The Affair of the Poisons, Part 2

The Strange and Unusual Podcast

Alyson Horrocks | Morbid Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Exhibit C, History

4.7 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

In February of 1677 the 'Affair of the Poisons' was launched in Paris, France. And King Louis XIV, who had named himself the Sun King, after the Greek god, Apollo, was being faced with possible poisoning murder attempts within his own royal court, as well as realizing that those within his own circle may have sought the services of the magical underworld of Paris. Fortune-tellers, alchemists, diviners, conjurers, magicians, and those accused of practicing both white and black magic were rounded up, as well as so many who were now being of accused of murder by poison within the highest ranks of Paris. King Louis would be faced with his childhood fear of betrayal and rebellion, all while building up the grand palace of Versailles. For the next several years those practicing magic and those within the Church said to be holding black masses, as well as sacrificing babies and more to the devil, would become the focus of fascination and horror of those within French society.

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0:00.0	A long time ago on the rocky island of Delos, surrounded by the sparkling blue waters of the Mediterranean, a God was born.
0:15.0	His name was Apollo, and he was the child of Zeus and Lido.
0:22.0	Rarely had there been a more joyful event seen.
0:27.0	They won Apollo, the Beautiful, came into the world.
0:32.7	Flowers instantly bloomed.
0:35.0	Birds serenated the child.
0:37.6	And the sun's rays encircled the earth
0:40.4	and a warm embrace of celebration.
0:43.0	Apollo was a dreamy soul, a god of art, poetry, and music.
0:48.0	He was a master musician,
0:51.0	delighting all of Olympus when he played a stirring melody on his golden liar for them.
0:57.0	Apollo possessed the ideal male form, athletic and strong, and always under his control which made him
1:05.3	particularly adept at archery never missing a mark with his arrow Apollo also
1:11.2	became the Archer God. Apollo also a
1:15.0	a archer god. Apollo was also a healer and because of his compassion for mankind, he taught them the
1:20.6	healing arts. But above all, Apollo was the god of the sun, the
1:26.8	god of light. No darkness was able to dwell within him, making him the god of
1:31.9	truth.
1:33.6	He could never speak a lie, and any word that fell from his lips could be implicitly
1:38.7	trusted.
1:41.0	Though Apollo was generally known to be progressive, benevolent, and charitable to man, there was another side to him.
1:49.0	He had two forces fighting within him, two opposing instincts battling against each other.
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