The Poisoner's Almanac
by Goldstar002
A podcast about poisons- all types, throughout history, including modern application and future implication.
Episodes
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Belle Gunness: Hell's Belle
Hey there Poison Friends! We are discussing the 19th century serial poisoner, Belle Gunness. Originally from Norway, she immigrated to America in her late teens. She seemed to have terrible luck with her first few husbands dying as well as with many children in her care, all of them conveniently...
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Creepy Coincidences
Hey there Poison Friends! Spooky Season is upon us and we wanted to touch on some creepy coincidences throughout history. Some of these have been circulating the internet for awhile, such as the strange similarities between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy, but there are some inaccuracies to...
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Forbidden Forests
This is coming to you from our Patreon this week! Lets discuss some forests with dark pasts and spooky reputations. I am covering two with strange ring-like clearings where nothing grows and we do not know why. One is The Tramping Ground in NC and the other is in Transylvania, Romania, of all...
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Manchac Swamp & The Curse of Aunt Julia Brown
Hello Poison Friends! The season is getting spooky and so shall we! I mean, more so than usual. We need to take a look at the Manchac Swamp region of Louisiana. We're going over some poisonous plants, dangerous creatures, and the curse of Aunt Julia Brown. A former slave and later landowner in…
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J&J: Ortho Evra + Hip Implants
Hey there Poison Friends! We are ending out run down of Johnson & Johnson here with an episode on their birth control patch from the early 2000s and their metal-on-metal hip replacement implant (Pinnacle). We've obviously covered a lot of lies and cover ups concerning J&J products and it just…
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Advertisements That Should Never Have Been
Hello Poison Friends! Erin and I are having some fun this week just looking through some ads from the 1800s and early-mid 1900s, that would never have been approved or allowed today. Many of these are for products that would also be illegal and toxic to those consuming them and yes, some of them...
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J&J, Purdue Pharma, and The Opioid Crisis
Hello Poison Friends! We are working our way through the many skeletons in Johnson & Johnson's closet (alongside some other pharmaceutical companies), and need to discuss their role in the Opioid Crisis here in America. We are covering one of their more dangerous and controversially advertised...
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Risperdal Scandals (J&J Pt 4)
Hello Poison Friends! We need to discuss Johnson & Johnson's misadventure into mental healthcare. Once their previous antipsychotic, Haldol, neared its patent expiration, the company plotted to come up with a new atypical antipsychotic that could take its place and earn them more money. They...
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Johnson&Johnson Pt3: Procrit
Hello our Poison Friends! We are back to fill you in on some more shady deeds from Johnson & Johnson's past. We have another Pharma guest appearance in this one, because Amgen was also involved in the synthetic erythropoietin business. Erythropoietin is the hormone released by the kidneys that...
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Life, Liberty...and Toxicity?
Hello Poison Friends! Erin and I are taking a break from our breakdown of Johnson & Johnson's dark deeds, this week. Why? So we can celebrate America's Independence with stories of Founding Fathers and intrepid explorers of the nation and their encounters with poison. We are going a bit deeper…
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Johnson & Johnson Pt. 2: Lawsuits and Lethal Lies
Hey Hey Poison Friends! We are bringing you part 2 of our look into Johnson & Johnson, and the drama is only escalating. We are discussing the expensive end to their use of talc in baby powders as well as the damage that it did to numerous women and likely others exposed to it. J&J apparently...
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Skeleton's In Their Closet: J&J Pt1
Hello Poison Friends! We are covering some long standing pharmaceutical companies and their deep dark secrets over the years, starting here with Johnson & Johnson. This company has been around for generations now, and they have garnered a reputation for their gentleness and…
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The Kellogg Bros: Flaky Cereal, Flaky Medicine, and Toxic Relations
**Erin is out this week for some family time and I was also out of town, so here is a fun episode from the Patreon Bonus vault! Our usual schedule of bi weekly episodes will be back in play beginning next weekend with a new episode! We know the Kellogg name for their cereal's (They'rrrrrreeee...
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Don't You Be My Neighbor
Hello Poison Friends! We have a collection of wild cases to share with you all this episode involving neighbors, roomies, and coworkers that have gone from angry to toxic...literally. Many of these are actually quite recent and investigations may still be ongoing, but arrests have been made and...
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Sir Isaac Newton (From Bonus Eps)
Hello Poison Friends! This week I am posting an older Bonus episode from our Patreon while Erin is out of town and Mother's Day weekend pulls us away from the desk and microphones. We will have a new episode for you next weekend, though, and from there we'll continue our every other week status!...
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Bestie of Mass Destruction
Hey Poison Friends! Erin and I are bringing you all a crazy story of two besties and roomies with a very toxic twist. Honestly, numerous toxic twists. Rachel and Janie were best friends for 25 years and Janie always seemed so helpful with Rachel's care after her various back surgeries and with…
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The Yuba County Five
Hello Poison Friends! Erin and I are back for a little something different today. I have had a disappearance/mysterious death case on my mind for some time and it felt like the right time to talk about it. We are covering the case of the Yuba County Five. In February of 1978, five young men from...
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The Oracle At Delphi
I have Erin with me this week to discuss Greek Mythology, especially that surrounding the Oracle of Delphi. Everyone from Kings to common folk who could afford to sought out the Oracle with important questions or life advice. Let's discuss who could be Oracles/High Priestesses and the vapors they...
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Sally Bassett + Wu Zetian
Becca here! It is just me today and I want to talk about two women from different time periods and different parts of the world. Sally Bassett was an enslaved woman in Bermuda in the 1700's, when white slave owners were fearful of being poisoned. Many enslaved women of the day were considered...
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Hiroshima & Nagasaki: "Now I am become Death..."
We are finally covering the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, including the development, deployment, and aftermath. What were the differences in the two bombs used and how were the targets chosen? We need to break some stuff down and I've got some first hand experiences of survivors to...
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Unit 731 Pt 2
We are finishing up Unit 731 this week and getting into the thick of what went on among the research, medical, and military personnel involved. We also need to discuss civilians who might have been unknowingly involved as well. Human experimentation involving bio and chemical warfare as well as...
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Unit 731 Pt 1
Hello Poison Friends! This week we are diving into the background and history behind Japan's Infamous Unit 731 before and during WWII. This episode will be all about what Unit 731 was, who started it up, and the environment and attitudes of Japan and other nations at the time. Ishii Shiro was a…
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Plum Island Conspiracies + Cold War Toxin Release Experiments
Hello Poison Friends! We are diving into some conspiracy theories related to the testing done on Plum Island here in the US and how it got tangled up with the identification of Lime Disease back in the late 70s/early 80s. We also need to cover some shady experiments performed by the US and the UK...
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Nazi Experiments on Bone, Muscle, and Nerves + Josef Mengele
Hello Poison Friends! This episode were are covering the conclusion of the Nazi experiments series we have taken on, including more testimonies of survivors and expert witnesses. We need to cover experiments concerning muscle, bone, and nerve removal and transplantation and the murders of mostly...
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WWII Nazi Experiments PT 4: Poisons, Infection, & Chemical Weapons
Hello Poison Friends! Let's talk poison experiments done by Nazi's during WWII. Alkaloid poisons, corrosive poisons like phenol, and flammable substances used in incendiary weapons like phosphorus. Mustard and Phosgene gas were also experimented with as were various methods of euthanasia. Many of...
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Nazi Experiments Pt. 3: Malaria, Epidemic Jaundice, and Typhus Experiments.
Hello Poison Friends! We are carrying on with our series on Human experimentation during WWII and we are still discussing that done by Nazi doctors and the like. This episode is specifically on the diseases that were intentionally spread to prisoners and experimental subjects being kept at...
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Human Experimentation in Nazi Germany: Altitude, Freezing, and Seawater Tests.
Hello Poison Friends! We are back with more horrible acts committed by Nazis in WWII. The focus for this episode is a series of experiments done mainly at Dachau, as far as we know from records that were recovered, and they centered around proposals put forth by the Air Force and Navy in Nazi...
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WWII Human Experimentation PT1: The Toxic Pseudoscience of Eugenics
Hello Poison Friends! We are starting a series of sorts concerning the human experimentation that took place during WWII within the prison/concentrations camps of Nazi Germany and at Unit 731 in Japan. Before we jump into the details of these experiments, however, I think we need to go over the...
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Ed and Lorraine Warren: The Hauntings, Conspiracies, and Controversies.
Hello Poison Friends! It was still Spooky Season while I was researching for this episode, so we are still on this spooky stuff! This week, I want to talk about a controversial couple who claimed to be self taught demonologists and paranormal experts. Ed and Lorraine Warren are famous for...
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The Candy Man: A Halloween Poisoning.
Hello Poison Friends! We are less than a week away from Halloween and I did not want to miss a chance to talk about an old urban legend dealing with trick or treaters being poisoned via the candy they collect. Stories of varying characters and settings, but the same plot, have traveled around and...
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Vampires Pt. 2: Vlad Dracula + More Local Legends
Hello Poison Friends! Lets talk more vampires! This episode we need to discuss the fictional Count Dracula's namesake, Vlad III or Vlad Dracula, who is also known as Vlad the Impaler. I am going to go ahead and include a trigger warning here for some violence and gory details, but I am including...
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Vampires! History + Influences Pt1: Countess Elizabeth Báthory.
Hello Poison Friends! We are still on our spooky kick for the season here and I want to discuss the history behind vampires. We have mentioned some vampire scares here before when discussing tuberculosis, because the disease did carry some superstition behind it in some parts of the world.…
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Appalachia: Spooky Flora, Superstitions, and Cryptids.
Hello Poison Friends! We are bringing you all more spooky season episodes! This one features good ole Appalachia and its spooky history and folklore. This is a huge area involving the Blue Ridge Mountains, Smoky Mountains, Allegheny Mountains, etc. The North, Central, and South Appalachians for...
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Cursed: History and Lands
Hey, Poison Friends! It is Spooky Season! So let's celebrate with some spookier content, shall we? No trigger warnings this episode for gore or violence or anything too scary. Should any of our episodes this season involve such content, I will say so here in the notes! Today, I want to walk you...
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Arboviruses Pt2: Mosquitoes and Malaria
Hey Poison Friends! I know I promised a lot for this one episode, including West Nile, Zika, EEE, and Malaria. The truth is, malaria is just a huge topic on its own and instead of keeping you all here for hours at one time, we are discussing malaria in all of its old and new world glory, so to...
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Arboviruses Pt1: Yellow Fever, Chikungunya, and Dengue Fever
Hey Poison Friends! We are just starting to feel the slightest edges of Fall/Autumn here. It is more like “false Fall” as we call it, because the temps here will hit the 90s again before it actually gets cooler. I mention this, in part, because I love fall and spooky season and because I am…
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Antimony and Emetics
Hello Poison Friends! We have discussed quite a few heavy metals, but not all of them. While we did mention Antimony awhile back, we did not give it the attention it deserves, so this would be a great time to do so. Before getting too deep into Antimony, however, a review on purging with emetics...
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Streptococcus: All The Ways It Can Mess You Up.
Hey Poison Friends!! I hope we are all staying well so far this (almost) Fall season. I know, the Autumnal Equinox won't be here until next month, but I am excited for Fall and spooky season and cooler weather. The one thing I do not like this time of year is the amount of viral and bacterial...
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The Wellness Industry: Essential Oils and Wellness MLM's
Hello Poison Friends! We are going over more wellness products and practices that have been used and promoted as cures for various illnesses, from colds to cancer and autoimmune diseases. In this final episode on the Wellness Industry’s toxic side, we need to discuss some multi level marketing...
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The Wellness Industry: Scamming Influencers, Goop, and Feel Free.
Hello Poison Friends! We have been covering this topic of “wellness” and the industry surrounding the term. We all want to be well, and obviously, there are some great practices out there to help us out with that, but there are also a lot of scams and misinformation out there as well. This week…
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The Wellness Industry & Pseudoscience PT1: Marketing Schemes, Detoxes, and Crazy Diets.
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Health and Human Services Pt. 2: RFK Conspiracies VS Data
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Health and Human Services Pt 1: Background + Conspiracies
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Accidents Happen 2: Opioid/Fentanyl Poisoning, Internet Fads, & Deadly Toys
Hello to all of our Poison Friends! As I am out of town this week, and the internet where I am is unstable (literally can't even FaceTime for more than 2 minutes lol), I decided to post a selection from our bonus episodes that we have over on the Patreon. I was able to get a new bonus episode out...
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Hemorrhagic Fevers 2: Ebola Viruses
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Hemorrhagic Fevers: Marburg Virus
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Dyatlov Pass and Khamar-Daban: Theories and Mysteries
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BBLs, Filler, Botox, and Frauds. We Need To Talk The Dangers Of "Budget" Cosmetic Surgery
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Was It Poison?
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Medicines That Turned Out Toxic.
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A podcast about poisons- all types, throughout history, including modern application and future implication.
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Goldstar002
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