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Culinary Catastrophe: Agatha Christie’s Performance-Enhancing Poison
Season 2 Episode 5
One of Agatha Christie’s favorite fictional poisons. A rat killer repurposed as a performance enhancer. And a doping scandal woven through the histor…
2 years, 6 months ago
Gas Station Herbals: The Leaf That Mimics an Opioid Overdose
Season 2 Episode 4
A leaf that can mimic an opioid overdose. An herbal product linked to liver transplants. And a chronic skin reaction nicknamed crocodile skin.
Your pa…
2 years, 7 months ago
Desensitized: The Cough-Drop Drug That Can Stop the Heart
Season 2 Episode 3
A familiar medicine turned into a serial killer’s weapon. A numbing ingredient hiding in cough and throat products. And an antidote better known as a…
2 years, 7 months ago
Explosive Heat: The Weight-Loss Drug Used in Explosives
Season 2 Episode 2
An industrial chemical used to make explosives. A dangerous shortcut sold for weight loss. And a wartime drug meant to keep soldiers warm from the in…
2 years, 8 months ago
Nobody Home: The Anesthetic Linked to a Murder Conviction
Season 2 Episode 1
A modern medicine descended from a notorious street drug. A patient awake but seemingly absent. And a medical use that led to murder charges and crim…
2 years, 8 months ago
Poisonous Panacea: The Toxic Plant Used to Treat the Disease of Kings
Season 1 Episode 16
The painful “disease of kings.” A toxic plant that became a centuries-old treatment. And evidence that prehistoric animals suffered from the same dis…
2 years, 9 months ago
White Lightning: Prohibition-era poison still found in prison
Season 1 Episode 15
Illicit alcohol that can steal a person’s sight. Prison rules designed to prevent homemade fermentation. And a Prohibition-era policy that made conta…
2 years, 10 months ago
Deadly Delivery: The Hidden World of Drug Smuggling
Season 1 Episode 14
A smuggling method that often exploits pregnant women and children. A hidden drug package that turns into a massive overdose. And the grim reality of…
2 years, 10 months ago
Mad as a Hatter: The poison behind “mad as hatter: and a presidential assassin's death.
Season 1 Episode 13
A workplace poison linked to pathological shyness. A mysterious illness once called dancing-cat fever. And a possible toxic thread in the death of Jo…
2 years, 11 months ago
Loco: Madness, Witchcraft, and a New Antidote
Season 1 Episode 12
A poison that can make someone delirious and combative. A newly supported antidote for a life-threatening syndrome. And a medicine derived from a bea…
2 years, 11 months ago