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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 13: Datura
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, July 15, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 13: Datura. Datura ( Datura Stramonium. Aka Jimson Weed or "Moonflower" is another beautiful but deadly plant in the nightshade family. As a murder weapon it's not terribly popular at the moment, but according to Agatha Christie it was once a classic way to do away with unwanted husbands in India and Southeast Asia. The lovely but deadly Moonflower. Maybe your character ...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit: Part 6—Oleander
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, May 27, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit: Part 6—Oleander. Ancient Roman painting of Oleander. Oleander ( Nerium Oleander. Is a lovely flowering shrub that grows in subtropical climates all over the world. It's native to Mediterranean countries and was favored by ancient Roman gardeners. It features in paintings in the 2000-year-old. Which cause death by heart attack. Snopes reports that a study done in 2005. However...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit--Part 4: Poison Dart Frogs
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, May 13, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit- Part 4: Poison Dart Frogs. Oison Dart Frogs ( Dendrobatidae. Also called poison arrow frogs, are native to Central and South America and can produce some of the world's most toxic poisons ( batrachotoxins. The deadly golden poison arrow frog. The poison in one frog can kill ten people. They're found in Colombia along the western slopes of the Andes. Unfortunately, the line be...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit, Part 9—Botulism
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, June 17, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit, Part 9—Botulism. Botulism, the fatal condition caused by Botulinum toxin. Aka Botox™ , is something I was taught to fear when very young. Botulinum. Is a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Badly Canned Green Beans Can Cause Botulism. It is the one of the most lethal toxins on earth, according to the Journal of American Medicine. I remember he...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit--Part 5: Arsenic
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, May 20, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit- Part 5: Arsenic. Rsenic used to be the bread and butter of poisons. Probably more classic mystery novels rely on it than any other. In the 19th century it could be found in pretty much every household, since rats and other vermin were a constant problem. People could buy it without anybody suspecting them of planning to do in their rich, cranky Great-Aunt Augusta. Organic com...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 7: Cyanide
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, June 3, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 7: Cyanide. Cyanide, also known as Prussic Acid, is one of the most notorious and deadly poisons. As hydrogen cyanide gas, it can be an instrument of mass murder and when swallowed in solid form, it causes a quick, nasty death. It's the legendary "poison pill" that spies are supposed to swallow if captured. Tobacco smoke contains cyanide. Cyanide kills by preventing the b...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 15: Seafood Poisoning
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, July 29, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 15: Seafood Poisoning. Seafood poisoning provides a wealth of plots for mystery writers. Naturally poisonous seafood can often lead to death, so a carefully planned murder can easily be blamed on accident. Gonyaulax as a murder weapon? Plus there are lots of varied and unusual kinds of poisonings—and seafood contamination is growing with climate change. An especially int...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 18: Polonium-210
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, August 19, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 18: Polonium-210. Polonium-210 is a nasty murder weapon. It's a slow-acting. A dose of radiation sickness with no cure. A microgram of it. The size of a speck of dust. Is enough to kill a human. Case of a polonium-210 murder was that of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko in 2006. Polonium was found in his tea cup. Marie and Pierre Curie with daughter Irene. Polonium i...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 10: Castor Beans and Ricin
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, June 24, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 10: Castor Beans and Ricin. Castor oil was the subject of horror stories my mother told me about her youth. Apparently it tastes awful and. Whenever a kid was sick in the early 20th century, they were given castor oil as an all-purpose medicine. Its laxative properties were supposed to cure all ills. The castor bean (not actually a legume but a seed) not only. A dose of ...
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Anne R. Allen's Books: Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 11: White Snakeroot
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Anne R. Allen's Books. Tart, satiric mysteries with a touch of romance. Friday, July 1, 2016. Poisoning People for Fun and Profit—Part 11: White Snakeroot. White Snakeroot is a deadly poison. White Snakeroot ( Ageratina altissima. S a poisonous plant I'd never heard of before starting this series. Not a lot of deaths from white snakeroot have been reported in the last 100 years or so, but it was a major killer in the American Midwest in the early days of European settlement. The fact that the toxin treme...