmas Cakes Part 2: Mathieu Orfila

Detectives by the Decade

Sep 03, 2020•56 min•Season 1Ep. 11

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Season 1 Episode 11: I swear these aren't actual Christmas episodes.

This week we look at the case that made the Marsh test a thing. Marie Lafarge is put on trial, and things are looking pretty good for her--until Mathieu Orfila shows up.

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Voice acting by Amber Gaunt, Lynne Kearney, and Scott Mort. Music by Kevin McLeod, LiloSound, and MusicLFiles.

Sources:

Mary S. Hartman. Victorian Murderesses: A True History of Thirteen Respectable French and English Women Accused of Unspeakable Crimes
Elisa Bergslien. An Introduction to Forensic Geoscience
Jess Romeo on JStor daily. “The Arsenic Cake of Madame Lafarge.”
Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. Isis: a journal of the history of science society. “Managing Uncertainty in the Academy and the Courtroom."
Jose Ramon Bertomeu-Sanchez. “Popularizing Controversial Science” Medical History.
Joan Acocella on The New Yorker. “Murder by Poison.”
“Marie Lafarge.” Wikipedia.
Martin Lynch. Provincial Medical & Surgical Journal. “Analysis of Madame Lafarge's Trial, with Remarks on the Medical Evidence.”
France Info.fr “The Chartreuse du Glandier in Beyssac in Corrèze is for sale.”

Music:

Kevin McLeod:
Deadly Roulette https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3625-deadly-roulette, The Snow Queen https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4511-the-snow-queen, Sneaky Snitch https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4384-sneaky-snitch, Umbrella Pants https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4559-umbrella-pants, Improbable https://filmmusic.io/song/4069-improbable, Thinking Music https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4522-thinking-music
MusicLFiles:
Autumn Waltz https://filmmusic.io/song/6487-autumn-waltz, Melancholic Sentimental Piano https://filmmusic.io/song/6328-melancholic-sentimental-piano-solo, Classical Piano Waltz of Birds https://filmmusic.io/song/6238-classical-piano-waltz-of-birds
LiloSound:
FamilialCrises https://filmmusic.io/song/6536-familialcrises

Licenses: License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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