Just a Bit of Arsenic

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Welcome to Just a Bit of Arsenic; a nod to the Victorian way to primp your face and off your mates! Let's talk about Murder with Victorian fervor, spiced with an arsenic trace.

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Friends, Welcome to Widow's Walk Mansion, where things go Aarrgghh! in the night. Do come in; do come armed. Stay a night or forever...there's always a fire and any moonlit eve goes well with tea. Sugar?

Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, "Dear friend, what can I do to prove that warm affection I've always felt for you? I have within my pantry, good store of all that's nice; I'm sure you're very welcome-will you please take a slice?"
"Oh no, no," said the little Fly, "kind sir, that cannot be, I've heard what's in your pantry, and I do not wish to see!"~Mary Howitt

Iocane powder. It is tasteless, odorless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadly poisons known to man.
~The Princess Bride

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVp34XV7t-U Keeps things light in the dark!

Overheard late night in library; Widow Kate shares a whiskey with Doc Holliday:

Christina Rosetti~Uphill

Does the road wind up-hill all the way?Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day? From morn to night, my friend.

But is there for the night a resting-place? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn.

Shall I meet other wayfarers at night? Those who have gone before. Then must I knock, or call when just in sight? They will not keep you standing at that door.

Shall I find comfort, travel-sore and weak? Of labour you shall find the sum. Will there be beds for me and all who seek? Yea, beds for all who come.



Steampunk Brass Spider by Daniel Proulx

Discussion Forum

Cool cemeteries in your neighborhoods?

Started by Hannah. Last reply by Professor Verdigris Wetware Mar 3. 84 Replies 3 Likes

Someone mentioned having an old cemetery in their neighborhood, and it got me thinking, how many of us have interesting "sleeping grounds" in our towns? My hometown has Mount Hope Cemetery, a 200 acre Victorian cemetery established in the 1830s…Continue

The Castle of Death - the case of H.H. Holmes

Started by Wendy Zdrodowski. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next Jun 4, 2012. 27 Replies 1 Like

All right, enought of this namby-pamby accidental poisoning nonsense - let's look a little into the story of a real baddie!H.H. Holmes, born Herman Webster Mudgett, was one of the…Continue

Jack the Ripper - his life and crimes

Started by Prof. Sebastian Fate. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next Jun 4, 2012. 101 Replies 0 Likes

' Horror ran through the land . Men spoke of it with bated breath , and pale-lipped women shuddered as they read the dreadful details ' Autumn 1888 , horror stalks the East End of London . In ten weeks five women are…Continue

The ambitious Jane Toppan

Started by Hannah. Last reply by Georg, Baron von Mannteuffel Feb 10, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

I stumbled upon this young lady recently and was shocked to have never heard of her before. Jane Toppan, a Massachussets nurse who claimed her personal goal was to kill "more…Continue

Lizzie Borden took an axe... (you know the rest)

Started by Hannah. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next Jan 3, 2012. 15 Replies 1 Like

On a stifling hot August 4th, 1892, the patriarch of the prominent Borden family and his second wife were discovered brutally murdered via axe-blows to their heads, in broad daylight, only a few hours apart. As the shocking case unraveled, it became…Continue

The origin of the Zombi

Started by Rt Rev.Hammer, Archimandrite. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next Jan 2, 2012. 3 Replies 1 Like

As told in story form by yours truly! The setting is at the Widows Mansion. The factually mentioned are indeed true. Purple and velvet comes the evening at…Continue

The Sisters Brimm

Started by ms.p.allworthey. Last reply by 29d236sccxyr9 Jan 2, 2012. 2 Replies 1 Like

Dearest Kate-My Sister and I would like to cordially invite you and any of your "E-Steamed" Guests to the Launch of our Venture.Please Visit our Blog as well as Our…Continue

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Shades of Gray ?

Started by Prof. Sebastian Fate. Last reply by Prof. Sebastian Fate Dec 10, 2011. 6 Replies 1 Like

In March or April 1890 Oscar Wilde submitted to ' Lippincott's Monthly ' a draft of ' The Picture of Dorian Gray ' .This typescript represented Wilde's intentions but was heavily censored by the editior of Lippincott's , Joseph Marshall Stoddart…Continue

Death in The Pot - an unusual dinner

Started by Wendy Zdrodowski. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next Jul 15, 2011. 6 Replies 1 Like

http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/essays/death-in-the-pot.php?page=all Exciting experiments with food additives, and a general history of poisoning accidental and…Continue

Deadly Miss Madeleine

Started by The Widow Kate Next. Last reply by The Widow Kate Next May 20, 2011. 4 Replies 1 Like

Madeleine Smith, born to a comfortably well off family in Scotland, her father a successful architect, had fallen in love. Pierre I'Angelier was a poverty stricken man, and stricken by his love for the very pretty Madeleine. The affair was…Continue

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Comment by Rt Rev.Hammer, Archimandrite on May 7, 2013 at 7:26pm: *(slides in flitting from shadow to shadow)*

heheheheeheh

Comment by Ryan Grimm on February 25, 2013 at 12:40pm: Just thing of the many ways you can eliminate quieten rowdy guests...just tuck them in their bedrooms, and with the soft, simple light of an oil lamp they can be killed go to sleep permanently asphyxiated.
After a long rest (say eternity) they can be carted trundled off to their respective coffins abodes.
A simple drop or two of sodium cyanide laudanum on the wick, and a gentle, dreamless sleep is assured.
Works every time.
WARNING: frequent use of this method may be evidence of repeated offenses habit forming.
Also, be sure there is sufficient ventilation.

Comment by Professor Argon Bats on February 25, 2013 at 10:05am: Oh, do let's go exploring the lamp collection! What say you Widow?

Comment by Ryan Grimm on February 25, 2013 at 8:32am: Gad, looks like it's going to be a four-cupper today....

Comment by Ryan Grimm on February 25, 2013 at 8:31am: *zzzzzSNORT* Sorry, just woke up, it's been such a LONG Exposition.
Do pardon the arm, it's been randomly attached to the mustache for decades.

Hold on, let me get a light...
Anyone have a match?

Comment by Professor Argon Bats on February 24, 2013 at 11:58pm: I'm sorry to hear the masses are no yet ready to receive your dominion wisdom. Perhaps I can help persuade them, I'm good at this sort of thing...

Why, I do believe Uncle Smudge holds a vintage Twinkie wrapper there. Pretty good condition, all things considered - might be collectible.

Comment by The Widow Kate Next on February 24, 2013 at 7:21pm: Hmmm...Bats, I do believe that's Oncle Smudge from the Bayou; he's gone missing for years, how delightful to have finally found him! He was responsible for mapping much of Widow's Walk, you know.

Bon Nuit, mon cher Oncle!

I say, Dr. Hairy Inevitable, what's that in Oncle Smudge's claws?

Comment by The Widow Kate Next on February 24, 2013 at 7:11pm: Right, Dearest Batty, it's better if you stay, after all the last time Uncle Inevitable and I played in the dark together a third of the Empire's arclights went out...all power diverted to our Faraday station in efforts to conquer imbue the masses with a better understanding of submissiveness our unique offerings. Power returned for a price, of course.

Comment by Professor Argon Bats on February 24, 2013 at 6:59pm: You eat the twinkie, I'll take a closer look at this mummy. A guest of yours, Widow?