6 Deadly 'Undetectable' Poisons (and How to Detect Them!)

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  • Опубликовано: 26 май 2024
  • What makes a "perfect poison?" In books and movies, poisoning has always been a popular method of getting rid of one’s enemies, but does a completely undetectable poison really exist? Join Hank Green for a new episode of SciShow and discover 6 of the poisons that have confounded doctors throughout history!
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Комментарии • 4 тыс.

  • @marrchaney9206
    @marrchaney9206 4 года назад +1720

    I remember reading about a woman who drank antifreeze and then drank a bunch of vodka. Because ethanol is the cure for antifreeze ingestion, she accidentally saved herself from dying.

    • @bigtub1101
      @bigtub1101 2 года назад +204

      Reminds me of the episode of House where the death row guy drank printer toner, but House gave him alcohol and he survived the toner

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 2 года назад +23

      @@bigtub1101 Yup. An epic cure!

    • @noorz5895
      @noorz5895 2 года назад +10

      @@bigtub1101 very unrelated but I love your pfp!

    • @bigtub1101
      @bigtub1101 2 года назад +7

      @@noorz5895 great minds think alike 😘

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 Год назад +64

      So that's how so many people survived the ethylene glycerol scandal in Europe. The Alcohol in the products reduced lethality.

  • @brodindamp
    @brodindamp 6 лет назад +3371

    Assassins hate it! Detect these "Undetectable" poisons with this one simple trick!

    • @fossilfighters101
      @fossilfighters101 6 лет назад +16

      +

    • @Fakan
      @Fakan 6 лет назад +71

      I hate that this made me laugh. =P

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 6 лет назад +45

      Have someone else taste your food first.

    • @jennali9800
      @jennali9800 6 лет назад +39

      +Bot Bread It's basically a parody of clickbait ads seen around the internet.

    • @culwin
      @culwin 6 лет назад +19

      Number 5 only 90's kids will remember!!!!!

  • @gutsandgrittv5076
    @gutsandgrittv5076 2 года назад +119

    Scary. I live in a small town and a man was getting a sore stomach, was puking, he didn't know what was happening for months he went to the doctor, finally figured out his wife was poisoning his food!

    • @caraRd203
      @caraRd203 4 месяца назад +2

      I can relate to that I was dating this guy and I couldnt figure out how I was getting so drunk off 3 or 4 drinks (I'm a heavy Irish drinker). Come to find out he was giving me GHB in my cocktails. People need help, that's a good idea because in hindsight it made perfect since but at the time it was the last thing I was thinking. You live with someone and learn to trust them, I wish I had known red flags about the drug and more information sooner. Like if you end up in the ER it can be gone by the next morning, meanwhile the ER just thinks your heavily drunk. Thought it was lack of sleep, not eating enough, maybe me taking my medicine at night with the cocktails nope someone being an *sshole

  • @justinbellotti7838
    @justinbellotti7838 2 года назад +67

    Georgi Markov, the guy that was poked with an umbrella and injected with a tiny metal ball with ricin in it, I surely thought would be on this list. They should do an episode on poisons that are detectable yet untreatable.

  • @clixxyz2330
    @clixxyz2330 4 года назад +4007

    Scishow: “Murder is bad.”
    *Homicide rates drop to 0*

    • @Kkanon
      @Kkanon 4 года назад +23

      If murder is bad why make this video

    • @82dorrin
      @82dorrin 4 года назад +29

      "Murder's bad"
      -SciShow, 2018

    • @FreeStuffPlease
      @FreeStuffPlease 4 года назад +16

      658 murderers watched this video.

    • @quaidday3931
      @quaidday3931 4 года назад +6

      **Detective 100**

    • @florroman1273
      @florroman1273 4 года назад

      My current president's safety strategy:( - " a Mexican"

  • @neonvalley9613
    @neonvalley9613 5 лет назад +4929

    The real *Undetectable Posion* has never been detected...

    • @peterf.229
      @peterf.229 4 года назад +185

      most toxins are detectable. its just a matter of if you are alive or dead ;)

    • @Sylphydia800
      @Sylphydia800 4 года назад +17

      @Yunus EMRE are you fuckin' ok?

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 4 года назад +27

      @@Sylphydia800 different language bro

    • @Sylphydia800
      @Sylphydia800 4 года назад +48

      @@anthonyc4138 ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴄᴋ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ɪs ᴄʟᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ

    • @bikoman869
      @bikoman869 4 года назад +7

      @@Sylphydia800AND THAT MUCH WEITING

  • @rheaswim3371
    @rheaswim3371 3 года назад +56

    Hank is hands down the best guy explaining stuff on this channel! It makes it so easy to listen to.

  • @angelawu4242
    @angelawu4242 Год назад +53

    I was at a restaurant that used oleander as decoration on the food. I told them it was poisonous but they did not care.

  • @meve3501
    @meve3501 6 лет назад +2609

    Tomorrow on Sci show:
    How to leave no traces at a crime scene

  • @antman7673
    @antman7673 6 лет назад +995

    Thanks for helping me out.
    0#: "Murder is bad"
    1#: Arsenic is outdated.
    2#: Use multiple poisons at once, because doctors have to do educated guesses, but who would suspect two poissons.
    3#: Thallium is pretty good, but slow.
    4#: Polonium is expensive I heard and it is just cruel.
    5#: Antifreeze taste sweet, works and is easily available.
    6#: Oleander may be hard to detect and it looks beautyful.
    I wish everyone a healthy meal...;D

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 6 лет назад +125

      So you're saying oleander + antifreeze = best poison? I need to test this... for science, of course!

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 лет назад +74

      add antifreeze to a cocktail and oleander in a fancy meal

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 6 лет назад +21

      Bookmarked. :P

    • @Ahbahl
      @Ahbahl 6 лет назад +41

      you should try organic mercury. 2 drops are enough to kill and it gets absorbed by the skin. takes a lot of time for symtopms to show up as well.

    • @DeshkaArt
      @DeshkaArt 6 лет назад +21

      Antifreeze and oleander ice cream it is then. :P

  • @HopalongGinsberg
    @HopalongGinsberg 2 года назад +34

    In pets at least, the treatment for ethylene glycol poisoning is IV ethanol. Yes, if your dog drinks antifreeze, the vet saves it by getting it drunk!

    • @XillyWonka
      @XillyWonka 2 года назад +8

      Yup. Same applies to humans when they are experiencing methanol poisoning.

    • @royedmundson3833
      @royedmundson3833 Год назад

      Dogs are twice as susceptible to ethylene glycol as humans, also to cyanide. Chocolate will kill dogs too.

    • @ThaFuzzwood
      @ThaFuzzwood Год назад +2

      It works by keeping the enzymes that would oxidize the ethylene glycol to glycolic acid busy by converting the much more abundant ethanol to acetic acid. Or in case of methanol, the DNA-destroying formaldehyde.

  • @md.tahseenraza4791
    @md.tahseenraza4791 2 года назад +14

    Fun Fact:-
    Cynaide does not smell like bitter almonds
    Bitter almonds smell like dampened cynaide
    Because Bitter almonds contain cynaide

    • @BlazeRhodon
      @BlazeRhodon Год назад

      More precise amygdalin, which can be transformed by chemical reactions to hydrogen cyanide. Bitter almonds themself does not contain hydrogen cyanide and they are although not good, they aren't also poisonous (they are source to make a hydrogen cyanide, but not the only one). Once by accident I ate few of them but I did not get poisoned.

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 Год назад

      Cyanide smells a bit sweet, like amaretto liquor. First smelled it when I caught a big yellow and black centipede as a kid. They make cyanide as a defense mechanism apparently.

  • @johnbagel2560
    @johnbagel2560 6 лет назад +4302

    This show truly enlightens me. I did not know that murder was bad, thank you for clearing that up for me. Ugh blood is so sticky.

    • @sarahglover1262
      @sarahglover1262 6 лет назад +140

      Daniel Varzari not if you clean it fast enough. Have you tried kitty litter? Works on oil.

    • @cherryboywriter6299
      @cherryboywriter6299 6 лет назад +179

      Damn I'm learning so much about how to kill people today!
      Great murd- writing material!

    • @johnbagel2560
      @johnbagel2560 6 лет назад +46

      CherryBoyWriter not being too undetectable there

    • @sarahglover1262
      @sarahglover1262 6 лет назад +29

      Daniel Varzari quantity over quality, all I'm saying. Shoulda put down plastic before hand.

    • @johnbagel2560
      @johnbagel2560 6 лет назад +37

      Sarah Glover Always nice to learn new cleaning techniques, thank you.

  • @tylerpeterson4726
    @tylerpeterson4726 6 лет назад +502

    Tomorrow on SciShow: 3 ways to completely destroy a corpse

    • @TecraX2
      @TecraX2 6 лет назад +16

      Until then, anyone who's knows a good way to get rid of a stinking smell?

    • @maxkennedy8075
      @maxkennedy8075 6 лет назад +25

      Tyler Peterson Police hate this!!! how to dispose of a corpse WITH NO EVIDENCE

    • @iamcurious9541
      @iamcurious9541 6 лет назад +8

      Like in breaking bad: Dissolving it in acid and flushing it down a toilet.

    • @bobbimke82
      @bobbimke82 5 лет назад +3

      "anyone who's knows a good way to get rid of a stinking smell?" ==> Drench the corpse in "Thioacetone" (C3H6S).
      Nobody will EVER notice the stench of death whilst retching their guts from a half-mile away.

    • @NotAGoodUsername360
      @NotAGoodUsername360 5 лет назад +4

      Getting rid of flesh is easy, it's the bones you gotta worry about. Wood chipper is usually the best solution, followed by burning the mulch or dissolving it in lye for complete and rapid disposal

  • @vonyjenkins4057
    @vonyjenkins4057 3 года назад +115

    why tf do i wanna try anti-freez all of a sudden ...he made it sound so good

  • @astraeadarden7409
    @astraeadarden7409 3 года назад +27

    The only reason I am watching this is because, this will help me know what to be careful of.

  • @rainsawitch3650
    @rainsawitch3650 5 лет назад +877

    “Mom, I’m a writer, not trying to murder someone.”

  • @checkmate2489
    @checkmate2489 6 лет назад +752

    “Murder is bad.”
    -Hank Green

    • @codemongod
      @codemongod 5 лет назад +19

      I call plagiarism. "Thou shalt not murder." -God. Credit was not correctly listed. lol

    • @lauracullen8122
      @lauracullen8122 5 лет назад +2

      Please explain in detail. Thanks.

    • @joshuapinkham4631
      @joshuapinkham4631 5 лет назад +9

      BREAKING NEWS Murder Rates drop to zero

    • @OphiuchiChannel
      @OphiuchiChannel 5 лет назад +1

      Mmmkay

    • @miriga3927
      @miriga3927 3 года назад +1

      2019

  • @baileyshep1644
    @baileyshep1644 3 года назад +26

    This video inspired me to make a fan-made Poison/Dark Pokémon called Cyaryde.

  • @dcferwerda
    @dcferwerda Год назад +21

    I was hoping you would include the antidotes and treatments for these poisons, but nonetheless good video.

  • @1337w0n
    @1337w0n 6 лет назад +783

    How to do a murder
    Step 1: Don't.
    Step 2: use one of these
    Step 3: Don't Brag About it.

    • @geckoo9190
      @geckoo9190 5 лет назад +42

      Yea if you want to kill some one, use them all. its better to over kill than under kill.

    • @chelseagreer6264
      @chelseagreer6264 5 лет назад +30

      The perfect murder weapon is a sharp thick icicle. No fingerprint, it will eventuall melt leaving no murder weapon behind. Right through the heart will do it. Just be sure to wear a full body suit, cover shoes in those disposable shoe coverd. Makes.sure you shower and shave beforehand so you dont leave any hair or skin cells behind....dont pay for anything used in the preperation by card or online. Dont tell anyone and dont find the body. Dont kill a person you know either. Stranger murders are harder to solve. I watch al9t pf murder shows and know how not to be caught

    • @nuadathesilverhand3563
      @nuadathesilverhand3563 5 лет назад +39

      chelsea greer, yeah it was pretty clear you got all that from watching t.v: you can't stab someone in the heart with an icicle, your sternum is too strong.

    • @RoyontheHill
      @RoyontheHill 5 лет назад +29

      @@nuadathesilverhand3563 would be so awkward when the icicle breaks after the stab atempt and you both just sitting there like wtf now. Also even if it did work you now probably have blood on you and your dna would be around the victem

    • @2410jrod
      @2410jrod 5 лет назад +6

      Arsenic is one of the first things they look for in a suspicious deaths both cyanide and arsenic are blood agents

  • @corynorell3686
    @corynorell3686 5 лет назад +1374

    "Murder is bad."
    Or is it?...
    Oops, wrong channel.

  • @SaguaroBlossom
    @SaguaroBlossom Год назад +3

    Oleanders are everywhere in AZ. I was helping at my Grandma's assisted living facility in early 2020 and chatting with a new resident outside. She mentioned the beautiful flowers on all the bushes around, and she was planning to pick some leaves to see if they made a good tea. "No! Absolutely don't do that! Oleanders are very toxic." At first she thought I was joking, but someone else confirmed it to her. I spoke to the administrators who decided they should remind all residents of this fact in the next weekly newsletter.

  • @b42indep43
    @b42indep43 Год назад +5

    Hi Hank, I love your content and the delivery you use to educate us. Thank you.

  • @dangus6934
    @dangus6934 5 лет назад +241

    My father was poisoned with Arsenic and almost died, but thanks to a 3rd doctors opinion they saved him. He still suffered severe nerve loss and took years of rehabilitation to walk again. Arsenic may not be common today but it certainly happens.

  • @nalabees
    @nalabees 5 лет назад +764

    got it. you "shouldn't" poison someone. check.
    how "shouldn't" one dispose of a body? thanks.

    • @jacquelineess1141
      @jacquelineess1141 4 года назад +36

      Sink inside a barrel of acid. Result is a sludge, no possible way to ever identify it. 😉

    • @DanLaw559
      @DanLaw559 4 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/2-eMOCMDQj8/видео.html

    • @nicoler.wunderink_2874
      @nicoler.wunderink_2874 4 года назад +24

      The internet is a unique place

    • @julianeder6114
      @julianeder6114 4 года назад +45

      @@jacquelineess1141 i think you might have watched a few too many episodes of breaking bad 99% of acids arent strong enough to completely dissolve everything plus they are hard to come by i would recommend burying the body in loads of thermite that stuff turns everything to ash and isnt to hard to make it was used in ww2 to burn holes into tanks so you could imagine what it would do with a body additionally you can toss in all the tools and other stuff used during the crime.
      And just to clarify things here im only messing arround dont try this at home please

    • @Foxarroni
      @Foxarroni 4 года назад +3

      nala beans lye

  • @fiftycalM2HB
    @fiftycalM2HB 2 года назад +7

    In 19th century England, Arsenic (before the test to discover it was perfected) - was referred to as inheritance powder.

  • @Katness07
    @Katness07 Год назад +49

    A herpetology mentor of mine once told me of a family who was traveling cross country, camping along the way. They stopped one night and decided to cut a few sticks from a bush to roast some hot dogs for dinner. The highway patrol found them all deceased, next to a patch of oleander bushes along the highway. They had no clue that the sticks holding the hot dogs over the flames were deadly poisonous. 😳

    • @ZA-wm6mm
      @ZA-wm6mm Год назад

      Lose the shirt

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja Год назад +2

      Stick to using known, safe woods for anything to do with food.

    • @narayanamurthy7805
      @narayanamurthy7805 Год назад +2

      Best thing to do is have good old tried and tested skewers lying around on such trips. It may be used or not but atleast u won't return home dead!!

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 Год назад +2

      As a teen I wore oleander flowers in my hair. Loved their aroma.

    • @markosla5435
      @markosla5435 Год назад

      It is a tale in many countries...

  • @aminazebboudj9731
    @aminazebboudj9731 6 лет назад +244

    Talking about poisons, there is a really good book called “A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie” by Kathryn Harkup. A very accurate scientific book, NOT to use for killing anyone of course.

    • @BeckBeckGo
      @BeckBeckGo Год назад +7

      It’s entirely possible I’ve increased my tolerance for arsenic. I eat about five apples every day. And yes, including the seeds. The seeds are the treat inside the apple.
      I have a very rare craving for bitter foods. I eat as much bitter melon my system can handle, for example. I know that apple seeds contain arsenic, but they’re tasty. What can I say?

    • @anakinknight
      @anakinknight Год назад +3

      Thanks so much for this!

    • @missingtexturez
      @missingtexturez Год назад +2

      @@BeckBeckGo Mithridates VI

    • @roxasparks
      @roxasparks Год назад +1

      This commnet gives off serious "asking for a freind" vibes

    • @lyndayates7533
      @lyndayates7533 Год назад

      @@BeckBeckGo I eat them as well but during digestion they are safe to eat. Once I learned that I happily indulge.

  • @jorgeemilioreyes
    @jorgeemilioreyes 4 года назад +167

    You should have mentioned the antidotes too. For example, the antidote for cyanide is cobalamin, a type of vitamin b. Cobalamin reacts with cyanide too form cyanidecobalamin, which is harmless and can be eliminated through urine.
    I don’t know if it has been done before, but a video about the chemistry behind doping and why it is considered cheating would be interesting

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 Год назад +12

      cobalamin is better known as Vitamin B-12.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 8 месяцев назад

      There is no antidote for drinking enough cyanide.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 8 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@sydhenderson6753Yeah,that works,but you would probably be dead on the trip to the hospital.

  • @dancingram79
    @dancingram79 Год назад +10

    Oleander was so common where I use to live as a child. I remember collecting the flowers and playing around with them. Im glad nothing ever happened.

  • @manas_singh
    @manas_singh 3 года назад

    Thank You so much. I really needed this

  • @welder6936
    @welder6936 4 года назад +608

    Dear FBI,Please don’t break into my house I just watched this video out of curiosity

    • @WeavileLady
      @WeavileLady 3 года назад +15

      I liked the comment because I feel the same. See!

    • @im1ssu147
      @im1ssu147 3 года назад +17

      Same LOL- I just never want to be poisoned

    • @vipulsharma2538
      @vipulsharma2538 3 года назад +6

      Me too, 😅

    • @thedontay41k
      @thedontay41k 2 года назад +1

      Me too

    • @kattrakee
      @kattrakee 2 года назад

      @@im1ssu147 nobody is poisoning anybody...🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😑😑😑😑😑😑

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +2000

    I survived being poisoned. I got sick after eating fish while in France. The doctor said it was... le poisson.

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 6 лет назад +339

      Explanation: "Poisson" is the French word for fish.

    • @khari3836
      @khari3836 6 лет назад +50

      Master Therion 😂😂😂

    • @brodindamp
      @brodindamp 6 лет назад +130

      Master Therion Thank you for saving me the 20 sec I would need to google, which I instead used to write this comment!

    • @Gormezzz
      @Gormezzz 6 лет назад +35

      Master Therion 20/10

    • @yaumelepire6310
      @yaumelepire6310 6 лет назад +10

      It's not that funny considering "poisson" is pronounced nothing like "poison", but still, bravo!

  • @nyxjones5797
    @nyxjones5797 Год назад

    Thank you for this useful information 😀

  • @ahmedmubark7018
    @ahmedmubark7018 Год назад

    Thanks, this was a huge help!

  • @kharnthebetrayer8251
    @kharnthebetrayer8251 6 лет назад +1632

    So you don''t recommend poisoning your enemies. How would you recommend disposing of them?

    • @K0ester
      @K0ester 6 лет назад +41

      Kharn The Betrayer acid/burning

    • @generalizedkyle
      @generalizedkyle 6 лет назад +9

      TheBrodsterBoy do you mean acetylcholine?

    • @hieronymusnervig8712
      @hieronymusnervig8712 6 лет назад +123

      Being a good evil person, Lesson 1: You don't dispose of your enemies, you have them executed... in public.

    • @SimuLord
      @SimuLord 6 лет назад +21

      Hydrofluoric acid. If it was good enough for Walter White...

    • @iafozzac
      @iafozzac 6 лет назад +34

      Use a roundabout way to ruin their lives to the point they kill themselves

  • @musclehank6067
    @musclehank6067 6 лет назад +2233

    I poisoned myself with these just to make my workouts more challenging

    • @MickeyD2012
      @MickeyD2012 6 лет назад +166

      FEEL THE BURN! No pain, no gain!

    • @dp2989
      @dp2989 6 лет назад +38

      Muscle Hank Oh hey Muscle Hank.

    • @playdahandurdealt
      @playdahandurdealt 6 лет назад +45

      Damn Hank! You gotten buff bro!

    • @langaurd
      @langaurd 6 лет назад +32

      Ben Swolo v Muscle Hank

    • @mehmeh2255
      @mehmeh2255 6 лет назад +8

      Muscle Hank LLAMA POTION
      Don't poison yourself that is self-harm :c

  • @adityaroy9117
    @adityaroy9117 3 года назад +11

    To my FBI agent, I'm just watching this for research purposes.

  • @user-jk3tf6vw2l
    @user-jk3tf6vw2l 3 года назад

    Thanks for the tips!

  • @AUnicorn666
    @AUnicorn666 6 лет назад +500

    *ten years in the future*
    Everyone is a Hank green imposter

  • @mycobacteriem2540
    @mycobacteriem2540 5 лет назад +76

    working in a hospital lab, we actually get tests for ethylene glycol and methanol back relatively quickly from an outside lab (about 2 hours) when docs suspect poisoning. it's quite common among hardcore alcoholics to poison themselves when they have no access to alcohol

    • @ricksullivan95
      @ricksullivan95 2 года назад +2

      You work in a lab?

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley Год назад +8

      @@ricksullivan95 A hospital lab is literally just a centralized place for testing for various illnesses. A small hospital might have to wait weeks to get a result back, even though the test itself takes a few days. A larger hospital has a internal testing lab, so there's faster turnaround times for tests. They still do have to outsource some tests, because the internal lab won't be able to do every single test imaginable.

    • @tonsygriffieth9402
      @tonsygriffieth9402 Год назад

      Do you know of a lab where someone can send something in to be analyzed? Just a private person, no hospital or doctor sending it in.

  • @user-ob5rg6ne6l
    @user-ob5rg6ne6l Месяц назад

    Thanks for the video 📹 you are a life saver. Do you have an interactive site where you answer questions.

  • @bordomfunclipsoriginal
    @bordomfunclipsoriginal 8 месяцев назад

    Now that's what I call a RUclipsr or a RUclips channel good work really great contact and explication

  • @johnfrancisdoe1563
    @johnfrancisdoe1563 6 лет назад +124

    As for the sweetness of Ethylene Glycol (which is not the same as Ethylene), I am surprised there was no mention of the great wine scandal some years ago, where fraudsters sold it as a sweetener to wine makers. All wine from an entire country ended up unsellable even the brands that were not forcefully recalled after testing.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 2 года назад +7

      I really thought that was just a Simpsons thing!! Wow!!😆🤔😳😓

    • @saeedgnu
      @saeedgnu 2 года назад +2

      Technically the truth!!

    • @kaihuang4970
      @kaihuang4970 Год назад

      Which is why modern antifreeze has additives to make it unpalatable.

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 Год назад +2

      I remember that. It seems like it was in the 1980's and it was mostly Italy and Chile. It caused a huge stir with wine lovers everywhere.

    • @myriamickx7969
      @myriamickx7969 Год назад +3

      @@gailhall6283
      I remember it as being mainly sweet white wine coming from Austria.

  • @terryenby2304
    @terryenby2304 4 года назад +171

    I’ve had thallium as a medical imaging tool. Unfortunately it made me incredibly nauseous after, but that is a rare side effect of the form and dose they use. It is usually completely fine :)

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 2 года назад +2

      Yikes!!

    • @helentee9863
      @helentee9863 Год назад

      So did l,(though l had no idea thallium was the tracer used till l read your comment and Googled)
      l had an MRI to investigate my thyroid and they used a radioactive tracer injection in conjunction with it.
      It was fine 🙂

  • @isisbaaa5793
    @isisbaaa5793 2 года назад

    Thanks for the useful information

  • @ytgadfly
    @ytgadfly 2 года назад

    great vid as always

  • @jht3fougifh393
    @jht3fougifh393 6 лет назад +61

    I had neighbors that poisoned our dogs with antifreeze-soaked meat, growing up. I sell remember the poor puppers throwing up, drooling... I remember them mentioning the crystals forming in them at the vet. It was so horrible... we couldn't do anything to confirm he did it, even though we knew and he even bragged about it later, so no justice was served, either.

    • @vividvenom6859
      @vividvenom6859 Год назад +1

      😟🥺

    • @MsBizzyGurl
      @MsBizzyGurl Год назад

      I hope your vet euthanized them. 😥

    • @st.haborym
      @st.haborym Год назад +1

      It's called a gun stupid

    • @annak804
      @annak804 Год назад

      Some people are just nasty and deserve to live in a desert with no animals or take a long walk off a cliff

    • @deepti3
      @deepti3 Год назад +8

      Oh my....that person is heartless and a devil. I believe that justice will find him one day and hard.

  • @thourdoesstuff3321
    @thourdoesstuff3321 5 лет назад +376

    *starts detecting undetectable poison*

  • @markxxx21
    @markxxx21 11 месяцев назад +1

    Arsenic also occurs naturally in the soil in many areas of the world. There are problems with it in SE Asia and Bangladesh were it can get into the food supply, especially rice from growing in the soil

  • @j.szelecz2530
    @j.szelecz2530 Год назад +1

    ENJOYABLE AND EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE !--- NOW Subscribed to your wonderful work . ---- from Canada J.

  • @nickc3657
    @nickc3657 5 лет назад +507

    I chewed on an oleander leaf once, as a kid. Thank god a teacher asked what I was doing and told me to spit it out.

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 5 лет назад +51

      Oleander has a high LD50. Chewing on 1 leaf wouldn't have killed you.

    • @tigracat6806
      @tigracat6806 5 лет назад +27

      Wow dude you are VERY lucky

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 5 лет назад +21

      Wat did it taste like?

    • @theburningman5047
      @theburningman5047 4 года назад +1

      Bahaha I swallowed it and I still breathe!

    • @Nehmo
      @Nehmo 4 года назад +6

      Oleander is a common plant in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Lots of kids try eating some. It must not be a very strong poison. They don't die.

  • @tewari2312
    @tewari2312 5 лет назад +266

    Congratulations you made it to the NSA surveillance list

    • @carld5575
      @carld5575 3 года назад +1

      @chinesebassman only if it suites their ideals or there is big money in it

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 года назад +2

      *Ankur Tewari*
      Wow, you saying there are people that *aren't* on the list?
      They need to *up* their game big time!
      Question is...do we wait for them?
      😂

    • @carld5575
      @carld5575 3 года назад

      @@billyandrew haha 👍

  • @typacsk
    @typacsk 2 года назад +3

    Hank: "And [thallium] can also be inhaled or absorbed through the skin."
    Agatha Christie: (quietly taking notes)

  • @isurusenanayaka6636
    @isurusenanayaka6636 3 года назад

    thank you for the practically useful information

  • @jerryhu9005
    @jerryhu9005 5 лет назад +614

    More like "How to attract the NSA's attention"

    • @fredluden2298
      @fredluden2298 5 лет назад +1

      Actually tho

    • @agentswipe6662
      @agentswipe6662 4 года назад +3

      they're always watching lets play peekaboo with them 🙈 🙉

    • @undertalereacts7519
      @undertalereacts7519 4 года назад

      @Evi1M4chine down the rabbit hole

    • @maxprophet2401
      @maxprophet2401 4 года назад

      Good, it might help them with some mysterious things and the rumors accompanying them. Simply asking for help from certain people can cause lols and ridicule or worse. The pictures show the reason for my interest and I see no reason not to skip middlemen. Big bro is looking out for the vast majority of us, I believe, and I'm thankful

    • @starrychloe
      @starrychloe 4 года назад

      NSA won't actually do anything. If they did, it would tip people off that they've been snooping and have a back door. They would literally allow a murder to happen to prevent knowledge of their snooping getting out. Similar to the scene in the movie The Imitation Game where they let the Germans sink a boat than to save the boat and tip the Germans off.

  • @Sappysappster
    @Sappysappster 5 лет назад +154

    6 undetectable poisons (and how to detect them)
    *Now hold on a secon-*

  • @tompanter2635
    @tompanter2635 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this video it’s very informative. I came across it because I had a random moment of curiosity about ‘invisible’ poisons. Years ago I heard the term (and sorry for the misspelling)… but what about Sacomaglichol… it kills cells but then turns everything else into water. So essentially it just breaks the human body down to it’s essential components (Oxygen and Hydrogen). There for starving all of the systems. Sorry for my ignorance but this is something I heard about from ‘Bones’ which is by now a very dated TV series 😂

  • @deepalib3096
    @deepalib3096 3 года назад

    Nice video , such powerful undetectable poisons

  • @ryanpeters6232
    @ryanpeters6232 6 лет назад +149

    *You’ve gone incognito*

  • @SongSingsSoprano
    @SongSingsSoprano 4 года назад +80

    I had an old white lady neighbor whose dog mysteriously died. Vet found out that it was antifreeze poisoning. My mom kept a gallon of antifreeze sitting outside of our house. I had always been scared of the lady's dog because it was big and it always jumped on me. So she automatically assumed that I was the one who poisoned her dog.
    She got a new dog just like the old one. She secretly had cameras installed outside her house. The new dog died, from antifreeze poisoning just like the other one.
    She checked her cameras. Found out her own son, who live out of state came and poisoned her dog.
    He admitted to poisoning the first dog to. He said he did it because his family were coming for a visit and both of his daughters were scared of the dogs. He felt like the dogs got too aggressive around them.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes Год назад +7

      jesus 😬

    • @kennyhill2678
      @kennyhill2678 Год назад +11

      Wow.. Some dad he must be.. And that's her own son.. jeez

    • @deloresbias1003
      @deloresbias1003 Год назад

      He was too lazy to work on it or to make sure things were safe so he murdered precious animals he could have paid for training he could have done several things so he's basic basically no he's not basically he's a brutal stupid murderer he should be put in jail!!!!!!! 🐶🐺🐱🐴🐇

    • @LoveYourself-my9nz
      @LoveYourself-my9nz Год назад +15

      Oh wow... He is kind of psycho! If you think dog is aggressive then you can chain up them when his daughters come to house and try to make them more familiar with each other... That's how you try to solve problems not by killing innocent dogs.

    • @thomasonrockofelt7195
      @thomasonrockofelt7195 Год назад +5

      I can imagine an excuse for the first one but the second one was an entirely different animal. Like why

  • @StarTard8
    @StarTard8 3 года назад +4

    Very interesting tidbit of information concerning ethylene glycol poisoning:
    National Geographic and Forensic Files detailed a case where the culprit killed their victim with antifreeze-laced Gatorade. After reading about this case, a friend showed me the episode and I told him that I knew how it ended the moment I recognized the pattern of how the poisoner was poisoning the victim. I said, "I know exactly how this ends and exactly what the murderer used to kill his victim. I won't spoil it, but you'll find it interesting."
    Moral of the story? Murder by poison is often caused by people closest to the victim and poisoners are often very good liars, often pathologically so.

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 Год назад

      My great grandfather poisoned and killed at least 5 of his wives, he had 9. They were immigrants and all in their 20s, he was old. I don't think he killed any of his kids. He would abandon them with his dead wife's families. He was an herbalist in S Texas. My grandmother, other side of the family, sent me the recipe for oleander tea. I threw it out as soon as I saw it.

  • @vanithar3318
    @vanithar3318 2 года назад +1

    Thank you

  • @psquared96
    @psquared96 4 года назад +41

    I would have thought Ricin and Nutmeg would be on this list because Ricin is found in Castor Beans so it would be hard to determine whether a poisoning was caused by self inflicted accident or murder. And with nutmeg being a common spice used to add flavor to things, many people probably wouldn't think it would be used to kill someone.

    • @blesamelaninwoods4575
      @blesamelaninwoods4575 10 месяцев назад

      The sweet aromatic nutmeg!!!😮

    • @TheHippyHoppyHippo
      @TheHippyHoppyHippo 9 месяцев назад

      nutmeg won't kill you if you've ever tripped on it before

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 8 месяцев назад

      Ricin works because there is no antidote for it.I would argue that he's wrong about Aersnic because he says it would feel like bad fatal food poisoning;if it feels that bad wouldn't you already be dead?

  • @skyeblue5134
    @skyeblue5134 6 лет назад +77

    Nice to have this in my search history: 6 Undetectable Poisons

    • @brizian21
      @brizian21 5 лет назад

      At least it's not "6 undetectable Poisons (And how to acquire them)"

    • @dennisburgess8986
      @dennisburgess8986 5 лет назад

      Skye blue16 so many of us do

  • @higherresolution4490
    @higherresolution4490 3 года назад +16

    Really interesting, as usual ! For me, the piece on oleander-common in my childhood-was enlightening becasue the toxins in that plant are cardiac glycosides. That I never knew. In 2913, I died from cardiac glycoside poisening in Mexico from too big a dose of "the toad medicine", while at the same time being dehydrated.
    The toad medicine was from Bufo alavarius-the Sonoran Desert Toad-and the active ingrediant was 5-methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine. Fortunately, the shaman was also a medical doctor. So here I am again. Next time, if there is a next time, I'd use the synthetic version without the glycosides.

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 3 года назад +2

    Also, fun fact about ethylene glycol: the best antidote for it is alcohol. At least according to Chubbyemu, it’s processed by the same enzymes as those that process ethylene glycol, and is preferred by them; as long as there’s alcohol in the body, the enzymes will mostly digest that, meaning the glycol is digested slowly enough that the body can handle the byproducts as they come.

  • @sumohamsters200
    @sumohamsters200 5 лет назад +774

    FBI: *Watching the comments section*

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 3 года назад +14

      Government Tyranny is HERE NOW! We The People have the RIGHT to Protect Ourselves against any & All Government tyranny!

    • @sumohamsters200
      @sumohamsters200 3 года назад +29

      @@gregdemeterband FBI: *Watching intensifies*

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 3 года назад +8

      @@sumohamsters200 They Have NO RIGHT to watch, when THEY are the Evil Ones..Who MUST be held accountable and placed in Chains!

    • @sumohamsters200
      @sumohamsters200 3 года назад +8

      @@gregdemeterband You're staring to sound like Dr.Bright when he is on Scp 420-J

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 3 года назад +4

      @@sumohamsters200 My Music IS MY LIFE...and THEY should be Glad I'm NOT using that as a Weapon of Force to Enlighten others.

  • @Devlin20102011
    @Devlin20102011 6 лет назад +43

    Hey, been watching these for years now and theyre a great way to pass the time! Im a physics major and I just wanted to note that (at 7:30) mega electron volts are a unit of energy, not momentum. To be momentum it would have to be Mev/c. Keep up the great work guys!

    • @Karishma_Unspecified
      @Karishma_Unspecified 2 года назад +2

      Maybe they were using Natural units?
      (Am a Physics grad student... how you doing?)

  • @bcallahan3806
    @bcallahan3806 Год назад +2

    Informative. Good to know some of these. Especially antifreeze and oleander as these can be accidentally ingested by children or pets.
    Be nice if you could list treatments if any.
    👍👍

    • @skrsojmpz1503
      @skrsojmpz1503 Год назад

      i'm not a doctor and i'm not certified in any way to say this, but i believe ethanol will neutralize antifreeze? i wouldn't chance it, personally

    • @bcallahan3806
      @bcallahan3806 Год назад

      @@skrsojmpz1503 are you stupid?
      Or just a bankrupt farmer that selling out to China or Microshaft?
      Pelosi Or democrats?

    • @bcallahan3806
      @bcallahan3806 Год назад

      @@skrsojmpz1503 no your a moonshine peddling rotgut whisky.
      Dumbass.

  • @thicckkllama8976
    @thicckkllama8976 3 года назад

    This was very helpful

  • @muhaiminzulkarnain5628
    @muhaiminzulkarnain5628 4 года назад +170

    6 Undetectable Poisons
    "And how to detect them!"
    Undetectable poisons: Are we a joke to you?

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 года назад +2

      🤔🤭😂

    • @rexyaxy4314
      @rexyaxy4314 2 года назад +1

      ricin

    • @IshidaNikurasu
      @IshidaNikurasu 2 года назад +1

      no such thing as ''undetectable'' poisens. you look for it, you find it. how hard it is to detect is a completely diffrent subjectmatter

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 6 лет назад +34

    Important Note: While Rasputin's assassins had attempted to kill him with cyanide, they failed due to the simple fact that he never actually ingested any. The cyanide was in petit fours, and Rasputin got heartburn from sugar, and so avoided things like petit fours.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 Год назад +3

      Yeah. It was in the cakes, but he skipped dessert, so they shot him.

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 8 месяцев назад +1

      @@samsonsoturian6013 And then threw him in a river in case the shot to his forehead didn't prove fatal.

    • @senkabobovcan2356
      @senkabobovcan2356 7 месяцев назад

      Horrible... I don't want be close to the 😂
      Some buildings make with arsenal
      But I can't understand how medicine have poison??? That why I not take medicine..

  • @amaroussama
    @amaroussama 2 года назад

    By far this is the best vidéo ever made in this Channel

  • @legitauthenticator9239
    @legitauthenticator9239 2 года назад

    Thank you! i really needed to drink this 😄😄

  • @evilparkin
    @evilparkin 5 лет назад +144

    2:01 "A colorless, smelly gas called Arsine" - what a great name though.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 4 года назад +7

      From the name you wouldn't expect it to be odorless. At least the colorless gas that comes out my arse isn't odorless.

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 4 года назад +3

      dawkinsfan41 And it’s not. Arsine (systematic name arsane), or arsenic hydride, is a smelly compound. Arsenic metal is odorless.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 4 года назад +4

      @@GRBtutorials That was a joke. Arsine sounds like arse, get it?

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 4 года назад +4

      @@ambulocetusnatans But you said it was odourless, when it's not. A joke is only funny if it's correct.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 4 года назад +3

      @@GRBtutorials I bet you're fun at parties.

  • @TecraX2
    @TecraX2 6 лет назад +55

    11:11 - "We here at SciShow do not condone poisoning your enemies, or friends"

  • @a.kitcat.b
    @a.kitcat.b 2 года назад +5

    This is extremely fascinating, I always was interested in poisons!! Maybe not as a career, but maybe as just brain knowledge just in case I need to kill something.

  • @dorothymcallan97
    @dorothymcallan97 2 года назад +3

    Very informative. Thank you for providing this information. I wouldn’t worry so much about people drinking antifreeze, It’s animals that do ingest it sometimes. Polar bears in the Arctic have before. Hopefully people have enough common sense not to!

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 4 года назад +194

    "smelly gas called arsine" 😂
    It's fun to have the sense of humor of a 9 year old

    • @ATBZ
      @ATBZ 4 года назад +3

      Yawn

    • @dailywondering
      @dailywondering 4 года назад +1

      Yawn

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 года назад +4

      *4* yawners Vs *51* likes.
      There's a clear winner, here folks!
      😜😂😂😂

    • @fnacvamp2042
      @fnacvamp2042 2 года назад

      yawn

    • @Litepaw
      @Litepaw 2 года назад

      Yawn

  • @DistilledRamune
    @DistilledRamune 6 лет назад +114

    "Pick your poison"

  • @honorladone8682
    @honorladone8682 Год назад +1

    Good to know when you work in the ER!!!

  • @cbird4922
    @cbird4922 Год назад +1

    A new groundskeeper at a local zoo trimmed the oleander and put the trimmings in the giraffe enclosure for the animals to eat. Two of them died. The groundskeeper didn’t know better, and was absolutely devastated. He was fired, and the town gossip was that he was suicidal from guilt. It was a big news story here.

  • @jj-qr4ro
    @jj-qr4ro 5 лет назад +102

    I’m definitely on some sort of watch list after viewing this video. I just enjoy science I’m not a criminal! 😳

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 3 года назад +1

      Yeaaah..........

    • @no-tm9sf
      @no-tm9sf 2 года назад +1

      Oops guess I'm on the wrong mind

    • @alcoholic2412
      @alcoholic2412 2 года назад +1

      Of course you would say that 😉

  • @tristanarnold4706
    @tristanarnold4706 6 лет назад +129

    Ah yes, but what you did not list is Iocain powder. So undetectable it even evaded your research.

    • @bobmcsnotserman8170
      @bobmcsnotserman8170 5 лет назад

      Tristan Arnold I’ve only heard of iocain powder in a movie

    • @missl1775
      @missl1775 5 лет назад

      @@bobmcsnotserman8170 , I believe that's the point. I also thought it was a real thing for years, but now it's the go-to for 'pop culture poison'

    • @willp2906
      @willp2906 5 лет назад +3

      Maybe he didn't forget it, maybe he's spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocain powder.

  • @jennysantiago2624
    @jennysantiago2624 3 года назад +2

    I keep my meds inside a combination safety box with a fear my grandkids will think is candy. The eye drops I kept them in the box as well, they are poison if they swallow them. I rather be a fatalistic scary person than my kiddos to get sick. 😕 or died.

  • @feralmagick7177
    @feralmagick7177 2 года назад +1

    my husband told me about how somebody could poison someone by separating out chemicals into each different side of food in a meal to covertly kill someone simply by them eating, one of each item, while, you yourself, leave one of the items untouched, thus the poison incomplete.

  • @excess_alex.mp4
    @excess_alex.mp4 4 года назад +81

    Arsenic: Cool they put me on a list
    *Reads "and how to detect them"*
    Arsenic: WAIT THATS NOT ALLOWED

  • @HappyfoxBiz
    @HappyfoxBiz 5 лет назад +11

    all this time I thought this was hosted like Discovery, NatGeo, or some other big budget "we teach to make money" big production company but nope...
    I looked up who this Hank Green is and I'm impressed with his work and I'm grateful that you have this channel

  • @jeromefitzroy
    @jeromefitzroy 2 года назад +1

    We have a bottle of whisky in the hospital pharmacy, for ethylene glycol poisoning. So if you are an alcoholic, you might never be able to be poisoned with antifreeze.

  • @tonywahyudi1766
    @tonywahyudi1766 2 года назад

    Thank you, it’s really helpful 😈

  • @OfNoImport
    @OfNoImport 6 лет назад +99

    Am I going to be put on a list for watching this?

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 лет назад +10

      please, if you can get away with saying you are going to be a professional school shooter you can get away with looking at a video about poison (besides maybe the antifreeze is the only one easier to obtain than a gun)

    • @coryman125
      @coryman125 6 лет назад +9

      You say "professional" school shooter like it's something one can do as a job.
      "Yep, just got 3 more mass murders to commit this week and I'll get my paycheck. I can't believe they pay me less than my coworker just cause he had military training..."

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 лет назад

      no, I say it as it was written www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/fcc4d6e141255bef22471c81cc1d1cbd78cf23b7/c=2-0-1997-1500&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2018/02/15/USATODAY/USATODAY/636542946852767324-youtube-comment-021518.jpg

    • @csgas0
      @csgas0 6 лет назад +3

      Put (don't worry it's for a school project) in the url

    • @RedRenee4
      @RedRenee4 6 лет назад +2

      I probably got put on the list by adding this video to my Favorites section. Lol! *closes curtains & locks all doors*

  • @eolendes6432
    @eolendes6432 5 лет назад +29

    Oh yea, I remember that Oleander flower. My school had several bushes within the recess court. Lot's of children used to rip off leaves and branches to help build mudcastles. Nobody got poisoned tho.

  • @cherriberri8373
    @cherriberri8373 2 года назад

    Thanks!

  • @JustJanitor
    @JustJanitor 2 года назад

    So satisfying watching this. Listen to it before bed

  • @matth.2922
    @matth.2922 5 лет назад +118

    P-210... "tasteless"...
    Who tested this???

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 5 лет назад +5

      Po210
      Po is the chemical symbol for Polonium

    • @titanium4167
      @titanium4167 5 лет назад +22

      The Russian spy

    • @m5spiritonfire
      @m5spiritonfire 4 года назад +15

      alexander litvinenko confirmed himself he did not notice any particular odor or taste when he drank the poisoned tea altough later they tested the tea pot that served him and it was hot (radioactive) even the plane where the killer entered the country had traces of radiation.luckily polonium-210 is difficult to obtain to the common citizen it is so deadly even if the doctors detect it right away the victim is already sentenced to death...

    • @m5spiritonfire
      @m5spiritonfire 4 года назад +1

      one single microgram of polonium-210 emits as much alpha particles as 5 grams of radium

    • @dingo137
      @dingo137 3 года назад +2

      @@m5spiritonfire More like one milligram, not one microgram ( ratio of half lives is about 4000 and atomic mass is similar).

  • @GratiaCountryman
    @GratiaCountryman 5 лет назад +8

    Ethylene glycol is especially dangerous to have around if someone is an alcoholic. My mother is a retired social worker, and she had a client who died because she had no wine, beer or liquor left and she drank antifreeze because the ethylene glycol was a form of alcohol. I was in the room because mom was called at home and ended up having to spend her weekend planning her client’s funeral.

    • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
      @AdamSmith-gs2dv 5 лет назад +3

      Ironically drinking alcohol actually helps cure Ethylene Glycol poisoning...

  • @SaadNabil
    @SaadNabil Год назад

    New subscriber!

  • @Krasser_Crusader
    @Krasser_Crusader Год назад

    Medicine is truly fascinating!