Sources from Episode 166

  1. A. O. Gettler, A. V. St. George, “Cyanide Poisoning,” American Journal of Clinical Pathology, Volume 4, Issue 5, 1 September 1934, Pages 429–437.

  2. Appleton, Arthur. Mary Ann Cotton: Her Story and Trial. (London: Michael Joseph, 1973).

  3. Deborah Blum. “The Poisoner's Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York.” (New York : Penguin Press, 2010).

  4. Flanders, Judith. The Invention of Murder. (London: Harper Ress, 2011).

  5. Gordon, R. Michael. Murder Files from Scotland Yard and the Black Museum. (Exposit, 2018).

  6. León Vicki. 4,000 Years of Uppity Women: Rebellious Belles, Daring Dames, and Headstrong Heroines through the Ages. (MJF Books, 2011).

  7. McRobbie, Linda Rodriguez. Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History without the Fairy-Tale Endings. (Quirk Books, 2018).

  8. Schein, Louisa. Minority Rules: The Miao and the Feminine in China's Cultural Politics. (Duke University Press, 2000).

  9. Vogel, Michelle. Olive Thomas: the Life and Death of a Silent Film Beauty. (McFarland & Co., 2007).

  10. “Dark Angel: How Were Mary Ann Cotton's Terrible Crimes Uncovered?,” Radio Times, 18 June 2019, www.radiotimes.com/news/2019-06-18/dark-angel-how-were-mary-ann-cottons-terrible-crimes-uncovered.

  11. “This 17th-Century Potionmaker Helped Desperate Housewives Poison Their Husbands,” All That’s Interesting, 2 June 2020, allthatsinteresting.com/giulia-tofana.

  12. “North East Serial Killer Mary Ann Cotton - Who Was She?,” The Chronicle, 20 Oct. 2019, www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/who-was-mary-ann-cotton-11503447.

  13. “Lucrezia Borgia, Predator or Pawn?”, National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2017, www.nationalgeographic.com/history/magazine/2017/01-02/lucrezia-borgia-renaissance-italy-scandal-intrigue.

  14. “Arsenic: A Murderous History.” Dartmouth Toxic Metals, sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/arsenic/arsenic-a-murderous-history.

  15. “5 Classic Poisons and the People Who Used Them.” Mental Floss, 3 Nov. 2009, www.mentalfloss.com/article/23174/5-classic-poisons-and-people-who-used-them.

  16. “It's Driving Them Out of Their Minds: The First Big Poisoning in Ancient Rome,” Ancient Origins, 9 Aug. 2017, www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/it-s-driving-them-out-their-minds-first-big-poisoning-ancient-rome-008569.

  17. “Poisoning like the Romans,” Jstor Daily, April 02, 2018, https://daily.jstor.org/poisoning-like-the-romans.

  18. “The Legendary Chinese Poison Made by Forcing Snakes, Scorpions, and Centipedes to Fight,” Atlas Obscura, 11 November, 2016, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-legendary-chinese-poison-made-by-forcing-snakes-scorpions-and-centipedes-to-fight.