The A-Z Of Psychopaths: Marie Besnard – The Queen Of Poisoners

Wherever she went, death followed – but the authorities never had the evidence to convict her.Marie Besnard was accused of murdering at least a dozen people over three decades, quietly dispatching husbands, relatives, and neighbours with arsenic while maintaining the image of a respectable provincial widow. But here’s the twist: after years of trials, scientific disputes, and forensic confusion, Besnard walked free. So was she a calculating serial poisoner — or the victim of flawed science, hysteria, and a justice system struggling to keep up with toxicology?In this episode of The A–Z Of Psychopaths, Simon Ford explores one of the most unsettling cases in French criminal history: a woman surrounded by corpses, arsenic in the soil, and doubt everywhere else. Because when murder leaves no blood, no struggle, and no witnesses, certainty can be the first casualty.🎧 Snack-sized true crime from Psycho Killer: Shocking True Crime Stories.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/psycho-killer-shocking-true-crime-stories--5005712/support.