The Beheading of Marie Antoinette

30 Morbid Minutes

Society & Culture, True Crime, History

4.8 • 731 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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France's teenage queen met her end by the hand of the revolution -- and the blade of the guillotine. Go to http://babbel.com/30mm to get up to 55% off your subscription. Go to http://shadyrays.com and use code 30MM for 50% off 2 or more pairs of polarized sunglasses. Go to https://www.evildeadrisemovie.com/ to get your tickets NOW to see Evil Dead Rise in theaters April 21. Follow us on Social: https://twitter.com/elysewillems https://twitter.com/JessicaVasami Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.4	Madame Defici, Lotrochian, Madame Vito.
0:39.1	Those are just three examples of not so flattering nicknames for Marie Antoinette.
0:44.5	She was hated for sure, but did she really deserve to lose her head?
0:49.0	Welcome to 30 Morbid Minutes.
1:04.6	Yeah. 30 morbid minutes. This is the podcast where we explore topics of a morbid macab, dark, and downright
1:08.6	grizzly nature pulled from history and the headlines of
1:12.0	today. I'm Elise Willems. And I'm Jessica Vasami. October 5th, 1789, the markets of Paris
1:18.8	awoke the flood of Parisian women trickling in to do their daily shopping, feet shuffling on
1:23.9	cobblestones, the first cracks of sleepy voices, horse hooves on gravel.
1:28.5	On this particular morning, something felt different. As the market began to fill, the chatter-shifted
1:34.0	tone. The women were horrified at the cost of Le Pen Quetienne, the daily bread. Judging
1:40.4	by the cost and supply, they guessed it wouldn't be too long before their families were starving if they weren't already.
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