Episode 17: Strychnine
Episode description
In this season 2 finale episode, Kayla relates the drama of the mysterious death of Jane Stanford by strychnine to Venus. Did she die from natural causes, or was our Mr. Body killed in the hotel room with the bottle of poison?
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