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	Lisa Binion BellaOnline's Fiction Writing Editor

Arsenic, the King of Poisons
The little old ladies in "Arsenic and Old Lace" used these three poisons together in their deadly elderberry wine. One gallon of their wine contained one teaspoon of arsenic, half a teaspoon of strychnine, and just a pinch of cyanide. If you drank a glass of this wine, imminent death was certain.

Cyanide, the Classic Poison
Cyanide, with its easily recognizable bitter almond scent, is one of the poisons used by fiction authors such as Agatha Christie in "Sparkling Cyanide". In many spy stories, the spies carry cyanide pellets to be used as suicide pills in case they are captured.

Death Cap, the Murderous Mushroom
Mushrooms have been used in many murder mysteries as a weapon of death. Exactly what varieties of mushroom cause death? Can they be easily recognized? How easy would it be for someone to commit murder using mushrooms? In this article, we take a look at the Death Cap mushroom.

Toxic Fungi
It would not be wisdom to knowingly eat any mushrooms from the Amanita family. Some of them are safe, but the majority of them can kill you – or be used to kill someone. You either allow your character to use the mushrooms and escape detection by the law or you have him mess up and get caught.