Ricin: The Perfect Poison
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Published 2021-05-20
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Source/Further reading:
This Podcast Will Kill You, episode on Ricin: thispodcastwillkillyou.com/2020/01/07/episode-41-r…
History of Ricin, and the castor plant: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6628454/
CDC Overview: emergency.cdc.gov/agent/ricin/facts.asp
Britannica overview: www.britannica.com/science/ricin
PopSci overview: www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-04/everything-…
Global Security, ricin as a bioweapon: www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/intro/bio_ricin.htm
Mortality rates of ricin types (pdf): dhhr.wv.gov/oeps/disease/AtoZ/documents/ricin/rici…
Border Cave ricin: www.archaeology.org/issues/61-1301/features/267-to…
Markov assassination: edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/07/terror.poi…
2003 Ricin letters: archives.fbi.gov/archives/news/pressrel/press-rele…
2004 Ricin powder on Capitol Hill: edition.cnn.com/2004/US/02/03/senate.hazardous/
GQ, the crazy inside story on the 2013 Ricin Letters: www.gq.com/story/paul-kevin-curtis-elvis-impersona…
May 2013 ricin letters: www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/woman-who-mailed-rici…
All Comments (21)
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It’s an honor to be placed on a watch list with you all.
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“ Good-Bye Lydia” 😎
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"3 milligrams, a mere tenth of a teaspoon" That is one tiny teaspoon 😂
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Clicked this video hoping for Breaking Bad jokes. You guys did not disappoint.
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Jesse we need to open up a bean farm
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Ricin shine Lydia
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"About as fun as a porcupine enema" fantastic line, I shall be adding this to my daily vocabulary
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Since Ricin is a protein it should be possible to make an antibody which binds to it and renders it non-toxic. Snake venoms are also proteins and their antidotes are also antibodies.
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"Why did you think it's ricin? That's kind of specific" "I dunno man, maybe I like, saw a Simon Whistler video on it or something" - Jesse Pinkman in 2021
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"Ricin: The Perfect Poison" You're god-damn right.
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All things aside, are we just going to ignore the fact that he called death “the ultimate side effect”? 😂
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Looks like I'll need a coffee grinder.
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It’s so cool that Walter White himself is making a video about ricin
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I’ve survied poisoning by castor beans my parents brought home from a vacation, my liver started to fail, vomit, white poop, fever.. doctors was sure I was going to die when they found the cause, whole family gathered to say goodbye - somehow I came through 🤷🏻♂️
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Awesome tutorial man, really appreciate it 👍
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Thank you biographics for this very useful knowledge :)
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What an enterpreneur Simon is. One chanel is about killers, another gives you all the advice you need to become one.
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“This won’t be exhibit A in some federal case” “If you wanted to blanket a 100 km area...”
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Thanks for the life-saving information
