The Poisoner's Almanac

More cyanide? Yes, we have Part 2 this week. Did you know the origin of the phrase 'drinking the Kool-Aid'? It's not pretty. And it's directly connected to cyanide. I realize this could damage our col...

18 Maj 20241h 4min

The guy that blows up the lab where they made Captain America is played by Richard Armitage, who also played Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit trilogy by the way, so he runs away and Captain Steve Roge...

11 Maj 20241h 12min

Bob Ross paints happy trees. He would never paint these trees because they're actively trying to kill us. They're what the US Department of the Interior refers to as 'unhappy.' Like, they're so unhapp...

4 Maj 20241h 3min

Have people been accidentally buried alive because they were presumed dead but really it was just opium poisoning and there were some kids playing in the graveyard and heard someone screaming from und...

27 Apr 20241h 4min

Is there a poisonous plant that contains the precursor to the cardiac medication digoxin? We tackle that in this episode!

21 Apr 202459min

Is the mushroom from the Super Mario Brothers' franchise actually toxic in real life? Is it ok for Toad to have it on his head? We answer these and many other existential fungi questions in this episo...

15 Apr 202454min

Does chloroform really make you go to sleep when doused on a rag and held over your mouth or is that just Hollywood? Did one of my wife's best friends get her a book all about strychnine and make this...

7 Apr 20241h 17min

Enjoy and thanks for listening!

31 Mars 20241h 7min