Episode 107: Sight Unseen (ad-free)
Added 2019-02-04 10:30:11 +0000 UTCWe like to think we’ll see it coming. That we can plan ahead and prepare—even defend ourselves. But death comes in all shapes and sizes, sometimes so small and featureless that it slips through our carefully constructed defenses without us even knowing. And history shows us that all of us should be worried about that.
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Further Reading
- John Emsley, The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison (Oxford University Press, 2005).
- Rob Iliffe, Newton: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2007).
- Gale E. Christianson, Isaac Newton: Lives and Legacies (Oxford University Press, 2005).
- Eleanor Herman, The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine, and Murder Most Foul (St. Martin's Press, 2018).
- Steve Shukis, Poisoned: Chicago 1907, a Corrupt System, an Accused Killer, and the Crusade to Save Him (TitleTown Publishing, 2014).
- “A Historical Look at Czech Chicagoland,” Chicagoland Czech-American Community Center, http://www.chicagocacc.org/the-historical-czech-chicagoland.
- “History of Pilsen,” WTTW—My Neighborhood, https://interactive.wttw.com/my-neighborhood/pilsen/history.
- Alicia Cozine, “Czechs and Bohemians,” Encyclopedia of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society, http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/153.html.
- Deborah Blum, The Poison Squad: One Chemist’s Single-Minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (New York: Penguin Press, 2018).
- Deborah Blum, The Poisoner’s Handbook: Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York (New York: Penguin Books, 2011).
- Linda Civitello, Baking Powder Wars: The Cutthroat Food Fight That Revolutionized Cooking (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2017).
- Holly Tucker, City of Light, City of Poisons: Murder, Magic, and the First Police Chief of Paris (New York: W. W. Norton, 2017).
Comments
The Poisoner’s Handbook is a great book and I’ve watched the PBS doc at least 20 times. I’m excited to check out the other sources though! Thanks Aaron!
Meghan
2019-02-07 21:40:15 +0000 UTCI have "The Royal Art of Poison" in my Audible queue as we speak! Oh this is going to be FUN!
AutumnWillow
2019-02-05 21:35:13 +0000 UTCI'm loving this source list! Thank you, Aaron!
OopMyBad
2019-02-04 16:20:29 +0000 UTC
