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Wicked Words - Deborah Blum: Poison as an Accomplice

Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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What Is the Current Arsenic?

In the nineteenth century, a third of all homicides were poison and to people think they're one in two. The government started really restricting access to it. People use opeoids or eye drops that constrict blood vessels. A woman wanted to kill her husband by tossing foxglove leaves into his salad.

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