Pick your poison with Day and Nightshade, the podcast where deadly history meets true crime. Join Katie and Jay as they delve into the world of poisons, toxins, venoms, and the people who used them. From infamous assassinations and botanical killers to bizarre medical mishaps and true crime mysteries, each episode explores the science, history, and folklore behind nature’s deadliest substances. Equal parts chilling and fascinating, Day and Nightshade is perfect for listeners who like their curiosity served with a little danger.
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Hosts Jay and Katie investigate the 2016 Layyah Sweet Poisoning, uncovering the tragic events that led to mass fatalities and widespread illness.
30 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
3. Spanish Toxic Oil Syndrome
Hosts Jay and Katie investigate the mysterious Spanish Toxic Oil Syndrome outbreak in post-Franco Spain, uncovering the chilling truth behind contaminated food.
22 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
02. Australian Mushroom Murder
True crime hosts Jay and Katie investigate a deadly Australian dinner party in this gripping interview episode.
16 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
01. The German Sandwich Poisoner
Hosts Jay and Katie explore the chilling case of the German Sandwich Poisoner, uncovering motives behind a deadly culinary crime.
14 Jul 2026
8. Did an Elvis Impersonator Commit Treason?
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the true crime podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
Join Jay and Katie on the final episode of the first season, where we talk about lies, deceipt , a murder attempt and a whole lot of Elvis impeersonators
Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas
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7 Jul 2026
07. Dorothea Puente - The Death House Landlady
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the true crime podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
Join Jay and Katie as they visit a boarding house of terror, a last resort for the vulnerable and needy, run by a sweet little old lady, but Dorothea Puente was no kind grandmother type, no she was a deadly serial killer...
Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas
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30 Jun 2026
06. Jane Toppan
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the true crime podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
Join Jay and Katie as they head to Massachusetts to learn about "Jolly" Jane Toppan, one of America's first serial killers, and her weapon of choice? Poison.
Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas
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23 Jun 2026
05. Florence Maybrick
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Join Katie and Jay in the 19th Century, with one of the most notorious demostic poisoning cases of the Victorian Era, the death of James Maybrick. as he poisoned by his much younger wife, or was this something rather...ordinary?
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16 Jun 2026
04. Stella Nickell
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the true crime podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
Skipping forward in time, Jay and Katie have hopped across the ocean to tell you all about Stella Knickell, the grieving widow whose husband died a completely normal and in no way suspicious death...until she contacts the police...
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9 Jun 2026
03. Graham Young - Teacup Poisoner
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the true crime podcast that asks you What's Your Poison? And means it...
Join Katie and Jay in England...again , although in post-war Britain this time, talking about the meticulous murderer Graham Young, who really was fond of a cuppa, fascists and olde-timey poisoners.
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2 Jun 2026
02. Christiana Edmunds
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Join Katie and Jay in Victorian England...again as they laugh and cry about the worst ingredient in your sweet treats, courtesy of the Chocolate Cream Killer, Christiana Edmunds
Content Warning - Child Death Reference
Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas
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26 May 2026
01. William Palmer
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Join Katie and Jay in Victorian England, as they share the twisted tale of William Palmer, the "Prince of Poisoners" who gained the title with all of the subtlely as a dyspraxic jester.
Music by Zachary Logan & Myka Sylvanas
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24 May 2026
Day and Nightshade - TRAILER
Welcome to Day and Nightshade, the new true crime podcast by Katie Charlwood, History Harlot and Reader of Books, and Jay McLoughlin, a nerdy lesbian and pigeon advocate with too much time on their hands.
Join this dynamic duo as they dig into true crime, historical disasters, and human catastrophes and ask "what's your poison?" And mean it!
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Inside a recent episode
4. Punjabi Sweet Poisoning
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Not for a second. Poisoning through shared food works precisely because it weaponizes familiarity. Food is social trust made physical. And within hours, people became violently ill that trust was broken and so there was a whole array of symptoms severe vomiting stomach pain dizziness confusion some victims reportedly lost consciousness entirely which we will get into this escalated horrifyingly fast Hospitals suddenly had multiple patients arriving with nearly identical symptoms among them. Which immediately tells doctors that there's common exposure somewhere. Exactly, like at first physicians suspected ordinary food contamination. […]
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