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Foreign Substance: A Grab Bag of Poisoners

True Crime Campfire · Oct 16, 2026 · 40:27

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There are few crueler ways to harm someone than through poison. It turns your own body against you, making you a prisoner in a failing shell. Being poisoned can be terrifying, agonizing, drawn out for weeks or months…or it can push you out of consciousness and falling towards death as quickly and easily as turning off a light switch.


Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/10/curry-poisoner-guilty-murder

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/feb/11/poison-curry-killer-sentenced

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/jan/06/poison-curry-murder-trial

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna25855779

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13424532/

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nurse-faces-extradition-for-us-murder-1.1022408

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nurse-wanted-for-murder-in-us-now-living-in-dublin-1.1040566

Forensic Files, S13E28 “Needle in a Haystack”

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