Graham Young, the Teacup Poisoner

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 https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/821465-clinical?form=fpf

Kemnic, TR; Coleman, M., Thallium Toxicity, National Library of Medicine, National Center for Biotechnology Information, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK513240/

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