S2 E5: Pantry Poisons & Postmortem Toxicology

Learn how poisoning went from a household crime to having a branch of science dedicated to detecting it!Resources: "Arsenic's Afterlife: How Scientists Learned to Identify Poison Victims [Excerpt]" by Linda Stratmann, Scientific American"Poisoning Crimes and Forensic Toxicology Since the 18th Century" by Katherine D Watson, American Forensic Pathologist "Pick Your Poison—12 Toxic Tales" by Cathy Newman, National Geographic"History of Poison"- Wikipedia"Toxicology of Poisons"- Crime Museum"Guidelines on autopsy practice: Autopsy when drugs or poisoning may be involved "- Royal College of Pathologists"Poisoning in the Modern World"- Chapter "Forensic Toxicology" by Sahar Y. Issa"Assessment and Diagnosis of Poisoning with Characteristics Features in Living or Dead" by Lalit P Chandravanshi and Mamta Pal, Journal of Forensic Sciences and Criminal Investigation"Autopsy Limits Fail to Detect Rare Poisons" by John Johnson, Los Angeles Times