Perpetrator in The Affair of the Poisons
Fortune teller and poisoner whose arrest exposed La Voisin; burned in May 1679.
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.
Dated events
Marie Bosse is arrested after selling poison to a police officer's wife posing as a client.
Marie Bosse is burned at the stake.