00:00European history. Today, we are stepping into the dark history of Geshe Gottfried, the woman who
00:06spent 15 years weaponizing compassion, systematically wiping out her entire family,
00:11friends, and neighbors using a colorless, tasteless paste known as ma's butter.
00:18Born Geshe Margareth Thiem in 1785, she grew up in a working-class family in Bremen.
00:24In 1806, she married a wealthy saddler named Johann Miltenberg. The marriage was miserable.
00:30Miltenberg was a heavy drinker who squandered their funds. Then came the rat poison.
00:37In early 19th century Germany, the most common household pest control product was ma's butter,
00:44a mixture of lard and white arsenic, that is arsenic trioxide. It was cheap, widely available,
00:50and virtually undetectable when mixed into warm food, bread, or beer. In 1813,
00:57Miltenberg fell suddenly ill with violent abdominal cramps and vomiting, eventually dying.
01:02biltenbergfan?
01:02Peki.
01:02That's better.
01:02Well, let's go.
01:04Henry, what can I ask for a question?
01:04Yeah, I just go.
01:04No matter which thing you need to doぜ,
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