Want to know what toxin has been killing workers since Paleolithic times—and is hiding in modern kitchens? The ancient Romans called it a widow-maker… because husbands died so quickly, some women had as many as seven.

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What animal can cause pain and toxicity without ever biting or stinging. And has been used as an aphrodisiac and even for murder?

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What toxin can spontaneously combust in the emergency department? What poison is so potent that the patients' vomit and stools are a danger to staff members? Why are there no bones at the famous battle of Waterloo where ten thousand men died in one day?

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Want to know what candy can kill you? Though the flavor is so beloved, it was found in King Tut's tomb. And might make camels less thirsty?

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Want to know what causes fire eaters' lung, what disease you can get from sitting in a hot tub, and how you can be poisoned by stealing gasoline?

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Today's episode is about a toxin so powerful that a little smeared on the tip of a blowgun arrow is enough to silence every muscle in your body, including your diaphragm, stopping your breathing. How did a poison like this become a commonly used drug in modern medicine?

We'll also go inside a Siberian prison cell where one of the most high-profile political prisoners on the planet collapses and dies. Was this a state-sponsored assassination using a poison from the rainforest?

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Imagine a fever that doesn't break with acetaminophen (i.e. Tylenol or paracetamol). A toxin that leaves you trapped inside your own body. Want to know what your doctor is really thinking when you tell them you take a round white pill? Listen to find out!

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Want to know What meal ended the House of Habsburg and was said by Voltaire to have changed the destiny of Europe? The risks associated with foraging, and what milk thistle might be an antidote for?

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