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Executed in Error | The Five Top Poisons | Secrets of the Dead - PBS
In the 1800s arsenic compounds became widely available – as weed-killers, flypapers, rat poisons, etc. – and were used in domestic murders, being cited in many famous murder cases. Atropine ...
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The poison fruit from ‘The White Lotus’ is real—and it attacks the heart - National Geographic
The poison fruit from ‘The White Lotus’ is real—and it attacks the heart. ... The pong pong tree is part of the dogbane family, a branch of flowering plants famous for producing poisons.
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Flaco, New York’s famous owl, had rat poison in his system when he died - The Washington Post
Tests found that Flaco, an owl that gained fame after escaping Central Park Zoo in 2023, had consumed rat poison before his death last month.
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Locusta, the Slave who Prepared the Poison that Killed Claudius and his Son Britannicus - LBV Magazine English Edition
Locusta testing the poison prepared for Britannicus in the presence of Nero, by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre (1876). Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons Halotus was the emperor’s taster and the main ...