Summary: YESTERDAY’S NEWS -- Tales of classic scandals, scoundrels and scourges told from historic newspapers in the golden age of yellow journalism...<br>She Conversed With The Devil<br>Episode 317 explores the bizarre tale of Martha Wise who becomes so tired of the scorn of her family and their objection to her dating life after the death of her husband, that she starts putting arsenic in their drinking water. Not everyone dies, so the intense family drama carries over into her sensational trial and damning testimony from a cousin made invalid from the poison and the suicide of a sister-in-law.<br>Culled from the historic pages of the Akron Beacon Journal and other newspapers of the era.<br>***<br>A creation Of Pulpular Media<br>Can’t wait for the next episode to drop? Download the new podcast app Himalaya and get all new episodes a day early, and drop a buck in the tip jar for True Crime Historian.<br>Support your favorite podcaster at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian" rel="noopener">www.patreon.com/truecrimehistorian</a>. Just a dollar a month reserves your bunk at the safe house and access to exclusive content and whatever personal services you require.<br>Z-O-L-A Zola, the wedding company that will do anything for love, will give you $50 off your registry when you land at Zola.com/True<br>Take care of your body with a subscription to Care/Of and get personalized vitamin and supplement packs right to your door, and get 50 percent off your first month with the secret code TCH50 when you check out at takecareof.com.<br>***<br>Opening theme by Nico Vitesse.<br>Some music and sound effects licensed from podcastmusic.com.<br>Closing theme by Dave Sams and Rachel Schott, engineered by David Hisch at Third Street Music.<br>Media management by Sean R. Miller-Jones<br>Richard O Jones, Executive Producer
