Arsenic

Arsenic is all around you. It’s in the soil. It’s in the groundwater. It’s the poison in the glass of wine your neighbor just handed you.

Arsenic is known as the king of poisons for a reason.

This week, Marina and Fin cover England’s first serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton, the Borgias, the 1998 Wakayama arsenic poisoning incident, mithridatism, and how to avoid arsenic poisoning.

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