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Aqua Tofana: The 17th Century Husband Killer

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68 points gappy | 2 comments | 14 Apr 25 19:15 UTC | HN request time: 2.47s | source
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fmajid ◴[18 Apr 25 08:52 UTC] No.43726235[source]▶
It’s mentioned 9 times in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.
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1. scotty79 ◴[18 Apr 25 10:03 UTC] No.43726555[source]▶
Definitely it had its mind share so it was possibly a tad bit overhyped.
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2. fmajid ◴[20 Apr 25 10:45 UTC] No.43742939[source]▶
A good way to accuse a widow of murder by poison, since the poison was undetectable and unfalsifiable by the feeble forensics of the day, and get hold of the inheritance.