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Episode Appearances
Criminal · Mar 27, 2026
The Formula
“First official chief medical examiner of NYC who documented alcohol poisoning deaths and publicly condemned government's deliberate poisoning program”
Prohibition Era (1920-1933)Industrial alcohol poisoning programMethanol toxicity and health effects
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Historical Toxicology (OLD TIMEY POISONS) with Deborah Blum
“NYC's first trained medical examiner (1918); hired Gettler and revolutionized forensic toxicology”
Arsenic toxicology and detection (Marsh test, environmental contamination)Cyanide chemistry and historical use (pesticides, executions, mass poisonings)Forensic toxicology history and development (1840s-1920s breakthroughs)
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