Graham Young, the Teacup Poisoner

About this episode

This episode explores the life and crimes of Graham Young, a chemist known for his fascination with poisons and his history of poisoning those around him.

Graham Young was a psychopath chemist who killed or injured many people who he came in contact with. He was fascinated with chemistry, poisons, and the Nazis, and had a habit of poisoning co-workers who annoyed him...as well as co-workers and friends he liked. Sources and resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Young Bowden, Paul, Graham Young (1947-1990); the St Albans poisoner: his life and times, Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health, 17-24 1996 Supplement. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.132 https://www.biography.com/crime/graham-young Graham Young, the Bovingdon Poisoner, https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/grahamyoung/thebovingdonpoisoner/ Belladonna: https://go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB13913 https://imss.org/2020/05/a-note-from-the-collections-from-assassinations-to-witches-brews-the-troubled-history-of-the-belladonna-plant/?srsltid=AfmBOoqSoJwNffXblU8NtxtSeGhuj-sNvK9AaMJgSbdeS45lGvf7Nq1P Antimony: Martin, R.; Lee, VR., Antimony Toxicity, NIH National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK608003/ Thallium: Vearrier, D., Thallium Toxicity Clinical Presentation, Medscape…

People in this episode

Host: Suzanne

Topics covered

• true crime
• poisoning
• psychopathy
• chemistry
• historical crimes

Keywords

• Graham Young
• teacup poisoner
• psychopath
• chemistry
• poisons
• true crime

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NIH National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, Medscape, Freesound.org

Products: Belladonna, Antimony, Thallium

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