Tea Time Crimes

Aqua Tofana and the Affair of the Poisons

Episode Summary

With a discreet poison, two serial killers take out as many as 600 men. One to free women from the abuse of the 1600s and the other to secure the family fortune. Murder is murder, but how far would you be willing to go in a different time, in a different place?

Episode Notes

With a discreet poison, two serial killers take out as many as 600 men. One to free women from the abuse of the 1600s and the other to secure the family fortune. Murder is murder, but how far would you be willing to go in a different time, in a different place? 

Tea of the Day: Jasmine Green Tea

Theme Music by Brad Frank

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