Agatha Christie’s five-decade writing career saw her poison dozens of her characters, supplying the killers in her stories with an assortment of deadly chemicals, including poisons and venoms produced ...
Did you know that murder mystery writer Agatha Christie had a background in chemistry? In about half of her stories, the murder is committed using poison—something she was very, very familiar with.
If you enjoy reading excellent mysteries with a sprinkle of vintage glamour, there's nothing quite like getting lost in an Agatha Christie whodunit. The masterful crime writer penned more than 50 ...
BBC: Agatha Christie: The Indian hotel murder that inspired the queen of crime
Few things are more gripping than a family feud - especially when the relatives involved aren't yours and murder is part of the plot. Agatha Christie, often called the "queen of crime", knew this ...
Agatha Christie: The Indian hotel murder that inspired the queen of crime
Lucy Worsley turns detective to uncover how Agatha Christie developed a talent for murder. Lucy Worsley turns detective to uncover how Agatha Christie developed her ingenious talent for murder. She ...
Arsenic is a chemical element; it has the symbol As and atomic number 33. It is a metalloid and one of the pnictogens, and therefore shares many properties with its group 15 neighbors phosphorus and antimony. Arsenic is notoriously toxic. It occurs naturally in many minerals, usually in combination with sulfur and metals, but also as a pure elemental crystal. It has various allotropes, but ...
Arsenic, a chemical element in the nitrogen group (Group 15 [Va] of the periodic table), existing in both gray and yellow crystalline forms. Its chemical symbol is As, and it was first clearly identified as a free substance in 1649 by German pharmacist Johann Schroeder.