The Arsenic Cake: Marie Lafarge and the Trial That Shocked France
In 1840, a carefully baked cake arrived in Paris. One bite set off a chain of vomiting, convulsions, and death that would captivate an entire nation.
Marie-Fortunée Lafarge, a refined young Parisian trapped in a loveless marriage, stood accused of slowly poisoning her husband with arsenic. Her trial became one of the first to hinge on forensic toxicology—and left France bitterly divided over whether she was a cold-blooded killer or the victim of a tragic miscarriage of justice.
Host Alexander Lawson unravels the marriage built on lies, the mysterious white powder, the sensational courtroom…
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