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Marie Besnard, the 'Loudun poisoner,' at the heart of a historic judicial case

Marie Besnard was accused of poisoning twelve people, including her two husbands.

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Nicknamed the 'Loudun poisoner,' she was acquitted after three trials.

This emblematic judicial case is being revisited in a summer series.

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