The Deadly Dose

Netflix and chill? Nope, this is Netflix and kill...What do the video game industry, China, Netflix, and Game of Thrones have in common? You probably didn't guess it right, so we'll tell you: Lin Qi, a video game mogul, died due to a variety of poisons on December 25th, 2020. The most notable poison was tetrodotoxin a.k.a pufferfish. In this episode, Megan recounts the bizarre sequence of events that strangely mirror the intrigue and chaos of ladder backstabbing in GOT.

World War II history buffs, this one's for you. In this episode, Harini tells the story of the war wonder drug, "Pervitin" that every Nazi soldier took religiously during the war. However, it wasn't only the soldiers that dabbled in the drugs. The Fuhrer himself was hooked on this upper at the discretion of his doctor. Some say the doctor was slowly poisoning him, some say he was just doing his job...

Welcome back to the world of espionage, deceit, and James Bond movies. Megan brings us another wild tale of poison through mid-century modern mechanisms like... an umbrella? That’s right, this is the story of the assassination of dissident writer Georgi Markov with the deadly toxin, ricin, via an umbrella. Even though we are proud patrons of Rihanna's Navy, we definitely don't want to be standing under (or near) this umbrella.

Have you ever wondered where the phrase, "jaw-dropping" came from?  The origin of this shocking phrase goes back to the Industrial Revolution in England where the glorious matchstick was our main source of illumination....and poison? Harini tells the dark tale of the Matchstick girls getting phossy jaw from the toxic white phosphorous used to make matchsticks.

Megan takes us to Ukraine for an Eastern European political poison power play unlike any we've discussed before. This poison is something out of The Thing or the Goosebumps series... wearing a mask or washing your hands won't save you this time!

In honor of the culmination of Black History Month, Harini discusses the inspiring life & legacy of Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman of the Chicago, Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. A life that was tragically cut short due to deceit and fear of radical change. Fred Hampton was killed unceremoniously with the drug secobarbital.

It is Megan's turn to pick her poison and she goes back to Hollywood this week. This is the story of our uptown girl, Brittany Murphy, and the murky details surrounding her untimely passing. The “poison” in question is black mold. It slowly grows around you, unseen, until it’s too late. Washing your hands won't save you this time...but maybe wearing a face mask will.

In this week's episode, we are back with another toxisode update on the ongoing saga of Alexei Navalny! The plot thickens once more in various ways and we're here to spill the (cyanide) tea...

In this week's episode, Harini does a story that takes place in her mother country - India. In the early youth of a newly independent India, what could befall the second prime minister to a fate determined by his nightcap? Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri was on an important political trip when he is poisoned and passes away. What happened that night is a mystery to this day.

In this week's episode, Megan reinforces our fear of small spaces and unclaimed luggage with the 1995 Sarin Subway Gas Attacks in Tokyo, Japan. Who is Shoko Asahara and why did he start the fanatic cult, Aum Shinrikyo, that was behind this deadly attack? The poison has been picked and all we can say is - get. to. higher. ground.