According to People, Viktroia Nasyrova, a Brooklyn woman, allegedly tried to murder her lookalike friend by giving her cheesecake that was laced with a deadly poison so she could steal her identity.
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George Chapman: Serial Killer and Jack the Ripper Suspect
Theories surrounding the true identity of Jack the Ripper have swirled in the near 140 years since the murders occurred in the Greater London area. Some believe that serial killer George Chapman may be the infamous murderer.
The Peoples Temple Massacre
In 1978, around nine hundred members of the religious group called the Peoples Temple died by suicide by drinking poison at their Guyana, South America settlement called Jonestown. The minister of the group, Jim Jones, also died by a gunshot to the head. Until the September 11th attacks, the massacre was the largest non-natural mass death of American civilians.
The Death of Timothy O’Bryan
On Halloween night in 1974, Texas, Timothy O’Bryan ingested Pixy Sticks supposedly given to him while he was out trick-or-treating and died an hour later. Police would discover traces of cyanide mixed with the sugar. Timothy’s father, Ronald O’Bryan, would later be arrested and executed for his son’s murder.
New Podcast Episode: The Chicago Tylenol Murders
The first ever instance of domestic terrorism hit the United States 40 years ago this week. Prior to 1982, there was no tamper-resistant packaging, but our approach to food and drug safety was forever changed when an unknown assailant left tainted bottles of Tylenol on the shelves in several stores around the Chicagoland area.
New Podcast Episode: No Angel - Donald Harvey
In August of 1987, Donald Harvey pled guilty to 37 murders committed over a span of nearly two decades. Harvey mostly preyed upon patients at hospitals where he was working, and he proclaimed himself to be an 'Angel of Death,' killing to relieve sick people of their pain. As the manner of his sadistic crimes came to light, it became clear that nothing could be further from the truth.
California Doctor Caught Attempting to Poison Her Husband on Nanny-Cam
An Irvine, California dermatologist was arrested last week for allegedly poisoning her husband over the past ten years with Drano, causing numerous internal health problems. According to the Irvine Police Department, her husband has video evidence of Yue Yu (45) pouring the liquid into his drinks on three different occasions in July.
The 17th Century Serial Poisoner, Giulia Tofana
Giulia Tofana began her ‘cosmetics line’ in 1633, shortly after her mother, Thofania d’Amado, was executed for murdering her husband. Aqua Tofana was the best-selling product, an odorless poison, or as the label said, a face cream that preserved a woman’s youth.
New Podcast Episode: The Victims of Dorothea Puente
40 years ago, Dorothea Puente had everyone fooled into thinking she was a kindly grandmother. Friends, tenants at her boarding house, social workers and the police all bought her act. In reality, she was much younger than she appeared, and far from kind. Preying upon the elderly, unhoused people and alcoholics, Dorothea assumed no one would search very hard for her victims.
Stephen Dee Richards: The "Nebraska Fiend"
In 1876, Stephen Dee Richards left his home and his family in Ohio to go west in hopes of finding wealth. Within two weeks of arriving in Nebraska, he would commit his first murder, with eight more to follow. This would go on to give him the title as the first serial killer in Nebraska.
New Podcast Episode: Mary Ann Cotton
In March of 1873, Mary Ann Cotton died in a botched execution. Convicted of the murder of her stepson Charles, she was sentenced to hang. Her reputation preceded her, as rumours swirled that she may have also had a hand in the deaths of several husbands, and the children she shared with them.
Spokane County man convicted of killing wife with ice cream laced with hydrocodone
David Pettis was convicted Monday of grinding up and mixing the drug into a bowl of ice cream he gave to his wife Peggy Pettis, 64, on June 25, 2018.
Pettis called 911 on June 25, 2018 to say his wife was blue in color and not breathing.
Michigan man who murdered wife by putting heroin in cereal sentenced to life without parole
A Davison man who was convicted of killing his wife by putting heroin in her cereal has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Jason Harris, 47, of Davison, was found guilty on Nov. 17 of first-degree premeditated murder, solicitation of murder and delivery of a controlled substance causing death.
Christina Ann Thompson Harris, 36, died in September 2014. Officials said Harris prepared a bowl of cereal for his wife and laced it with a lethal dose of heroin. Her sisters never stopped fighting for justice.
Killer dish: Chef jailed for serving deadly shepherd's pie
One wrong ingredient can ruin a dish, but this time it has landed an experienced chef behind bars. A toxic shepherd’s pie sent the chef to jail after one person died and more than 30 people suffered serious food poisoning.
Arthur Labinjo-Hughes: woman jailed for life for murder of stepson, six
A woman who killed her six-year-old stepson after weeks of “incomprehensible and escalating cruelty” has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum term of 29 years.Emma Tustin, 32, was sentenced for the murder of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes, alongside his father, 29-year-old Thomas Hughes, who was given 21 years in prison for manslaughter.
New Podcast Episode: The Jonestown Massacre
Forty-three years ago this week, over 900 people lost their lives in the Jonestown Massacre. The mass-murder-suicide took place just a year and a half after Jim Jones moved hundreds of his followers from California to a large plot of land outside Georgetown, Guyana.
Mom Charged for Poisoning Her Son
A mom was charged for poisoning her son. According to Erie News Now, Mary Diehl, 62, was arrested for the the death of her son.
Father and Stepmother Charged with Murder of Eleven-Year-Old Son
Jordan and Lindsay Piper, father and stepmother to 11-year-old Roman Anthony Lopez, were both found guilty of multiple crimes, including poisoning, child abuse, and torture of the boy.
Poison and Women: Cordelia Botkin
Although poison itself has been used as an effective mode of killing for thousands of years, toxic substances have played a unique role in the lives of women throughout history as easily accessible and highly effective murder weapons. Cordelia Botkin is no exception— she killed her ex-lover's wife with a box of poisoned candy.