Horrible Happenings in History

I was doing some research on the BBC's website last night (more assignments for English II!) and stumbled upon a segment called "Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians." Several of the blurbs caught my eye because AP Literature has studied the Tudors and will soon be studying the Victorians. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late, I know)...

According to the mini-article by Simon Cooper & Terry Deary:

• In the reign of Henry VIII, the Bishop of Rochester upset his cook one day. So the cook got his revenge by putting a special herb in the bishop's feast that night. The herb was supposed to give the guests diarrhea. Unfortunately, two of the guests got diarrhea till they died. The cook was sent to be hanged for murder. But King Henry VIII said, 'No! hanging is too kind for that villain! I want him boiled alive in his own pot!' And that's what they did. For five years, the punishment for poisoners was to be boiled alive. What a Horribly Hot Happening!

Scroll down to read more stories by your fellow St. A students. Feel free to leave comments. Have a fun (and safe) Halloween! More Terrible Tudors weirdness at the link above.