The Deadly Trail of Arsenic Through the Ages
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Arsenic: it’s been called the “king of poisons” and the “poison of kings.” And for good reason - it has a lengthy, storied history, one full of mysterious poisoners and sometimes less-than-sympathetic victims. It's been a tool for thousands of years, used to kill countless people by shutting down their cells; a pea-sized amount of the stuff is enough to cause excruciating death.
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I totally did lol
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He's like.......yes?
Me.......... quietly.......aqua tofan
And he rolls his eyes 🤣
I did!!! 😆
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"Never trust a eunuch carrying a bowl" - words of wisdom from Weird History
Agreed I’m sure they are constantly thinking about revenge
one of the oddest jokes but i still laughed
It’s true though
You didn't mention how arsenic was used to produce vivid green coloring for wallpaper in the Victorian era. So many people dropped dead from simply spending time in a room with that type of wallpaper.
Clothing dyed with arsenic also killed the fashionable.
I learned about that in the Hidden Killers in the Victorian Household documentary
I was thinking about this all through the video.
@@fallonfireblade4404 same
@@fallonfireblade4404 is this the one with the lady talking??
There’s a good book on arsenic poisoning in the Victorian era called the Arsenic Century: How Victorian Britain was poisoned at Home, Work and Play by James C. Whorton, for anyone who’s interested in further reading.
Thank you
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks
Damn James why you such a bad guy
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While we are on the topic of poisoning I kinda want to learn about that Ancient Chinese Emperor that drank mercury believing that It'll grant him immortality.
Interesting.
Theres already a video that touches on that
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/DuY1qvwL7Dc/видео.html
In a way it kind of work
The 1st heavy metal fan-Emperor of China!
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Okay but Tofana is actually a very interesting story, as she sold mainly to women with abusive husbands, as women back then couldn’t just divorce their husband- and she even sold to some men. It’s a shame she was only caught because one of her clients couldn’t go through with it and told her husband of the poisoning. Anyways, she was super cool 😌
Woman who didn't like Winston Churchill: "If you were my husband, I'd poison your tea.."
Churchill: "Madam, if you were my wife, *_I'D DRINK IT_* "
Her name was Bessie Braddock, and she and Churchill had some memorable parliamentary duels. Another which I recall is:
"Mr Churchill, you are drunk!"
"And you, Madam, are ugly. But in the morning, I'll be sober!"
@@annalieff-saxby568 Love it!! 😂
Yeah, it took a brave person to challenge Churchill to a verbal duel.😁
The man was literally an admitted sexist wasn't he lol
@@Artliker1234 Yes, of course. He was also a crashing racist. But wit is still wit and "autre temps, autre moeurs", as they say in France.
I’m so glad that you included the fact that the first antibiotic was derived from arsenic! Very few people know that, it’s a very interesting story! I’d love to see you cover the history of antibiotics in another video!
I think the last high-profile arsenic case was back in the 90s when a woman in Japan poisoned the food at a neighborhood festival resulting in multiple deaths and hospitalizations (obviously).
Oh my!
That's terrible!
@@emanimatthews12 Very much so! I remember when it happened but this video brought the memory back and prompted me to actually look up the incident. Her name was Masumi Hayashi, a 37-year-old mother of four who wanted revenge against her neighbors, who shunned her after she was indicted for cheating people through insurance scams. She dumped 1000 grams of arsenic(!!!) into a communal pot of curry and killed the council president and vice-president (I'm guessing she saw the two coming towards the food and seized the opportunity), as well as two unfortunate kids and over sixty people ended up in the hospital. She was also investigated for a few insurance-scam-related poisonings over the previous ten years, including an attempted one against her own husband, who was an exterminator (which explains the arsenic). And to make it even worse, she inspired a bunch of copycat crimes as well.
@@ArcherSuh4721 she was just a piece of 💩 apparently
Thank goodness that lady recovered, she was doing services for us , glad it worked out.
Yes that does seem to be the go-to poison of Victorian and Edwardian times.
These curtains of asbestos will shield us from arsenic!!
It was so easy to come by? Arsenic was in sticky fly papers that used to hang to catch insects into the 20th century. Arsenic was also found in most ant killers an almost everything sold to get rid of mice and rats!! Oh ..the good old days!!
Random plug for "Arsenic and Old Lace", Cary Grant movie from 44 I believe. Utterly hilarious.
I LOVE that crazy movie!!! It’s hysterical. My parents showed us this movie many times as kids. It made no sense when I was 8 but now. Oh my!!
It was based on the stage play. Boris Karloff played Jonathon, but was not able to be in the movie version version because he was still performing it on stage.
Moral of the film : NEVER accept elderberry wine from kindly old ladies! 😁
Love that movie.
We performed the stage version when I was in high school. Of all the plays I was in during those four years, “Arsenic” was my favorite.
This is exactly how I wanted to start my Friday😁
U started Friday now?
I'm drinking my Friday morning coffee right now
hi Jenny Av ah this how you wanted to start you're Friday hey who didn't or was it you we're looking for ideals on how you wanted to end you're Friday night's date hey he was annoying and cheap anyways lol :-D ha ha just kidding have very good Friday and coming weekend Jenny Av :-)
Same here..
@@Tannyboydegen is
You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic!...🎵*He had it coming, he had it coming!*🎶
He ran into my knife, seven times!
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@@h0rriphic it’s 10 times 😂
@@aimzzz9382 damn. I m old, bad memory bear w/me 😅
Arsenic is found in coal mine tailings. It’s also insoluble. Which makes it particularly nasty when it leaches out into streams. Which it has a tendency to do.
Coal or gold?
The "House of Lords" at 5:50 is actually the Parliament Buildings in Victoria, BC, Canada. There's even a BC flag at the food of the stairs haha.
I saw it too! Definitely the parilment building in Victoria haha
Pretty sure it's burnt almonds, not garlic. And you don't have to throw it into a fire, just an autopsy. Cut open the stomach and you can easily smell it.
Cyanide smells like almonds, arsenic makes poisoned people’s breath smell of garlic
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@@tarynmosakowski3512
lol
It is another poison - cyanide - that smells like almonds.
I can't remember which year, but in the old days of poisons in general stores a mix up happened. A baker sent his shop boy to buy confectionery sugar and the shop made a mistake. He ended up accidentally poisoning local kids with sweets. They traced where the children had been and figured it out from there.
Wasn't it cyanide though? I'm probably wrong.
@@ImNotaRussianBot I can't recall which poison it was, so you could be correct! Still amazing that they sold sweets and poison so closely.
It happened in Victorian era, in either London or another British city. The product to be bought was something that normally gets mixed into plaster. Sweets confectioners put in into candies, also, to save on the sugar. The chemist was sick and directed his new apprentice towards the "powder in the barrel in the corner of the shop". The apprentice went to the wrong corner, that also had a barrel with powder in it.
It was in Bradford in Yorkshire, England.He used to make the sweets with powdered gypsum to save money as sugar became so expensive.It was known as daff and when he bought it from the pharmacy he was accidently sold arsenic trioxide. He sold the humbugs from a market stall and killed 21 and made over 200 seriously sick.
i’ve had arsenic poisoning from work. it’s awful, feels like a horrible flu
* OSHA has entered the chat
@@Sniperboy5551 part of the business. Coal fired boilers host some nasty shit lol
@@michaelcollinsworth331 you doing ok bruh?
"The poisoning party couldn't last forever" that's a great name for a hard rock song
Would love to see a video on the use of lead cookware in ancient Rome.
And their lead water pipe system 🤔 horrible way to go
And the lead-based makeup women wore.
It lead to their demise
I love this channel and the announcer. He has a great sense of humor and is a wonderful narrator.
Did you know arsenic is also used in a medication used to treat heartworm in a dog and yes it can be deadly to a dog but that's why it's typically only used in young healthy dogs who have a higher probability of surviving the treatment
They really shouldn't have named it to sound like something that belongs in a picnic.
It do??? 👀
Arse nic.
Hmmm
"Puts a twist on Black Friday shopping."
Now, I have to be careful of the crowds and getting poisoned.
I hate black Friday
Wow! I had no idea arsenic was used as a pesticide
I have a copy of "The Wise Garden Encyclopedia" from 1970; on page 677 under the topic "Insecticide", there is this precious little tidbit: "Arsenic had long since been known as a potent eradicator of persons, and eventually the thought occurred that it would be worth trying on the insect plagues." LOL!
5:23 "You kinda had to be there" 😂
It's Friday night, let's rub that Arsenic make up on and hit the town!
8:03 You used the infamous photo of Ruth Snyder being executed in 1928 to illustrate Arthur Warren Waite’s execution. That’s weird. So maybe you should do a video on Ruth Snyder and her execution and how that photo came to be taken.
I noticed that too. The reporter had the camera taped to his leg.
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Need a 2000s video boss, loved the ones you did for the 90s! Brought back so much nostalgia
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“And yeahhhhh…sometimes the butler really did do it!” 😂 weakly weak here…dang it, I just love this narrator and the writers! Hilarious! And the dude’s voice is perfect for the narration - every time I watch a Weird History video I giggle all the way until the end (and yes, even if the subject isn’t a happy or funny one, but I don’t mean any offense by it. It’s the narrator’s voice plus the cheesy play on words etc. in the script)! I know, I know…pretty lame. But still, I don’t care…I love getting the giggles during these! Tee hee!! 🤭 Sorry, didn’t mean to kill “Alexander the VI…OOPSY DAISY!” 🌼
Wasn’t there arsenic in fabric and wallpaper, in the 1800’s?🟩
Yes there was, tons of it in fact!
Only in the sitting room darling. Nice comfy study to read in. The green wallpaper and the red was the worst. They were supposed to hide the coal smoke stains. Victorian England was an elegant hell.
Yes
Odorless, tasteless, and completely undetectable.
Iocaine powder! I'd bet my life on it.
Inconceivable!
This video is so helpful and interesting. It might be a classic some day. A+
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I haven't heard this in years! Thanks for the reminder.
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Its about time I've been waiting for new video
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Me whispering “aqua tofannaaaa” can’t get the way she says it out if my head. lol was looking for this comment! That was a good video!
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@@Ilovevintage77 I love her videos but yeah literally the whole time they said arsenic I was like Aqua tofana 🙌🏼
If people knew it was a poison why did they use it in household goods and toiletries?! And on crops!?
Well , Used on crops to keep the pests away . *THAT'S WHY* you should Always rinse your fresh fruit and vegetables under a tap of running water ❣ 👨🌾👩🌾🌾☠🦗
OH MY GOD, you pronounced the Roman names correctly!! That makes me so happy 😭😭😭
Interesting Information, thank you
Excellent video!!
I recall reading a murder mystery in which the culprit was the house's water supply, which had been contaminated because it was next to a cemetery of arsenic-embalmed Civil War soldiers.
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Poison perfume is from the 1980s as well.
All I hear is Bailey saying “aquatofana” 😂
Love these posts! Thanks! How about the topic of government experiments on citizens in the usa? For example cadmium sulfide exposure to children in Minnesota..
It's always a good day when weird history uploads
I named my cat Cixi after the Empress. This is the first time I've heard the name said properly, I pronounce her name as 'see-see"... I'm going to have to start calling her sushi now lmao
Actually it’s been known to be toxic for thousands of years longer than you think.
Fun fact: The very first bronze alloys were actually made with arsenic (instead of tin, which came about in bronze centuries later after trial and error). This came about by the Egyptians mining arsenic-rich copper in the Sinai Peninsula during the twilight of the copper age. However, the toxic properties of arsenic were being realized eventually, and they turned to try other metals instead.
In fact many descriptions of Efestus, the black smith god from the greek pantheon, depict him as deformed or cripple, many attributing it to chronic neuropathies deriving from arsenic poisoning from working early versions of bronze alloy
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Can you do a video about crystals!!! How they get created? why they have been put on this world? who was the first person to find a crystals? is there any magical Crystal Caves in the world. How old are crystals?? I would find that so interesting!!!
Do you know how fucking long that video would be? You’re basically taking as far back as the beginning of the universe as frozen h20 is a crystal. My dear please google the common and scientific definitions of crystals, elements, rocks and stones.
We need a back story on Tofana!
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I know you said we weren't talking about the 80's hair rock band, but Open Up and Say...Ahh! was a great album.
Had an idea for an episode. Have you done one on the Radium Girls?
In the voice of Bailey Sarian : *Aqua Tofana*
I recommend "The Poisoner's Handbook", it tells of poisonings during the Jazz Age in New York. It is a fascinating book!
PBS also did documentary on the various cases in “The Poisoner’s Book”. Until I watched the movie, I didn’t the story behind gasoline being unleaded.
The mouse poison ad at the beginning says "houses, stacks, farm buildings, warehouses, mills, (and something) speedily cleared of rats, mice, beetles, cockroaches, and clocks." What do they mean by clocks? Was there some kind of bug that was referred to as a clock or do they mean that there was a bug that commonly infested clocks? I've never heard of anything like that before in my life.
Do a video on the Borgia family and what happened after the father died.
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I think it's still used because unless you look for it you won't find it. It's usually found in keratin, hair and nails.
"If you were a medieval assassin what would be your weapon of choice?"
Me: the hidden blade.
I instantly thought about the The Eye of Magnus and Staff of Magnus from The Elder Scrolls lol.
The building you use to stand in for the "House of Lords" is the British Columbia Legislature in Victoria, BC.
Thanks for this! ☠️
What's wrong with the 80s hair band? 😂😂😂 I happen to like Poison (and I just showed my age...)
I like them too! Embarrassing to admit but I still have one of their old tapes.
So he pretty much told people that it is possible to build up a tolerance to arsenic. Ingesting it with small bits little at a time. I hope there aren’t any crazy people getting any ideas. 😂
The speaker did a great job kept me entertained lol
If I were a medieval assassin, I would use something a bit more... subtle. Wolfsbane or belladonna were much easier to extract by myself, and could be blown into a room as barely detectable smoke aside from having someone eat it.
It's a reoccurring theme on "Deadly Women"...
Me : * starting to fall back to sleep*
Weird history: * mentions aqua tofana*
Me: *whispering* aqua tofana~
I'm so happy for finding weird history, now i can learn new information in just 10 minutes. Thank you so much weird history!
you should do a weird history about ea-nasir
This most emotional video ever
Not a single passing mention of Arsenic And Old Lace?
Please do a video on mercury poisoning
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Bailey fan !!!!
Did they mention Chatterton or just use the painting in the thumbnail? I called myself watching but maybe I missed it... Colour me confused😄 Nice little arsenic show anyhoo💚
What's the theme you guys used at the end of the video.
Fascinating....
Aquatofana...if you know, you know.
Even Napoleon died becase of arsenic in yellow paint in fresh collored room.
Whats the sting piece called, that's playing during "arsenic eaters"? I tried Shazaming it, to no avail.
Good back ground music
At ~5:50, the building shown is actually the British Columbia Parliament building, in Victoria, B.C., Canada.
I have a good friend who's a Borgia.
Now I'm terrified.
I think I need this narrator to read my eulogy when I die!
What a agonizing way to go 😱
Remember the movie Arsenic and Old Lace......a classic
Do more aqua tofana!
It was somewhat hard to detect in a autopsy.
What kind of medicine did they use in the. Medieval days. And what was dentistry like in 1800s