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Who Did What Now

William Palmer - Day and Nightshade

Who Did What Now

Katie Charlwood

History, Feminist

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Introducing your new True Crime fix, Day and Nightshade, podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...


Join Katie Charlwood and Jay McLoughlin in Victorian England, as they share the twisted tale of William Palmer, the "Prince of Poisoners" who gained the title with all of the subtlely as a dyspraxic jester. But this man's actions were n laughing matter, find out now on Day and Nightshade


Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas


Podcast Artwork by Anna Farbis



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0:00.0

Wait, are two people a group?

0:03.0

...are two people a group?

0:04.0

... You're listening to Day and Nightshade. Before we begin our dive into the world of all things poison, a quick note. This podcast discusses real-life cases involving poisoning, violence, and death, which some listeners may find upsetting.

0:41.1

Please listen at your own risk.

0:42.8

This episode includes references to infant and child death.

0:46.5

Take care while listening and enjoy the episode.

0:49.9

Hey.

0:50.5

Hi.

0:51.2

Hello.

0:52.3

Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the podcast where history's most infamous poisoners meet their match.

0:56.8

And by match, I mean, well, Oz, armed with quite frankly unhealthy amount of research.

1:03.3

I'm Jay.

1:03.7

I'm one of your guides for this episode through the murky world of Victorian England and the somewhat stupid poisoner, Mr. William Palmer.

1:10.6

And I'm Katie here to provide some scientific insight, a brain full of random facts and the occasional

1:15.6

shocked gasp.

1:17.9

So this is the very first episode of what we hope will be a very long-running podcast,

1:23.6

Day and Nightshade.

1:25.5

We both don't want it to end, really.

1:27.5

No, it's the only way that we can force each other to spend time with each other because we have ADHD and we keep forgetting to communicate.

1:35.2

But also, I live in a different country and like I said, I'm Jay. I live in Germany.

1:40.4

Near the Black Forest. Near the Black Forest, which is a cool place to talk about poisons and mushrooms. But it means that we can't see each other in person all that often. And so this podcast is a way to keep our friendship alive. That's basically what we're doing it for, so you need to listen to it. Otherwise, you're going to ruin our friendship. It's going to be your fault. It will be your fault. That's a great way to introduce people to this.

2:01.4

With a threat. No, we've been friends for almost 10 years.

...

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