Episode 45 - Graham Young: Part Two: A Teacup Full of Thallium

Now that Graham Young was working at John Hadland Laboratories, his victim pool had expanded. Out of the nearly 70 members of staff to catch the so-called “Bovingdon Bug,” two would never recover: Bob Egle and Fred Biggs. Even after Graham had been arrested, an event he hastened along in once again showing off his troubling toxicological expertise, he was sure he’d be acquitted, but that was before the jury heard that traces of thallium had been found in both sets of remains, not to mention Graham’s disturbingly detailed diary entries.Also, a shout-out to Karamo from Queer Eye who we didn’t mention in the beginning!Sources: https://www.biography.com/crime/graham-younghttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/pleurisy/symptoms-causes/syc-20351863https://massivebio.com/polyneuritis-bio/ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/cover-up-allowed-teacup-poisoner-graham-young-to-kill-his-colleagues-3tmx56dgc?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqdMA0q8LsRH6NxM7h6L-H5GY4PZG363qyAWjIyH1LkD14by_pSYHRmWVzKD8gE%3D&gaa_ts=6964177b&gaa_sig=N0qy6wDXZvJGx4ZXapwhqQ32PM3NnoC96Kf-6h4SkEP7FwaKM4tU06safzwAHgWCH4nInZNVJrOHD04xf8aInA%3D%3Dhttps://www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/article/accident-no-its-murder-px68xrr56lrhttps://epi.org.uk/publications-and-research/11-plus-access-grammar-schools/ https://www.thetimes.com/travel/destinations/uk-travel/england/london-travel/a-is-for-arsenic-the-poisons-of-agatha-christie-by-kathryn-harkup-sdftkr96j9jhttps://time.com/archive/6815586/britain-horseman-pass-by/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/46142.man-behind-bovingdon-bug/https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/graham_young/4.htmlhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/guillain-barre-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20362793https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000684.htm https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513240/#:~:text=Mortality%20from%20acute%20thallium%20poisoning,may%20occur%20at%20lower%20exposures.https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/thallium-poisoninghttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK598079/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6338655/ https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ershdb/emergencyresponsecard_29750026.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-39929538 https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/crime-files/graham-young https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK557806/ https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/grahamyoung/thalliumandyoungsdiary/https://www.sphere-abacus.com/programme/4311/murder-in-a-teacup https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/news/nostalgia/crimelibrary/grahamyoung/whowasculpable/https://www.hertsad.co.uk/news/23478994.hideous-murders-st-albans-poisoner-graham-young/https://www.cochrane.org/evidence/CD001876_what-tuberculous-pleurisy-and-how-might-corticosteroids-work https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/cbm.132https://academic.oup.com/book/40262/chapter-abstract/346704023?redirectedFrom=fulltexthttps://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/1972-06-29/debates/9388587f-1b45-45ee-8e0b-5456a6f4801e/TheCaseOfGrahamYounghttps://www.the-sun.com/news/383740/how-pale-horse-inspired-the-chilling-murders-of-the-teacup-poisoner-who-murdered-four-people-and-poisoned-his-own-family/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9821627/The-schoolboy-poisoner-Graham-Young-14-spiked-family-roast.htmlhttps://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/hawley-crippen/199/ https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-10802059 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/nov/06/news.japanhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/may/02/japan.justinmccurry http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4961768.stm https://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/palmer-the-poisoner/ https://www.nlm.nih.gov/exhibition/visibleproofs/galleries/cases/taylor_image_2.html https://selfridgesgroup.com/