Show Notes
If you knew the recipe for an undetectable poison, would you use it? What about giving it to women with abusive husbands? Giulia Tofana's legendary poison Aqua Tofana was famed and feared in 17th-century Rome. But just how many terrible husbands can drop dead, before the Pope gets suspicious?
In this year's Halloween Special, our guests are Gaia Aloisi and Ted Blackburn, the creators of Aqua Tofana, a new electronic opera about the life of Giulia Tofana.
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Travel with us in the footsteps of Giulia Tofana's poisoning ring! Our LOST WOMEN OF ITALY TOUR is open for registration!
Find out more about Aqua Tofana the opera (and watch the Act 1 Preview) HERE
The Black Widows of the Eternal City by Craig Monson is HERE from Indie booksellers
You may also enjoy reading Mike Dash's history of Aqua Tofana - a lively summary of the Magical Underworld of Rome, though lacking the primary sources of the trial
Music featured: Halloween Midnight by Roman Cano; Ghost Story and Ghost Processional by Kevin MacLeod
Episode cover image is from The Love Potion by Evelyn De Morgan, 1903
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