SinisterCrimes

Accomplice

Étienne Guibourg

Born
1610
Died
1686, aged about 76
Record
Wikidata Q5775715 · Wikipedia

Accomplice in The Affair of the Poisons

Priest who confessed to saying black masses for La Voisin's clients; imprisoned for life without trial.

1677–1682 · Paris and the court of Louis XIV, France · Executed

Fortune tellers selling 'inheritance powders' to the Paris elite, a secret court lit by torches, and testimony that reached the king's own mistress. Read the case.