In this episode, Izzy Beutel tells Kayla and Venus how she learned she has celiac disease, what it is, and why gluten is a poison for some - including prisoners Jennifer Harris-Hopkins and Daniel Phoenix - but not for all. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9...
May 21, 2025•1 hr 36 min•Season 9Ep. 68
This episode was originally released in March 2024, and now has a new intro to discuss Mark Geier, current HHS appointee to investigate vaccines and autism. Following the events in Minamata, Japan, mercury came under intense scrutiny by researchers, physicians, and parents alike. One kind of mercury is not like another, but what does that mean when there's mercury in vaccines?--- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https:...
May 07, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 53
In this conclusion to our series on Love Canal, we discuss what it took to finally evacuate the residents and establish the EPA's Superfund program. Unfortunately, things don't look all that different nowadays. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 13 min•Season 9Ep. 67
Kayla and Venus talk about the origins of the Love Canal tragedy and the efforts of the residents to receive help from government officials and the EPA while being dismissed and ridiculed at every step. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw ...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 9Ep. 66
In this episode, Kayla and Venus discuss the grim reality of lethal injection, a widely used form of capital punishment in the United States. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethal...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 9Ep. 65
Kayla and Venus discuss the toxicity of mercury-containing skin lighteners and white supremacy. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- FDA list of dangerous skin product...
Feb 26, 2025•46 min•Season 9Ep. 64
This episode covers the tragic story of James Joseph Richardson who was wrongfully imprisoned for the 1967 poisoning deaths of his seven children in Arcadia, Florida with the insecticide parathion. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumbl...
Feb 05, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 9Ep. 63
In this episode, Kayla and Venus finish the story of the Chernobyl disaster, starting from the evacuation of Pripyat. They describe the heroic efforts of the liquidators, the ongoing environmental and health repercussions, and the current state of nuclear power across the globe. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: ht...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 32 min•Season 8Ep. 62
Kayla and Venus discuss the catastrophic events surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986, from the initial explosion to the harrowing attempts to contain the damage and the eventual evacuation of Pripyat. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw...
Nov 20, 2024•1 hr 18 min•Season 8Ep. 61
Kayla and Venus explore the vital role of oxygen, the benefits and risks of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and the controversial figures who misuse it for profit. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod...
Oct 30, 2024•44 min•Season 8Ep. 60
Join Kayla and Venus as they reintroduce themselves with a focus on academic fraud in scientific publications. This episode dives into the history of peer review, the challenges of publishing legitimate research, and the rise of predatory journals and AI-generated fake papers. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube...
Oct 16, 2024•51 min•Season 8Ep. 59
In the 1980s and 1990s, one crime family was responsible for the deaths of multiple elderly people across San Francisco. They befriended them, gained their trust, then poisoned them with a "magic salt" and then took their money, but one tenacious private investigator by the name of Fay "Rat Dog Dick" Faron helped bring their crimes to light. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@letha...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 8Ep. 58
In the 1990s, a new diet drug combination swept the US, promising an easy way to drop weight quickly. Soon thereafter, Redux joined the ranks, but the fatal side effects would soon come to light when thousands were injured with heart disease and neurotoxicity. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-...
Sep 18, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Season 8Ep. 57
In 1992, the northwestern United States was struck by a new human pathogen, which sickened over 700 people and killed four children during an outbreak at Jack in the Box. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Aftermath...
Sep 04, 2024•1 hr 20 min•Season 8Ep. 56
Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count. In this microdose, we cover the poisons of one of our favorite dark teen comedy movies. Listen to the whole episode over on Patreon at the $2 tier, and watch our next movie with us on Discord by joining the $5 tier. https://www.patreon.com/lethaldosepod
Aug 14, 2024•5 min•Season 7Ep. 41
A mystery is afoot! We loved watching this movie for summer movie night, but this episode seriously debunks the plot. Listen to the whole episode over on Patreon at the $2 tier, and watch our next movie with us on Discord by joining the $5 tier. https://www.patreon.com/lethaldosepod
Jul 31, 2024•5 min•Season 7Ep. 40
Kayla and Venus discuss the many drugs in the 1994 cult classic, Pulp Fiction, and also talk about why they like (and dislike) the movie. Listen to the whole episode over on Patreon at the $2 tier, and watch our next movie with us on Discord by joining the $5 tier. https://www.patreon.com/lethaldosepod
Jun 19, 2024•6 min•Season 7Ep. 39
Between 1997 and 2007, a Mexican street gang known as "Las Goteras" poisoned and robbed men, killing as many as 70 with simple but deadly eye drops. Much like this isn't the first time we've featured eye drops, Las Goteras were not the only ones using this method. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8...
May 15, 2024•45 min•Season 7Ep. 55
Charged Lemonade, Coca-Cola, and caffeinated potato chips - oh my! Caffeine may be everywhere, but that doesn't mean it's not dangerous at the wrong dose (and that's probably lower than you think it is). --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod...
Apr 10, 2024•53 min
Following the events in Minamata, Japan, mercury came under intense scrutiny by researchers, physicians, and parents alike. One kind of mercury is not like another, but what does that mean when there's mercury in vaccines? --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/le...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Season 7Ep. 52
In 2001, anthrax sent in the US mail as part of two separate biochemical terrorist attacks killed five people and sickened dozens of others. The Amerithrax investigation did not officially end for another nine years and it is unclear if the killer responsible was truly identified. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7v...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 40 min•Season 7Ep. 52
Spanish Fly is a potent poison with purported aphrodisiac effects, and it was used to kill two women in 1954 just because their office manager wanted to have sex with one of them. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Clip of the Larry King x Bill Cosby i...
Feb 14, 2024•39 min•Season 7Ep. 51
This is the survival story Aimo Koivunen, where snow, meth, and a dash of Finnish spirit make for an arctic adventure that no one expected. Listen to the whole story and watch the accompanying video only on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lethaldosepod --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://...
Jan 17, 2024•3 min•Season 7Ep. 34
Larry McNabney was a Las Vegas lawyer and horse lover who was poisoned with horse tranquilizer by his wife and her best friend in 2001. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Frith, S. (2002). Lawyer allegedly killed by wife who hid criminal past. Seattle PI . Re...
Dec 20, 2023•46 min•Season 6Ep. 50
Two siblings were found dead in their Colorado home in 2002, but was their death an accident from misreading a cold syrup label, or was it homicide? Mistakes with the toxicology made interpreting the situation much more difficult in this case. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldos...
Dec 06, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 49
After the Manhattan Project ended, its legacy continued. Plutonium production at the Hanford Nuclear Site increased, as did work at Los Alamos and Oak Ridge, so that more nuclear bombs could be dropped at the Nevada Test Site and on the Marshall Islands in the name of science and "supremacy." --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw...
Nov 22, 2023•1 hr 22 min•Season 6Ep. 48
This story goes beyond the work of Oppenheimer, Groves, and all the other Nobel laureate scientists and uncovers the injuries inflicted upon Americans across the country and hundreds of thousands of Japanese civilians in the 1940s. And it's only the beginning. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethal...
Nov 08, 2023•1 hr 37 min•Season 6Ep. 47
Digoxin is a heart medication that can be used to save the life of a patient in heart failure. In the hands of the wrong nurse, however, it can be a terrible weapon used to kill dozens of people. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Chan, B. S. H., & Buckley, N. A. (2014). Digoxin-specifi...
Oct 25, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Season 6Ep. 46
In 2016, a beauty stylist accused a client of attempting to kill her with poisoned cheesecake, but that's just the tip of the iceberg in this story. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Bill to ban "Zannie" passes. (2012). KSLA News 12 . Retrieved 03 Sep 2023, from https://www.ksla.com/story/...
Oct 11, 2023•40 min•Season 6Ep. 45
There are only two recorded cases of homicidal poisoning in the UK using aconitine. Venus and Kayla discuss both of them and think about how little has changed in over 100 years. --- Follow us on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lethaldosepod/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lethaldosepod YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQd4E_g4mt9G-rg7vT8nwvw Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/lethaldosepod --- Aconite Poisoning . University of Chicago. Retrieved 08 Aug 2023 from https:/...
Sep 27, 2023•49 min•Season 6Ep. 44
