Tea & Treachery

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.You asked and Adam answered…Adam the Llama has some explaining to do. 🦙Why is there a llama co-hosting a podcast about Tudor-era murder, scandal, and suspiciously convenient evidence?There is an explanation.Sort of.Meet Adam: historically inaccurate, aggressively skeptical, and somehow still not the strangest thing in these stories.Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.Episode 5: The Casket Letters — Did Mary, Queen of Scots Write Them?A king is murdered.A queen is accused.And the evidence that could destroy her reputation arrives in a silver casket.In 1567, Mary, Queen of Scots found herself at the center of one of the most explosive scandals of the sixteenth century. Her husband, Lord Darnley, was dead. Her new husband, the Earl of Bothwell, was suspected of helping kill him. And then Mary’s enemies claimed to have discovered something extraordinary: a collection of private letters supposedly proving that Mary had been involved in the plot.There was just one problem.Actually… there were several.The casket changed hands. The letters were copied, translated, and presented by men with very good reasons to keep Mary off the Scottish throne. Questions were raised about the handwriting. The originals eventually disappeared.You know. Minor evidence-handling issues.In Episode 5 of Tea & Treachery, J’Lynn and Adam investigate the infamous Casket Letters and ask the question historians have argued over for centuries:Did Mary actually write them?We follow the evidence from the murder of Darnley through Mary’s downfall, the mysterious discovery of the silver casket, and the political proceedings where its contents were used against her.Then we put the letters themselves on the evidence table.Authentic love letters from a queen involved in murder?Altered documents?Political propaganda?Or one of the most consequential forgeries in British history?Pour the tea. Check the chain of custody.This one is treacherous. ☕️🩸Tea & Treachery — where history spills the tea, and sometimes the blood.Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.A murdered king. 👑 An accused queen. And a silver casket containing the letters that could destroy Mary, Queen of Scots.There’s just one tiny problem.The letters were copied. Translated. Passed through the hands of men who wanted Mary off the throne……and then the originals disappeared.Naturally. 🦙Because nothing says “airtight evidence” quite like:“Trust us. The originals were definitely incriminating before we lost them.”Adam has questions.A lot of them.🫖 Tea & Treachery — Episode 5: The Casket Letters 🎙️ SundayMurder. Scandal. Political betrayal. And evidence handling that would make a modern defense attorney absolutely feral.Bring the tea.Adam’s bringing the reasonable doubt. Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.What if the letters used to condemn a queen were never meant to be trusted? 👑📜This Sunday on Tea & Treachery, we’re investigating the infamous Casket Letters—the documents used to portray Mary, Queen of Scots as an adulteress, a conspirator, and potentially complicit in the murder of her husband.There’s just one problem.The originals are gone.What survives is incomplete, disputed, translated, copied, and tangled in the hands of men with enormous political stakes in Mary’s downfall.So we’re asking:Who produced the letters? Who controlled them? Who translated or edited them? Who benefited from what they appeared to prove?And ultimately…Did Mary actually write them?Murder. Betrayal. Missing evidence. Political intrigue. And because apparently that isn’t enough chaos, an emotional support llama. 🦙☕️ The Casket Letters: Mary, Queen of Scots on Trial ⚔️ A new Tea & Treachery drops SUNDAY.When the originals vanish, the truth becomes a weapon.Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.September 8, 1560Amy Robsart sends her servants away for the day. Hours later, she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase.Her neck is broken.Her husband, Robert Dudley- the favorite of Queen Elizabeth I and the man many believed the Queen wanted to marry. Accident?Suicide?Murder?We dig into the evidence and the original coroner's report on this episode of Tea & Treachery. Pour something hot... mind the stairs. Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.🦙 Adam has questions.And unfortunately for history… so do we. ☕🩸A young woman is found dead at the bottom of a staircase. Her husband is nowhere near the scene. The rumors start almost immediately. And somehow, Queen Elizabeth I ends up tangled in the scandal.Adam has reviewed the evidence.He has concerns. He has theories. He has absolutely no intention of being subtle about either. 😏🎙️ NEXT EPISODE: The Mysterious Death of Amy RobsartComing soon on Tea & Treachery.So tell us before Adam does:Accident, suicide… or murder?!Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.🫖 ONE WEEK UNTIL A NEW CUP OF TREACHERY…A noblewoman.A lonely staircase.A broken neck.And a death that changed the course of Tudor history.Officially, it was an accident.Many believed it was murder.For more than 450 years, historians have argued over what really happened to Amy Robsart—and whether powerful figures stood to gain from her death.Next week, Tea & Treachery uncovers the evidence, the rumors, the politics, and the enduring mystery behind one of England’s most debated deaths.☕ Was it a tragic fall… or the perfect Tudor cover-up?Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.In this week’s episode, J’Lynn teams up with her new partner in crime‑solving — Adam the Llama, historian, hoofed intellectual, and occasional chewer of important documents — to unravel one of Tudor England’s most politically charged mysteries: the alleged poisoning plot against Bishop John Fisher.The case begins in a bustling kitchen, where cook Richard Roose is accused of slipping something sinister into a pot of porridge. What follows is a whirlwind of panic, royal intervention, and a legal process so rushed it practically leaves hoofprints. As J’Lynn dissects the forensic plausibility of the poisoning, Adam contributes his own brand of analysis: sharp historical insight, impeccable recall of Tudor politics, and the occasional dramatic spit when something doesn’t add up.Together, they uncover a troubling pattern — Roose’s guilt may have been less about evidence and more about convenience. Bishop Fisher was a thorn in powerful sides, and Roose’s trial looks suspiciously like a message meant for someone far above his station.Was Richard Roose truly a poisoner, or simply the perfect scapegoat? And did Bishop Fisher escape one plot only to be swept into another far more dangerous?By the end, listeners will see why this case still echoes through Tudor history: it’s not just a tale of treachery in a kitchen… but treachery in a kingdom, narrated by a woman with a forensic eye and a llama with opinions.Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.A new co-host has entered the chat and the dark humor is headed to the next level. This episode is loading up for your listening pleasure… stay tuned! Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.Footprints in the snow... multiple assassins...numerous attempts... and the worst murder cover up in Tudor history. Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.Step into 1537 Bildeston, where rumor spreads faster than truth and justice is whatever the loudest villager insists it is. In this darkly humorous and chilling episode, J’Lynn unravels the wrongful execution of Philip Witherick — a man condemned for murdering his lodger, Ambrose Letyce… who wasn’t even dead.Follow the twisting path of suspicion, panic, and Tudor‑style “investigation,” featuring:• A tailor who vanishes without his tools• A bailiff who digs up bones and plants teeth• A terrified child bribed into storytelling• A mother coerced after five denials• And a village that invents a crime out of thin airWith Josephine off time‑traveling for research on another case, J’Lynn guides you through one of history’s most absurd miscarriages of justice — a murder solved before anyone checked whether the victim was alive.A missing man who wasn’t missing.A crime that never happened.And a community determined to punish someone anyway.Pour your tea.Brace yourself.This is Tea & Treachery.Click here to become a supporter and get exclusive content: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2623043/subscribeSupport the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.The tea is almost ready but be sure you pour your own cup... lest ye be poisoned! Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.To help set the mood while we wait for the tea to finish steeping...Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.A little dark humor never hurt anyone... Support the show

Send your fan mail, thoughts, and mysteries our way — we promise to brew a fresh pot of tea while we read every word.Your first glimpse into the new historical murder mystery podcast- Tea & TreacherySupport the show