Episode 166: Toxic (ad-free) (Patreon)

For thousands of years, humans have used a tool of violence to control their enemies, advance their careers, and remove their problems. And the only thing more frightening than the tool itself are the stories about the people who use it. 

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Further Reading

1. A. O. Gettler, A. V. St. George, “Cyanide Poisoning,” American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 4, Issue 5, 1 September 1934, Pages 429–437.
2. Appleton, Arthur. Mary Ann Cotton: Her Story and Trial. (London: Michael Joseph, 1973).
3. Deborah Blum. “The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.” (New York : Penguin Press, 2010).
4. Flanders, Judith. The Invention of Murder. (London: Harper Ress, 2011).
5. Gordon, R. Michael. Murder Files from Scotland Yard and the Black Museum. (Exposit, 2018).
6. León Vicki. 4,000 Years of Uppity Women: Rebellious Belles, Daring Dames, and Headstrong Heroines through the Ages. (MJF Books, 2011).
7. McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez. Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History without the Fairy-Tale Endings. (Quirk Books, 2018).
8. Schein, Louisa. Minority Rules: The Miao and the Feminine in China's Cultural Politics. (Duke University Press, 2000).
9. Vogel, Michelle. Olive Thomas: the Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. (McFarland & Co., 2007).
10. “Dark Angel: How Were Mary Ann Cotton's Terrible Crimes Uncovered?,” Radio Times, 18 June 2019, www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-06-18/dark-angel-how-were-mary-ann-cottons-terrible-crimes-uncovered.
11. “This 17th-Century Potionmaker Helped Desperate Housewives Poison Their Husbands,” All That’s Interesting,  2 June 2020, allthatsinteresting.com/giulia-tofana.
12. “North East Serial Killer Mary Ann Cotton - Who Was She?,” The Chronicle,  20 Oct. 2019, www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/who-was-mary-ann-cotton-11503447.
13. “Lucrezia Borgia, Predator or Pawn?”, National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2017, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2017/01-02/lucrezia-borgia-renaissance-italy-scandal-intrigue.
14. “Arsenic: A Murderous History.” Dartmouth Toxic Metals, sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history.
15. “5 Classic Poisons and the People Who Used Them.” Mental Floss, 3 Nov. 2009, www.mentalfloss.com/article/23174/5-classic-poisons-and-people-who-used-them.
16. “It's Driving Them Out of Their Minds: The First Big Poisoning in Ancient Rome,” Ancient Origins, 9 Aug. 2017, www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/it-s-driving-them-out-their-minds-first-big-poisoning-ancient-rome-008569.
17. “Poisoning like the Romans,” Jstor Daily, April 02, 2018, https://daily.jstor.org/poisoning-like-the-romans.
18. “The Legendary Chinese Poison Made by Forcing Snakes, Scorpions, and Centipedes to Fight,” Atlas Obscura, 11 November, 2016, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-legendary-chinese-poison-made-by-forcing-snakes-scorpions-and-centipedes-to-fight.