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S36 Ep1: Serial Killers in History – Locusta of Gaul: Rome’s Imperial Poisoner

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Poison seeped through the marble corridors of ancient Rome—and one woman mixed every drop. In the Season 36 opener of Serial Killers in History, we track Locusta of Gaul, the herbalist-turned-assassin who helped Emperor Nero carve a blood-stained path to power.

What you’ll hear:

  • How a captive chemist became the world’s first documented serial killer
  • Deadly dinners: the mushroom that felled Emperor Claudius and the draught that doomed Britannicus
  • The Senate’s panic and the birth of Rome’s anti-poison laws
  • Modern forensic insights that finally decode Locusta’s toxic recipes

Stay to the end for a teaser of Episode 2—Paris’s infamous Affair of the Poisons.

🔍 Visit us online: http://foulplaypodcast.com/locusta

🎧 Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your true crime fix.

#FoulPlayPodcast #SerialKillersInHistory #LocustaOfGaul #TrueCrime #HistoryNerd


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Poison seeped through the marble corridors of ancient Rome—and one woman mixed every drop. In the Season 36 opener of Serial Killers in History, we track Locusta of Gaul, the herbalist-turned-assassin who helped Emperor Nero carve a blood-stained path to power.

What you’ll hear:

  • How a captive chemist became the world’s first documented serial killer
  • Deadly dinners: the mushroom that felled Emperor Claudius and the draught that doomed Britannicus
  • The Senate’s panic and the birth of Rome’s anti-poison laws
  • Modern forensic insights that finally decode Locusta’s toxic recipes

Stay to the end for a teaser of Episode 2—Paris’s infamous Affair of the Poisons.

🔍 Visit us online: http://foulplaypodcast.com/locusta

🎧 Listen now on Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your true crime fix.

#FoulPlayPodcast #SerialKillersInHistory #LocustaOfGaul #TrueCrime #HistoryNerd


Our Sponsors:
* Check out Warpath: https://bit.ly/4ixJCm3
Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/foul-play-crime-series/donations
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands
Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy
  continue reading

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