51: La Voisin - Witches

By day, she was a church-goer and a charming fortune teller to the French elite. 

By night, she lorded over a black market empire dealing in poisons, potions, and Satanic rituals. That’s right - today, we’re talking about La Voisin. 

Catherine Montvoisin (better known as La Voisin) led a double life that blurred the lines between healer and killer, helper and heretic. History paints her as a monster. But the women who came to her saw something very different - a midwife. A confidant. Someone helping them survive in a system built to crush them.

So what’s the truth? And who gets to decide? US, PROBABLY. 

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