The Poisonous Witchcraft Murder Trial Of 1679

Exploring the Affair of Poisons, a series of 17th century event in which a handful of upper-class individuals were poisoned, causing fear and paranoia, and the resulting trials.
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Medieval Restraint Bar Neck, Leg and HandCuff - 13th Century
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The Dragon Fountain at the Palace of Versailles
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The Hall of Mirrors ,1684 by Sebastien Leclerc (1637-1714) (French: Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France
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German cultural life 17th century
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Execution of Joan of Arc
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Antique illustration of parliament
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Judge Jeffreys - The Hanging Judge
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Trial of Lord William Russell
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posing Louis XIV, Sun King, XXL
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A painted portrait of Voltaire
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Duomo cathedral
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Stirring Smoky Bubbling Cauldron Fantasy Scene
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The hand of an old witch is stirring a potion in a bubbling vat with a spoon
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Swirling orange light and shadows
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Witch making mysterious moves with candle above mirror, putting evil spell
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Mysterious pentagram on ritual mirror, reflection of occult magician with candle
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sparks flow fantasy firework dark spreading fog
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SLOW MOTION: Chef Sprinkles Red Pepper Powder While Cooking
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Flames in a pellet stove, Slow motion 4K
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Lockdown backlit shot of unrecognizable businessman walking down office corridor towards camera in slow motion, low angle closeup
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Iron cast cauldron boiling a stew over open log fire
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Iron cast cauldron boiling a stew over open log fire
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White sugar poured on black background
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handwriting calligraphy - writing letter with quill pen and ink in candlelight
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Witch in white dress appearing on the road
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Animation of medieval empty room with light rays at window
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Old Prison Cell
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SLO MO Seasoning
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View of toads hatching throught skin in the rainforests, Suriname, South America
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Corridor of a old castle
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Shadow silhouette of a dark halloween ghost dancing in fog behind the glass
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Chef adds dry oregano to the dish
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Clouds Realistic Dry Ice Smoke
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June beetle on the tree trunk
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The Fallen-Guerlesquin, Finistere
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Scary girl is walking in forest
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Chili pepper mixing in traditional marble mortar slowmotion
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Slow motion of woman walking at night
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smoke rising
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reading the lines hand in a woman's hands
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Pouring coffee. Mixing layers
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Villagers chant and taunt as a French soldier leads Marie Antoinette to the guillotine.
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Close angle of a glass with a clear bubbly drink with lime twist. woman's hand drops powder into drink as if drugging it. powder dissolves. could be poison.
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Prison cells in the Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik
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Red tomato sauce stew
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Witch for Halloween
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HD Super Slow-Mo: Pouring A Glass Of Wine
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MS Snow falling
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HD: Scribing Ancient Text With A Quill Pen
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red drops of blood
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HD: Hand Writing Calligraphy
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SLO MO CU Orange flames rising against black background / Oregon, USA
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Halloween. Young Witch Spells At The Table.
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Smoke slowly drifts over a bed of water.
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EXTERNAL CREDITS
Julia Rome
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[@meganarnold8221]

*whispers* Aqua Tofana.

[@sarahc8203]

Shana shaaa shana Shaaa shanna shaa shaa shana...shAaaaa

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Nay nay!

[@HalesBee92]

Suspish

[@gracey3110]

Get 👏 better 👏 idols 👏

[@breannaellenatkinson7144]

I was lookin out for this one 👀

[@davidjustice6287]

Lesson learned: If you're going to buy poison powder from a witch, don't sign a receipt

[@toyamwarr]

It’s interesting how much science was involved in potion witchcraft.

[@shelletemisfit9799]

Im a witch. Science plays a big part in magick and witchcraft, and yes it is real.

[@adamcolson5819]

Arthur C. Clarke "Magic is just science that we don't understand yet understand

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Not just science, chemistry!

[@Awesomebaconman123]

@@shelletemisfit9799 So would you say you have power?

[@danielaandreacharrychavez7695]

.koko aj

[@sunshinepop5906]

I love these types of episodes, I get to learn something without needing to be in school ✨🥖✨🥖 baguettes for everyone

[@jackydelrey]

Salut🥖🥖

[@moistsquish]

Merci

[@laurenlanterns4376]

🎶oui oui mon ami je mange un baguette🎶🥖🥖

[@sunshinepop5906]

@SeeNoEvilHearNoEvil ikr!

[@speeddemon945]

I prefer Croissant or Pain au chocolat please :D LOL

[@annan.4666]

Buzzfeed canceled ruining history but then saw how good puppet history was doing and starting making these

[@rowzeeistyra]

Typical buzzfeed

[@equatetoothpaste1369]

ayup

[@seojmul3214]

i think watcher was created by Shane, Ryan, and Steven and its their own independent channel

[@karaleetrapp]

@@seojmul3214. Yes it was. But all 3 men worked for Buzzfeed before starting Watcher

[@mattmayo3539]

I speak both English and French and the French Name pronunciations are spot on. Nice work!

[@mariecelestejetzer2193]

Personally ( as a native French speaker with the name Marie ) I think she butchered Marie a bit... and the word chambre too...

[@mariecelestejetzer2193]

Like in general the pronunciation is not that great... it’s not the worst I’ve heard... but it’s not great.

[@AmberAmber]

@Matt Mayo Oui!!!

[@mattmayo3539]

@@mariecelestejetzer2193 agreed. Her mouth and tongue movements could’ve been a little bit more. But overall not bad.

[@serena9850]

@@mariecelestejetzer2193 Mainly, I don’t think she knows how to do the uvular R. Hard to learn if you didn’t grow up with it.

[@GossipGlossipGirl]

The show "Versailles" touched on this subject but it obviously went off history. Overall it was accurate to some degree. It's available to watch on Netflix if anyone is interested.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*whispers* aqua tofanaaaaaaaaaa

[@ct6926]

Yaassss🙌🏽

[@melkiajohnson7235]

A fellow Bailey Sarian fan I love it ‼️. I definitely whispered that soon as she mentioned them using it as the norm 😂😂

[@chantelleg5253]

just came to comment abt this!!! so fun to find other bailey stans

[@toyamwarr]

Yes!

[@alyshababrah476]

LMAO I came to the comments just for this!

[@emilytarr9504]

How do you wake up and just claim someone a witch HUH

[@veng3r663]

Well if 'she' looks (Brunettes) acts and cackles LIKE a Witch then guess what... kzbin.info/www/bejne/paO8lHSfe9aepLc

[@trinaf.4422]

She turned someone into a newt.

[@trinaf.4422]

@John Quiñones It's from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.. For some reason, the witch scene in Holy Grail was the only thing that I could think of when I saw the OP's statement.

[@skawashers]

Bad winter. Crops didnt grow. .. Blame the woman who lives on her own and maybe owns a cat..

[@breannaellenatkinson7144]

@John Quiñones he got better

[@mayaballard4304]

the french really just be out here doing the absolute most huh?

[@emmcc]

Aqua Tofana?? 👀

[@shilparamanaryan3652]

How did they even consume such gross things! Crushed pigeon hearts, beetles and menstrual blood .. Wtf 😂

[@gluttonousgoddess]

It is likely there was very little used, or it was mixed with very strong ingredients. Alcohol is a common one. Tell me, would you notice a few drops of blood in a bottle of wine?

[@breannaellenatkinson7144]

🤢

[@musitianreyes]

ryan and shane are doing their own thing stop pestering the channel you wanna see them go to The Watcher channel

[@trashwizard6361]

There r so many people leaving hate comments because Ryan and Shane aren't here, it's really getting annoying at this point...

[@musitianreyes]

@@trashwizard6361 seriously theybare keeping this channel going fairly well.

[@nerathechildoflight9974]

Wait the “The Watcher” is the channel?

[@musitianreyes]

@@nerathechildoflight9974 just Watcher sorry

[@breannaellenatkinson7144]

@@nerathechildoflight9974 watcher is Ryan and Shane’s channel with Steven from worth it

[@nerdtasticzelda1737]

Homegirls just tryna make a living out here being executed 💔

[@danielf6648]

Ooh so it is ok to make living by harming others, got it

[@nerdtasticzelda1737]

@@danielf6648 They made and sold the stuff only to be used in bad ways by others 🤷‍♀️ if someone bought a kitchen knife from walmart and murdered someone, does that make walmart the bad person for selling it? No. They were palm readers and fortune tellers, who knew how to make poisons based off of aphrodisiacs. It was the twisted leaders and political figures who bought and used the products for heinous acts. So, yeah; homegirls just tryna make a living. They didn't poison the people, the rich and disgusting did js 😘

[@HotEatTheFood]

@@nerdtasticzelda1737 okay so if I start an Etsy store and sell poison to people specifically to poison people it’s still not my fault if they use it right? It’s not like I’m profiting off people murdering other peopl

[@abnojayoung5430]

fr they just out here being mysterious and making money and they arrest them

[@danielf6648]

@@nerdtasticzelda1737 yea and she kept selling it even tho she aware of the poisonous effect, your homegirl sound like a drug dealer to me

[@calcifowl]

Love the narration and the narrator’s voice! Very engaging.

[@elsalovesbooks]

Wait wait, back up, tell me more about this magical underground...

[@dorrolorro]

Imagine a type of murder becoming "fashionable"

[@NoThumb]

Hell yes, I get to not pay attention in class

[@stace4056]

ME

[@trapcarddis4290]

Same

[@carellyyyy]

I'm taking a history test rn😭✋

[@laurenbanner1507]

I love this narrator, she's so interesting to listen to

[@ara2356]

Never clicked faster in my life.

[@thetranspanzer3692]

So whose leg do I have to hump to get Ryan and Shane back? *shrug*

[@YourMom-fq5et]

@@thetranspanzer3692 Bruh just go to Watcher. Stop flooding this account with comments like those.

[@Braham_the_Terror]

@@thetranspanzer3692 when will these comments end? Just get over it already.

[@midnytevega2777]

"Hey demons its ya boy..." oh 😔

[@haileyo648]

@@AxxLAfriku uh... wtf.. u good?

[@lilybaldwin9139]

They should make these into podcasts that would amazing! lol

[@chantelleg5253]

reminds me of AQUA TOFANA

[@kaceyjenelle7566]

We are the daughters of the witches you couldn’t...poison? Heh

[@moonchild7449]

Me- "breathes" Them- "witch!!!"

[@Pejion.]

Been waiting for this love the videos, they are very well researched too

[@balessy894]

I thought I’d see Shane and Ryan here-

[@balessy894]

@Corey Mech idk but i miss them ;-;

[@john6283]

@Corey Mech they've got their new channel here : kzbin.info/door/ircJf-FlToBNjuy9xG-i5A

[@bogdanstoian8377]

Imagine being a witch, selling a poison to someone only for the future victim to ask you for a reading. You would get 10/10 right answers.

[@lanxxafame428]

1600s: "insecure? lack of confidence?" here is your magical potion! wayyy before instagram, people already feeling insecure 😂

[@lizbethvizcarra761]

Aqua tofana???

[@meganwindmill3975]

Love your videos

[@trashandahalf1892]

imagine if someone just screamed “WINGARDIUM LEVIOSA” in the middle of a trial gathering

[@amyscooollol1113]

yeahhhh i have something to do during class finally

[@bergydermeister5616]

I used to sketch from comic books play with my Rubik's Cube and daydream but I still managed to get a GED because I'm God damn brilliant as is 🤪✌

[@kekerosberg1654]

How about study? Smh

[@kekerosberg1654]

@@bergydermeister5616 yikes

[@leahyoungquist7440]

"bur-jois" i'm crying already

[@leahyoungquist7440]

also please for the love of god get her a mic, don't make her record on movie maker anymore lmao

[@Calebrobertson22]

Do one on Michael Jackson. People say he committed suicide other people said he was murdered like me but other think he is still alive

[@hithereiam4878]

I prefer her voice much more over the other dark ominous guy. He doesn’t have as much inflection in his voice. He’s good for serious stories where it’s all about facts, this woman seems much more about telling us a story of history. Just a personal preference.

[@dalyuuh]

pls respect our lord ryan

[@maizym7549]

I would recommend Barrow Gurney Mental Asylum in Somerset, England. My aunt is a ghost fanatic and has had many encounters there. The story behind it is so heartbreaking and sad. It is now houses however there were many cases of builders who quit in the middle of working due to encountering things.

[@Benni777]

I’ve always wanted to travel to Salem Massechusets to visit all the witch history. I find it so fascinating yet horrible that it happened at the same time

[@ladynekochan]

I hope that you get to go! I visited Salem for my birthday back in 2019 and I loved it. The history is sad but fascinating.

[@trophies7108]

Love ur guys videos #buzz feed is lit

[@GioHub]

Where’s Ryan and Shane 🥺🤧

[@Vyclops]

:flushed: :weary: :pensive:

[@trashwizard6361]

They have a new channel called the watcher...go check it out

[@floridaman1797]

Great video. Thanks for posting. I love this channel. ***SHANEIACS for life***

[@aqibabashir4407]

ah yes during math class too i love it here

[@ridley_grace]

i love this persons voice

[@horse101lv]

How did they wash someone else's clothes with arsenic-infused soap without also suffering from arsenic poisoning?

[@ryot5220]

Where do you do your research

[@bsr7131]

Omg the narrator is so good !!

[@hadleypriest2236]

Really wish they would cite their sources for further research and credibility

[@JdmPartsPlug]

Any idea when super natural is coming back?

[@zmythos]

**Bailey Sarian voice** ~AQUA TOFANA~

[@nephilim18]

Can someone tell me piano music name in middle of video.

[@thelandofthemandalas608]

Do you guys have discord?

[@blainechild9068]

You should cover the helen brach disappearance

[@paramvirgill74]

When are the unsolved series coming

[@mattcramer3280]

I just checked there is 68 videos on this channel with Ryan and Shane that have more views then any video without them in it. 68...

[@unicornprincess8896]

The only which murders I know of is the Salem witch trial so this is interesting

[@hannahlove2017]

It's the s sound in marquis for me

[@Meg-uo1ro]

*Aqua Tofana*

[@charlenebrown8737]

MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THE TEXAS CHAINSAW PLZ!!!

[@mo1139]

you should do a video on the atomic bomber

[@jenniekeiman3476]

Hello love this channel Bye bye school

[@reinplata3144]

How about the the mysterious disappearance of Ettore Majorana in upcoming episoodes?

[@spikeebear5060]

Can you do an supernatural unsolved episode of the bray road beast

[@bennytastic86]

"noter dahm"

[@srhgmrs]

Aqua tofanaaaa

[@charlie-yy1sr]

can you guys please please shut up about shane and ryan. we get it, you want more buzzfeed unsolved. if you came here for them, that's well and good. but there is no need to constantly clamor on in the comments about it. the rest of the team is putting hard work into making these well researched videos, and if they dont interest you the least you could do is keep your mouths shut and walk away respectfully. if you care about them that much, how about you go check out their actual youtube channel rather than whining about it here.

[@thetranspanzer3692]

So whose leg do I have to hump to get Ryan and Shane back? *shrug*

[@charlie-yy1sr]

@@thetranspanzer3692 no one's? just go to the youtube channel they have been posting content on for months now?

[@KoltiraMemeweaver]

People are really interesting istg.

[@ladynekochan]

@@thetranspanzer3692 Ryan and Shane's channel is called Watcher.

[@mimikyee]

miss shane and ryan doing these types of episodes 😩

[@montewolf3570]

I guess dinner at The Borgias is bad idea

[@unventish3404]

anyone watch Versailles

[@LA-bq6hf]

PLS DO JUNKO FURUTA, her murder and famed 44 days of torture was the most terrofying thing i have READ. YES, READ. I literally just read what they did to her and I was so sick to my stomach. Asian horror stories/killings are WAAY scarier than western ones.

[@SpokoR3]

If anybody is interested in more stuff like this check out "Cabinet of Curiosities" or "Lore" by Aaron Mahnke on spotify

[@madalice5134]

Thanks. Now I have something new to devour. 😁

[@ct6926]

Lore was also made into a show, you can watch it on Amazon Prime!

[@madalice5134]

Also, you may be interested in the Atlas Obscura. Edit: To correct spelling of Atlas.

[@SpokoR3]

@@madalice5134 I listen to them every night before sleeping :) His presentation is really nice!

[@SpokoR3]

@@ct6926 yes! The production quality is amazing!

[@pugs_ruleblah8284]

Anyone know where to get dried pidgin hearts

[@d.j482]

Well well well looks like the queen knows how to spice things up

[@manasajoshi5813]

Buzzfeed Unsolved on Aarushi Talwar please!

[@carlam.haskett3109]

Are you trying to say "cantharidin." Kantharis is a word for the beetle itself.

[@Olivia-Ev]

Is it just me or would shane be a great Remus Lupin from Harry Potter

[@skyline80428]

SOUNDS LIKE ELITE NETFLIXX

[@redvenice7253]

✨ *aqua tofana* ✨

[@aasthamisra2309]

Anyone else taught love potions was a Harry Potter thing !!

[@theminecafteryt3924]

Did the old hosts quit?:(

[@elliott4875]

Yessss

[@larsqaqqaq9970]

This is some Harry Potter type potions poison stuff

[@irenesghostcat6762]

Have you guys ever heard of the chameleon killer?

[@joshuatolchin5617]

EWWWWW I WAS GONE FOR A WHILE AND I MISS SHANE AND RYAN SO MUCH

[@Katanauup]

They should bring back Ryan and Shane, what happened to them?

[@72miguel72]

same i’ve been waiting for a new unsolved ep

[@cristianaghinea4951]

do you think lavoison effectively used girl power by selling toads infused with arsenic?

[@chickenickee]

france wakes up and chooses conviction of witch craft

[@BuddioJake2nd]

What happen to his friend that they always make funny jokes?

[@Divine.777]

The white guy looks like the soc from outsiders in the seen before the rumble at the milkshake stop

[@catherinesheffield8093]

I hate the fact that I know exactly who you are talking about

[@ThebighoopaZawg]

and a good day to you too, buzzfeed

[@su-enaahleebeautifulcontra3617]

The French created the notion of sadism.

[@cevadesign]

Well the world sadism is from the name of a french marquis (Marquis de Sade) so yeah, we kind of invented sadism

[@ukiyopjm8500]

I love unsolved mystery’s :) no wonder my friends... calls me weird ;-;

[@RiresDelven]

Liking unsolved mysteries is not what’s making you weird.

[@nafisahibrahim4291]

In other words, Louis was the GOAT.

[@AbdulHanan-007]

I'm here , after seeing WandaVision Episode 8

[@incomingenemy1004]

Maybe it wasn't a good idea to watch a video about poison while eating

[@CatsCabinetUMC]

*As I stuff my face n drink my Pepsi* #IfItMyTimeItsMyTime

[@nathanielsablan2474]

YESSS

[@TheSaneHatter]

If poisoning was "a la mode," then was it served with ice cream?

[@HotEatTheFood]

I know this is going to be an r/woosh moment for me but I just have to say that I hate this joke 😂😂

[@alisabethbradford1486]

aqua tofana vibes

[@shaungraves8357]

Nice voice

[@yourfavoritefatauntyy8433]

Shane sounds different

[@LolganSaucey]

Reverse puberty hehwhehwheh

[@zacgonsior2040]

What happened to Ryan and Shane?