Exploring the Affair of Poisons, a series of 17th century event in which a handful of upper-class individuals were poisoned, causing fear and paranoia, and the resulting trials. Credits: https://www.buzzfeed.com/bfmp/videos/122217 Welcome to the BuzzFeed Unsolved Network! This channel is your one-stop destination for all things mystery, conspiracy, supernatural, true crime, and everything in between. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/2zuaR06. MERCH: We've got it! SHOP NOW: https://bzfd.it/2MDBk2d MUSIC SFX Provided By AudioBlocks (https://www.audioblocks.com) STILLS Medieval Restraint Bar Neck, Leg and HandCuff - 13th Century powerofforever/Getty Images The Dragon Fountain at the Palace of Versailles Keith Lance/Getty Images The Hall of Mirrors ,1684 by Sebastien Leclerc (1637-1714) (French: Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France Nastasic/Getty Images German cultural life 17th century Nastasic/Getty Images Execution of Joan of Arc duncan1890/Getty Images Antique illustration of parliament ilbusca/Getty Images Judge Jeffreys - The Hanging Judge whitemay/Getty Images Trial of Lord William Russell duncan1890/Getty Images posing Louis XIV, Sun King, XXL hrstklnkr/Getty Images A painted portrait of Voltaire GeorgiosArt/Getty Images Duomo cathedral Walter Bibikow/Getty Images VIDEO MeloyanMedia/Getty Images Stirring Smoky Bubbling Cauldron Fantasy Scene RockfordMedia/Getty Images The effect of a drop of ink on a black background 1920x1080 Alexander Bashkirov/Getty Images The hand of an old witch is stirring a potion in a bubbling vat with a spoon Kharchenko_irina7/Getty Images Swirling orange light and shadows VectorFusionArt/Getty Images Witch making mysterious moves with candle above mirror, putting evil spell Synthetic-Exposition/Getty Images Mysterious pentagram on ritual mirror, reflection of occult magician with candle Synthetic-Exposition/Getty Images sparks flow fantasy firework dark spreading fog golubovy/Getty Images SLOW MOTION: Chef Sprinkles Red Pepper Powder While Cooking eugenekeebler/Getty Images Flames in a pellet stove, Slow motion 4K slowmotiongli/Getty Images Lockdown backlit shot of unrecognizable businessman walking down office corridor towards camera in slow motion, low angle closeup Comeback Images/Getty Images Iron cast cauldron boiling a stew over open log fire by_nicholas/Getty Images Iron cast cauldron boiling a stew over open log fire by_nicholas/Getty Images White sugar poured on black background ridvan_celik/Getty Images handwriting calligraphy - writing letter with quill pen and ink in candlelight ronstik/Getty Images Witch in white dress appearing on the road miodrag ignjatovic/Getty Images Animation of medieval empty room with light rays at window BrilliantEye/Getty Images Old Prison Cell jpcauty/Getty Images SLO MO Seasoning SimonSkafar/Getty Images View of toads hatching throught skin in the rainforests, Suriname, South America Imazins/Getty Images Corridor of a old castle Aleksandr Beskrovny/Getty Images Shadow silhouette of a dark halloween ghost dancing in fog behind the glass Filomedia/Getty Images Chef adds dry oregano to the dish ipuwadol/Getty Images Clouds Realistic Dry Ice Smoke TARGRAPH/Getty Images June beetle on the tree trunk digihelion/Getty Images The Fallen-Guerlesquin, Finistere Photography by David A Johnson./Getty Images Scary girl is walking in forest Kustvideo/Getty Images Chili pepper mixing in traditional marble mortar slowmotion gonin/Getty Images Slow motion of woman walking at night WW News/Getty Images smoke rising berandogan/Getty Images reading the lines hand in a woman's hands kopitinphoto/Getty Images Pouring coffee. Mixing layers janiecbros/Getty Images Villagers chant and taunt as a French soldier leads Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. Discovery Access/Getty Images Close angle of a glass with a clear bubbly drink with lime twist. woman's hand drops powder into drink as if drugging it. powder dissolves. could be poison. Sony Pictures Entertainment/Getty Images Prison cells in the Rector's Palace, Dubrovnik Samuel Magal/Getty Images Red tomato sauce stew Sergeymalov/Getty Images Witch for Halloween Emya/Getty Images HD Super Slow-Mo: Pouring A Glass Of Wine simonkr/Getty Images MS Snow falling Warner Bros. Studios/Getty Images HD: Scribing Ancient Text With A Quill Pen simonkr/Getty Images red drops of blood nikkytok/Getty Images HD: Hand Writing Calligraphy simonkr/Getty Images SLO MO CU Orange flames rising against black background / Oregon, USA David Fortney/Getty Images Halloween. Young Witch Spells At The Table. Micro Vovk/Getty Images Smoke slowly drifts over a bed of water. Jonathan Knowles/Getty Images EXTERNAL CREDITS Julia Rome http://juliamulia.com/