Aug 2024
The Radium Girls
<p>When Marie and Pierre Curie discovered radium in 1898, the chemical element was quickly adopted by manufacturers for its luminescent properties that would go on to be used in, among other things, the painting of clock faces, watches, and instrument panels, allowing them to be ... Show More
1h 22m
Mar 2025
The Servants' Revenge: Arsenic & a Poisoned Pint of Beer
<p>Why did two servants living in Plymouth, England, poison their whole household in 1675? How did they sneak arsenic into the food? And what on earth is pottage?</p><br><p>Today Maddy Pelling and Anthony Delaney talk to Dr Blessin Adams, author of "<em>Thou Savage Woman: female ... Show More
51m 51s
Jul 2024
The Rolex Watch Murder | Jonaris Badlishah | 1998 | 2/2
In the early hours of April 20th, 1998, the peaceful atmosphere of a bus stop at Marina South was shattered by the grim discovery of 42 year-old Sally Poh Bee Eng's lifeless body. But when her husband came down to identify the body, he noticed an item that was curiously missing f ... Show More
18m 25s
Aug 2024
The Smell of Cyanide (PODCAST EXCLUSIVE EPISODE)
<p>On a summer day in 1986, a medical examiner and her assistant stared down at a deceased woman lying on the metal table. Neither of them had ever seen anything like this, the woman appeared to have been completely healthy at the time of her death - she didn't have a stroke, the ... Show More
39m 55s
<p>Today on the podcast, Blake and Zach are joined by Dana Li, who you might know from her increasingly popular <a href="https://www.tellthetimewatches.com/" target="_blank"><strong>website</strong></a> and Instagram account, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tell.the.time/" tar ... Show More