The poisoner's handbook killer chemistry
(2014)
Nonfiction
DVD
Call Numbers:
DVD/614.12/POISONER'S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : PBS, [2014]
DESCRIPTION
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
ISBN/ISSN
9781608830381 POIH601, 1608830381, 9786315306402, 6315306403 :, 841887020404
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Narrated by Oliver Platt
In the early twentieth century, the average American medicine cabinet was a would-be poisoner's treasure chest. There was radioactive radium in health tonics, thallium in depilatory creams, and morphine in teething medicine and potassium cyanide in cleaning supplies. While the tools of the murderer's trade multiplied as the pace of industrial innovation increased, the scientific knowledge (and the political will) to detect and prevent the crimes lagged behind
Rating: TVPG
DVD, widescreen, NTSC, region 1, 5.1 surround