Showing posts with label morphine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label morphine. Show all posts

Saturday, October 14, 2023

IS THE PEN STILL MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD? AGATHA CHRISTIE - PART 2: POISON MY DEAR! By Kimberly Thorn

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. 

Happy Birthday Mark Twain: November 30, 1835 by Michael Rigg

Samuel L. Clemens a/k/a Mark Twain Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known to most people by his pen name, Mark Twain, was born on November 3...