France’s Evil Killer Witch | La Voisin

Welcome to Forgotten Lives! In today's episode we are looking into the life of La Voisin, a fortune teller and alleged witch who provided a series of services including black masses and poisoning!
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You match your voice ...😋

[@cleoharper1842]

Just checked it out, well done! As was La Voisin, thank you for this!

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Forgotten ..... the echo in sound cheapens the quality of your narrations which I enjoyed until now.

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Awesome to hear :)

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[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much! I hope so :)

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[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks very much!!

[@--enyo--]

Wow, you look way younger than I thought.

[@myrtle1234]

Soothsayer>ab^^^^^^^ist>poisoner>sorceress> assassin She was a prolific killer in history.

[@sammyvictors2603]

That's incredible and surprising, she managed to convince the Church and the Clergy that her 'powers' were non-demonic. That's got to be a rare feat to do, especially in those times.

[@Goodkidjr43]

Too bad, they didn't put her in prison. They would have saved thousands of lives. The Church was too lenient...

[@alexanderlittle9786]

@@Goodkidjr43 lol shut up, this is a person thats been dead for hundreds of years. She did terrible things, omg. So did 95% of all the historical figures we learn about... Its a bummer we didnt get the message and viewing late term abortion as necessary is required for membership in the abortion(D) party.

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@@Goodkidjr43 The Church is forever condemned by armchair jurists for too much leniency or not enough.

[@mariannehovad798]

she had money, she could have easily back handed them some money to get away with it.

[@FJamison1]

Also, considering a lot of the high ranking members of the clergy were also involved in secular pursuits, is quite likely some of them had been her clients.

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His accent and tone make the information so much better🙂🙂🙂

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Oh wow you are so young! I always thought the voice was from someone between 30-35. Also, love the videos!

[@ForgottenLives]

Glad you enjoyed!

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I worked at McDonald's as a teen and another young man was working drive thru who had a nice deep voice . He was hired by a radio mgr right there at the window! My older son has a nice deep voice too, was recruited by choir directors.

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You are very well spoken, Excell enunciation!

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Ditto!

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[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for watching 😀

[@BEAUTYGENX]

Its incredible what people did and still do to want to control others. Sadly evil never dies.

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Thanks very much :)

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[@ForgottenLives]

Thanks for the great support!

[@minimini550]

I wonder how much of this was made up by her accusers... obviously the more absurd and insane they could make her sound, the more likely they would succeed with getting her convicted. Anyway, good video as always!

[@annegrey3780]

I wondered that too, especially because this was during the tail end of an era of witch hunting that would see thousands of people killed with very similar accusations (in fact, it was about 10 years before the Salem witch hunt in the US). And my understanding is that the French legal system at this time allowed confessions obtained under torture and was one in which the accused was assumed guilty and had to prove their innocence, so people would do basically anything to avoid being accused (including turn on their own friends and family), so people (especially the family members of someone who's already been executed for witch craft and court that might be accused of having known something) would be extremely sensitive to suggestions. There was also a huge hysteria element to it (cause people were hungry and scared all the time, a lot of them had various forms of environmental poisoning (e.g. ergot) and infection, and that does weird things to the mind), so you'd have someone ask "hey, do you think Marie has ever done witchcraft?" and suddenly the entire town would believe they saw Marie throw children into a fire in a black magic ritual. I'm not saying she didn't do at least some of it. From what I've read modern analysis suggests it's likely she was performing abortions and providing poisons to people, but the rest of it...maybe? Maybe not? And even then, cultural perceptions have changed so much. Like today we'd react very differently if by "giving out poisons and performing abortions" it meant she had learned to identify pregnancies that would surely kill the mom and result in still birth and decided to at least offer to save the mom, and that she helped battered women with no legal way out save themselves and their children vs. that she coaxed women into abortions for money and to use in rituals and handed out poisons like candy. And the truth may vary well be somewhere in between...but while today we'd see those scenarios as hugely different I'm not sure they would have in 17th century France. It's all really interesting considerations.

[@helloall4013]

She killed anybody...kids..old people...she had serious issues...great job once again!💜💜

[@grapeshot]

Yeah it seems like in the Renaissance and Victorian time periods, it seems like poison was the woman's weapon of choice. No need for any of that messy hand to hand combat.

[@amymesserschmidt2044]

It still is too!

[@lexiwexiwoo]

Still is the predominantly female choice of killing. It's petty fascinating. Women are also more likely to overdose than to use a gun in suicide. It's a very small percentage, so small it's outed a few men who killed women in their lives and tried to sell it as suicide.

[@ericastier1646]

Actually people don't seem to appreciate - and his video failed to put the historical context of public health - that death in the 17th century was commonplace, couples had 12 children 8 died in infancy 4 survived was common. People easily died, there was no clean water in any sizeable city. Water born diseases were common, and fatal. People died of natural poisoning (not criminal) everyday. So, to add a few poisoning in the mix, would have looked almost benign and undetectable. The frequent natural deaths almost seemed to suggest that it was easy to push someone to the other side with only a bit of help.

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Yep

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Thanks very much for the support!!

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What a freaking amazing story . . . well narrated, thanks.

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A novel called The Oracle Glass, by Judith Merkle Riley, takes place in the dark underground court of La Voisin. Some supernatural and romance aspects, but quite historical and very well researched.

[@n0g0away]

Came here after finishing a book called Serpent and Dove, which revealed a character's aunt to be La Voisin! Thanks for this recommendation, looking forward to it now~

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😀😀

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Hello ,Thank you for your fascinating history of this, eventually, evil woman; beautifully narrated and with great pictures. Xxx

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Thanks as always Elke :)

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[@blondiethekassaptu3024]

The dealing of herbs, poisonous or not, to be used to heal or harm, has been the domain of the witch/sorceresses since ancient times. Great post, La Voisin is one of my favourite people in history.

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La Voisin would be considered a Malefactor, a criminal witch who uses the craft for harm, hindrance, and damage.

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I enjoyed your video about, La Voisin who was a fascinating and yet horrific woman. She had a positive side with accurate fortune telling and yet a negative side with portions and poisons. She should have continued with the various positive elements of her life and she probably wouldn't had such a horrible end to her life. Great investigation of this story, as always.

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Thanks!!

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