Agatha Christie’s Poisons (Seven well-known substances she used most often and why they worked)

Agatha Christie often used poison as a murder weapon in her novels, reportedly once...

Arsenic

In 17th-century France white arsenic was called poudre de succession (“inheritance...

Cyanide

The word cyanide originates from the Greek kyanos, meaning “dark...

Poison seeds

Strychnine is obtained from the seeds of Strychnos nux-vomica.

This soporific agent, which was first synthesized in 1832 by the German chemist Justus...

Digitalis purpurea

Plants of the foxglove genus are native to Europe, the Mediterranean region, and...

Morphine

Cover of the publication American Druggist featuring an article on morphine....

Veronal

This hypnotic-sedative drug was named after the Italian city of Verona.

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