Off to the Races
Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes
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The Effects of Different Substances on Cook
There may have been two poisons used on Cook. One is not detectable using 1850s technology, and then one that they could detect was the antimony. With strict nine and antimony, you can also get this convulsive spasms of the muscles. It wouldn't enough to kill him. That may be why you see Palmer resorting to a different substance.
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