Strychnine, arsenic,
morphine, atropine, cyanide, oh my
You’ve probably seen those
tea cups that have the writing that says ‘you’ve been poisoned’ inside the
bottom of them. So, that after you have finished your lovely cuppa afternoon
tea (otherwise known as your treat) you get your trick! Yes, even mystery
lovers need a source of amusement once in a while.
I don’t think it’s a surprise to Christie’s fans that poison was her absolute favorite means of murder. In sixty-six stories, forty-one were as a result of one of these poisons: strychnine, arsenic, morphine, atropine, or cyanide. Her favorite? Cyanide, which she used to kill off eighteen characters.
