We Have a Mad Poison Powder Bomber in Rush Limbaugh Country
Talk about a terrible twist to your day. One minute you are happily running errands on a beautiful suburban Missouri afternoon, the next minute your life takes a screeching hard…read more →
Welcome to the unusual, terrifying and occasionally hilarious world of poisonings and toxicology.
And Now For a Magic Trick! Abra-da-kava! I’m drunk!
Here’s some nightmare fuel for parents of teenagers – there is a new, legal high out there. Kavasutra is a chain of “kava bars” mostly in Florida (of course!) but…read more →
Hey Missouri Medical Examiner – You Had One Job!
Coroners and medical examiners (MEs) have a tough job. They have to figure out if person died of natural causes or were murdered. It can sometimes be a difficult job.…read more →
I’ve Got a Feeling I Know Who is Catering the Christmas Party Next Year
Not sure how the morphine wound up in the cough syrup but I can’t imagine it worked any better than codeine works – not at all. Frankly, I’m convinced that…read more →
Breakfast of Champions
This is a new one – two teenagers are dead and several injured in Tennessee after they drank a combination of “racing fuel” (whatever that is) and Mountain Dew. A…read more →
The Old Hide the Poison in the Toothpaste Trick, Huh?
So a guy decided to try and kill his wife by mixing Aconitine into her toothpaste. Gotta give the guy points for creativity. Aconitine is derived from a plant –…read more →
Indonesian Homicide is Creative, if Nothing Else
How is a young woman poisoned with cyanide in the middle of the day in a cafe in Jakarta? Let me put it a different way – how is a…read more →
This Kid Either Stunk Like a Skunk or Found an Ingenious Way to Conceal his Huffing
Sounds (and smells) a little fishy – instead of bathing a teenager preferred to douse himself in aerosolized deodorant (containing butane or some other hydrocarbon propellant), going through a half…read more →
One Pill Almost Killed this Baby
Doctors (toxicologists in particular) have a list of drugs that we refer to as “one pill can kill” – things like diabetes drugs (lower blood sugar) and some blood pressure…read more →
Amish Guy In the Running for Freak of the Year
Don’t get me wrong – I love the Amish. Having spent over 2 decades living in the Philadelphia area I’ve spent many an enjoyable lazy Sunday afternoon wandering through Intercourse…read more →
