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Poisoner Murder Stories

Poisoner Murder Stories

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Summary
 A whisper in the tea, a wrong prescription, the quiet science behind a deadly intent — The Poisoner peels back the layers of motive, method and aftermath in cases where toxin meets opportunity. Each episode examines how poison has been chosen, cultivated and concealed, focusing on the forensic detail and the human stories that make these crimes chillingly plausible.

Expect forensic breakdowns, cultural context and courtroom consequences delivered with measured curiosity and precise research. The Poisoner stands apart by combining chemical explanation, investigative reporting and survivor perspectives so listeners understand not just who did it, but how and why a poison worked — or failed — in real life.

New episodes drop every day: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday at 7:00 PM. Episodes vary between concise case studies and deeper investigative narratives, all designed to fit into your evening listening with clear takeaways about detection, deception and justice.

This podcast is for true crime listeners who crave technical clarity, armchair investigators fascinated by toxicology, and anyone curious about the legal and moral fallout when harm is distilled into a bottle, a bite or a vial. If you want forensic detail without sensationalism, The Poisoner is your nightly briefing.

Subscribe now to follow meticulous reconstructions, forensic insights and the awkward, intimate realities of crimes by poison.

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Episodes
  • He Cooked the Broth - How Arsenic Hid in the Boarding House

    He Cooked the Broth - How Arsenic Hid in the Boarding House
    27 Oct 2026
    He Cooked the Broth - How Arsenic Hid in the Boarding House

    The smell of beef broth was the first thing you noticed at fourteen Creel Street - and the last ordinary thing anyone would remember. A frozen jug labelled "BEEF TEA - LODGERS," a galvanized tub with forty pounds of rice, and hospital equipment stamped Harwick General turned up on a Tuesday in October, months after a nursing student died of unexplained toxic exposure; who had been drinking the broth, and how did arsenic slip through a boarding house unnoticed?

    In this episode, we lay out the timeline and the people connected to the case, from a land surveyor who found the tub to physicians filing toxicology referrals, and follow how routine meals, clinical tests, and delayed public health analysis intersected with a deadly mystery. What did the tests and the daily routines at the house reveal about exposure, and why did the investigation stall?

    Person: Tracy Long
    Date: September 9, 2011 (date of death)
    Location: 14 Creel Street, Harwick
    Person: Russell Clark, age 51
    Lab result: Ed Novak arsenic 68 micrograms per liter (normal upper boundary 20)

    - A land surveyor found a galvanized tub outside the east fence line on a Tuesday morning in October 2011.
    - The tub contained roughly forty pounds of dry rice, a half-empty bottle of vinegar, and a plastic jug labeled "BEEF TEA - LODGERS," frozen at 31 degrees.
    - Tracy Long, age 22, died eleven days after admission to Harwick General; death certificate listed multi-organ failure secondary to unspecified toxic exposure.
    - Russell Clark, 51, had operated the boarding house for nine years and made beef broth twice a week in a twelve-quart stockpot.
    - Ed Novak, age 44, was admitted in early October with severe nausea and disorientation and had arsenic in his blood measured at 68 μg/L (normal upper boundary 20).

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    18 min
  • Warm Oatmeal, Cold Juice: How a Hospice Volunteer Hid Poisoning

    Warm Oatmeal, Cold Juice: How a Hospice Volunteer Hid Poisoning
    26 Oct 2026
    Warm Oatmeal, Cold Juice: How a Hospice Volunteer Hid Poisoning

    The first clue was ordinary: a half-eaten bowl of warm oatmeal and a cold glass of orange juice on a basement egress window at four Crestline Avenue, yet by 11:17 that morning Roger Ford was pronounced dead and his death recorded as cardiorespiratory failure secondary to autonomic neuropathy. Eighteen days later a physician-ordered alkaloid toxicology on retained tissue returned one word that changed the case: aconitine - so who put it there, and how did five other patients die before anyone connected the dots?

    In this episode, we follow the sequence of events from the morning Sherry Coleman found Ford's unfinished breakfast to the postmortem toxicology that revealed aconitine, tracing patient notes, hospice assignments, and clinical concerns that raised alarms. What made this toxin invisible to routine screens, and why did no organization notice a pattern across multiple hospice programs?

    Person: Roger Ford
    Date: September 11 (found at approximately 8:00 AM); pronounced dead at 11:17 AM
    Location: 4 Crestline Avenue, Haverlin
    Cause: Cardiorespiratory failure secondary to autonomic neuropathy (on death certificate); aconitine detected in liver and kidney tissue
    Volunteer: Curtis Slater, age 31, assigned to Ford through Calverton Home Comfort

    - The breakfast was found at about 8:00 AM on September 11, with a half bowl of warm oatmeal and a full glass of cold orange juice.
    - Roger Ford was pronounced dead at Haverlin General at 11:17 AM on September 11.
    - Dr. James Porter gave Ford a prognosis of six to eighteen months in August and requested an alkaloid-profile toxicology after Ford's death.
    - Curtis Slater had volunteered at three hospice organizations over two years, caring for five patients across Driscoll, Harwick, and Calverton; all five patients died.
    - The toxicology screen showing aconitine in liver and kidney tissue was returned on September 29, eighteen days after Ford's death.

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    19 min
  • Lighthouse of Pills: How a Buried Organizer Exposed a Quiet Poisoner

    Lighthouse of Pills: How a Buried Organizer Exposed a Quiet Poisoner
    25 Oct 2026
    Lighthouse of Pills: How a Buried Organizer Exposed a Quiet Poisoner

    A birdwatcher found a ceramic lighthouse in the roots of a fallen poplar, its seven sealed compartments full of dry capsules - and the base carved with the name of a woman buried eleven months earlier. The pills were linked to a death certified as arrhythmia in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy, but why was her pill organizer tucked in the woods, and whose fingerprints were on the bottle of digoxin that followed?

    In this episode, we lay out the sequence of discoveries from the walk in the brush to the items routed to county investigators, and trace the connections between two women, a bottle of medication, and a set of unexplained tremors that resurface in the record - how did those threads lead to a Creston courtroom four years after the death?

    Person: Michelle Petersen
    Location: Linden Terrace, Creston
    Date: September (death), following August (organizer found) - eleven months later
    Person: John Sullivan
    Medication: digoxin (bottle with no pharmacy name, no prescribing physician, one partial fingerprint)

    - Michelle Petersen taught sixth-grade science at Creston Middle School for twenty-six years and lived on Linden Terrace for nineteen years.
    - Four years before her death Dr. Philip Norbert diagnosed Michelle with dilated cardiomyopathy; she saw him every twelve weeks.
    - Michelle’s planner recorded three consecutive Tuesdays in late August with the note: "J. picked up meds."
    - A birdwatcher found the ceramic lighthouse pill organizer thirty yards into brush along Creston Lake Road, with seven sealed compartments and dry capsules.
    - The discovered bottle of digoxin had no pharmacy name, no prescribing physician listed, and one partial fingerprint on the inside rim of the cap.

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