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A lost girl, remembered

By Deborah Blum
Posted: May 1, 2011
Category: arsenic, poison, The Poisoner's Handbook | Tagged antimony, arsenic, cyanide, Fowler's Solution, Lillian Goetz, New York history, poison murder, Rough on Rats, Shelbourne Restaurant, strychnine, The Poisoner's Handbook | 16 Comments
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