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10 Grisly Books about Poison and Poisoners


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Carrie and Kaiti discuss some of our favorite non-fiction reads about poison and poisoners, sinister right?

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Botanical Curses and Poisons: The Shadow Lives of Plants, by Fez Inkwright
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Wicked Plants: The A-Z of Plants that Kill, Maim, Intoxicate and Otherwise Offend, by Amy Stewart
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Poison: A History: An Account of the Deadly Art and its Most Infamous Practitioners, by Jenni Davis - 
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Poison: The History of Potions, Powders and Murderous Practitioners, by Ben Hubbard
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The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul, by Eleanor Herman – 
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A Taste for Poison: Eleven Deadly Molecules and the Killers Who Used Them, by Neil Bradbury 
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The Radium Girls, by Kate Moore
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A is for Arsenic: The Poisons of Agatha Christie, by Kathryn Harkup –
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King of Poisons: A History of Arsenic, by John Parascandola – 
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Poison Eaters: Snakes, Opium, Arsenic, and the Lethal Show, by Richard M. Swiderski – let you ask questions
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