6 Deadly 'Undetectable' Poisons (and How to Detect Them!)

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  • @clixxyz2330
    @clixxyz2330 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4071

    Scishow: “Murder is bad.”
    *Homicide rates drop to 0*

    • @Kkanon
      @Kkanon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      If murder is bad why make this video

    • @82dorrin
      @82dorrin 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      "Murder's bad"
      -SciShow, 2018

    • @FreeStuffPlease
      @FreeStuffPlease 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      658 murderers watched this video.

    • @quaidday3931
      @quaidday3931 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      **Detective 100**

    • @florroman1273
      @florroman1273 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      My current president's safety strategy:( - " a Mexican"

  • @meve3501
    @meve3501 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2693

    Tomorrow on Sci show:
    How to leave no traces at a crime scene

    • @Jake-wz7wy
      @Jake-wz7wy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +116

      How to breakout of prison

    • @snaggletooth5844
      @snaggletooth5844 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Jake-wz7wy 😂😂😂😂😂

    • @bowlingpin3673
      @bowlingpin3673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      then find out how to find them

    • @pietikke5598
      @pietikke5598 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Lol

    • @oxalicacid3194
      @oxalicacid3194 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      How to get a fake passport and Identification

  • @brodindamp
    @brodindamp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3420

    Assassins hate it! Detect these "Undetectable" poisons with this one simple trick!

    • @fossilfighters101
      @fossilfighters101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +

    • @Fakan
      @Fakan 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I hate that this made me laugh. =P

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Have someone else taste your food first.

    • @jennali9800
      @jennali9800 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      +Bot Bread It's basically a parody of clickbait ads seen around the internet.

    • @culwin
      @culwin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Number 5 only 90's kids will remember!!!!!

  • @gutsandgrittv5076
    @gutsandgrittv5076 3 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Scary. I live in a small town and a man was getting a sore stomach, was puking, he didn't know what was happening for months he went to the doctor, finally figured out his wife was poisoning his food!

    • @caraRd203
      @caraRd203 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can relate to that I was dating this guy and I couldnt figure out how I was getting so drunk off 3 or 4 drinks (I'm a heavy Irish drinker). Come to find out he was giving me GHB in my cocktails. People need help, that's a good idea because in hindsight it made perfect since but at the time it was the last thing I was thinking. You live with someone and learn to trust them, I wish I had known red flags about the drug and more information sooner. Like if you end up in the ER it can be gone by the next morning, meanwhile the ER just thinks your heavily drunk. Thought it was lack of sleep, not eating enough, maybe me taking my medicine at night with the cocktails nope someone being an *sshole

    • @supanigra18750
      @supanigra18750 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Then what happened ?

  • @johnbagel2560
    @johnbagel2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4329

    This show truly enlightens me. I did not know that murder was bad, thank you for clearing that up for me. Ugh blood is so sticky.

    • @sarahglover1262
      @sarahglover1262 6 ปีที่แล้ว +140

      Daniel Varzari not if you clean it fast enough. Have you tried kitty litter? Works on oil.

    • @cherryboywriter6299
      @cherryboywriter6299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +180

      Damn I'm learning so much about how to kill people today!
      Great murd- writing material!

    • @johnbagel2560
      @johnbagel2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      CherryBoyWriter not being too undetectable there

    • @sarahglover1262
      @sarahglover1262 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      Daniel Varzari quantity over quality, all I'm saying. Shoulda put down plastic before hand.

    • @johnbagel2560
      @johnbagel2560 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Sarah Glover Always nice to learn new cleaning techniques, thank you.

  • @marrchaney9206
    @marrchaney9206 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1856

    I remember reading about a woman who drank antifreeze and then drank a bunch of vodka. Because ethanol is the cure for antifreeze ingestion, she accidentally saved herself from dying.

    • @bigtub1101
      @bigtub1101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +220

      Reminds me of the episode of House where the death row guy drank printer toner, but House gave him alcohol and he survived the toner

    • @peterknutsen3070
      @peterknutsen3070 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@bigtub1101 Yup. An epic cure!

    • @noorz5895
      @noorz5895 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@bigtub1101 very unrelated but I love your pfp!

    • @bigtub1101
      @bigtub1101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@noorz5895 great minds think alike 😘

    • @johndododoe1411
      @johndododoe1411 2 ปีที่แล้ว +68

      So that's how so many people survived the ethylene glycerol scandal in Europe. The Alcohol in the products reduced lethality.

  • @neonvalley9613
    @neonvalley9613 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4957

    The real *Undetectable Posion* has never been detected...

    • @peterf.229
      @peterf.229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +189

      most toxins are detectable. its just a matter of if you are alive or dead ;)

    • @Sylphydia800
      @Sylphydia800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @Yunus EMRE are you fuckin' ok?

    • @anthonyc4138
      @anthonyc4138 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@Sylphydia800 different language bro

    • @Sylphydia800
      @Sylphydia800 5 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @@anthonyc4138 ᴡᴇʟʟ ᴡʜʏ ᴛʜᴇ ғᴜᴄᴋ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ ʟᴀɴɢᴜᴀɢᴇ ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴏɴᴇ ɪs ᴄʟᴇᴀʀʟʏ ᴇɴɢʟɪsʜ

    • @bikoman869
      @bikoman869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@Sylphydia800AND THAT MUCH WEITING

  • @rheaswim3371
    @rheaswim3371 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Hank is hands down the best guy explaining stuff on this channel! It makes it so easy to listen to.

  • @tylerpeterson4726
    @tylerpeterson4726 6 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    Tomorrow on SciShow: 3 ways to completely destroy a corpse

    • @TecraX2
      @TecraX2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Until then, anyone who's knows a good way to get rid of a stinking smell?

    • @maxkennedy8075
      @maxkennedy8075 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Tyler Peterson Police hate this!!! how to dispose of a corpse WITH NO EVIDENCE

    • @iamcurious9541
      @iamcurious9541 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Like in breaking bad: Dissolving it in acid and flushing it down a toilet.

    • @bobbimke82
      @bobbimke82 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      "anyone who's knows a good way to get rid of a stinking smell?" ==> Drench the corpse in "Thioacetone" (C3H6S).
      Nobody will EVER notice the stench of death whilst retching their guts from a half-mile away.

    • @NotAGoodUsername360
      @NotAGoodUsername360 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Getting rid of flesh is easy, it's the bones you gotta worry about. Wood chipper is usually the best solution, followed by burning the mulch or dissolving it in lye for complete and rapid disposal

  • @antman7673
    @antman7673 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1046

    Thanks for helping me out.
    0#: "Murder is bad"
    1#: Arsenic is outdated.
    2#: Use multiple poisons at once, because doctors have to do educated guesses, but who would suspect two poissons.
    3#: Thallium is pretty good, but slow.
    4#: Polonium is expensive I heard and it is just cruel.
    5#: Antifreeze taste sweet, works and is easily available.
    6#: Oleander may be hard to detect and it looks beautyful.
    I wish everyone a healthy meal...;D

    • @IceMetalPunk
      @IceMetalPunk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +132

      So you're saying oleander + antifreeze = best poison? I need to test this... for science, of course!

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +83

      add antifreeze to a cocktail and oleander in a fancy meal

    • @camramaster
      @camramaster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Bookmarked. :P

    • @Ahbahl
      @Ahbahl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      you should try organic mercury. 2 drops are enough to kill and it gets absorbed by the skin. takes a lot of time for symtopms to show up as well.

    • @DeshkaArt
      @DeshkaArt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Antifreeze and oleander ice cream it is then. :P

  • @rainsawitch3650
    @rainsawitch3650 5 ปีที่แล้ว +896

    “Mom, I’m a writer, not trying to murder someone.”

  • @justinbellotti7838
    @justinbellotti7838 3 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    Georgi Markov, the guy that was poked with an umbrella and injected with a tiny metal ball with ricin in it, I surely thought would be on this list. They should do an episode on poisons that are detectable yet untreatable.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 ปีที่แล้ว

      One of the most toxic poison's was Belladonna.

    • @camdenlove3348
      @camdenlove3348 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They have.

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yup ricin and similar peptides can be extremely difficult to detect and very deadly.

  • @checkmate2489
    @checkmate2489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +761

    “Murder is bad.”
    -Hank Green

    • @codemongod
      @codemongod 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I call plagiarism. "Thou shalt not murder." -God. Credit was not correctly listed. lol

    • @lauracullen8122
      @lauracullen8122 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Please explain in detail. Thanks.

    • @legomaster4213
      @legomaster4213 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      BREAKING NEWS Murder Rates drop to zero

    • @OphiuchiChannel
      @OphiuchiChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mmmkay

    • @miriga3927
      @miriga3927 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      2019

  • @corynorell3686
    @corynorell3686 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1377

    "Murder is bad."
    Or is it?...
    Oops, wrong channel.

  • @dangus6934
    @dangus6934 6 ปีที่แล้ว +248

    My father was poisoned with Arsenic and almost died, but thanks to a 3rd doctors opinion they saved him. He still suffered severe nerve loss and took years of rehabilitation to walk again. Arsenic may not be common today but it certainly happens.

    • @EyeLean5280
      @EyeLean5280 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oh, I'm so sorry!

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Who in the world poisoned him and why? Was the poisoner ever caught and imprisoned? What's the rest of the story?

    • @bint-e-nawabjahan372
      @bint-e-nawabjahan372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Same. I wanna know.

    • @watersportsbyjamesfitzroy5870
      @watersportsbyjamesfitzroy5870 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Look at the fingernails, mees lines

    • @tonsygriffieth9402
      @tonsygriffieth9402 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Do you know what his other symptoms were?

  • @angelawu4242
    @angelawu4242 2 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I was at a restaurant that used oleander as decoration on the food. I told them it was poisonous but they did not care.

    • @Piku_gram
      @Piku_gram 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      It only takes 1 to spread the message.

    • @eswaribalan164
      @eswaribalan164 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Report them.

  • @1337w0n
    @1337w0n 6 ปีที่แล้ว +791

    How to do a murder
    Step 1: Don't.
    Step 2: use one of these
    Step 3: Don't Brag About it.

    • @geckoo9190
      @geckoo9190 6 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Yea if you want to kill some one, use them all. its better to over kill than under kill.

    • @chelseagreer6264
      @chelseagreer6264 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      The perfect murder weapon is a sharp thick icicle. No fingerprint, it will eventuall melt leaving no murder weapon behind. Right through the heart will do it. Just be sure to wear a full body suit, cover shoes in those disposable shoe coverd. Makes.sure you shower and shave beforehand so you dont leave any hair or skin cells behind....dont pay for anything used in the preperation by card or online. Dont tell anyone and dont find the body. Dont kill a person you know either. Stranger murders are harder to solve. I watch al9t pf murder shows and know how not to be caught

    • @nuadathesilverhand3563
      @nuadathesilverhand3563 5 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      chelsea greer, yeah it was pretty clear you got all that from watching t.v: you can't stab someone in the heart with an icicle, your sternum is too strong.

    • @RoyontheHill
      @RoyontheHill 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@nuadathesilverhand3563 would be so awkward when the icicle breaks after the stab atempt and you both just sitting there like wtf now. Also even if it did work you now probably have blood on you and your dna would be around the victem

    • @2410jrod
      @2410jrod 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Arsenic is one of the first things they look for in a suspicious deaths both cyanide and arsenic are blood agents

  • @welder6936
    @welder6936 5 ปีที่แล้ว +615

    Dear FBI,Please don’t break into my house I just watched this video out of curiosity

    • @WeavileLady
      @WeavileLady 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I liked the comment because I feel the same. See!

    • @im1ssu147
      @im1ssu147 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Same LOL- I just never want to be poisoned

    • @vipulsharma2538
      @vipulsharma2538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Me too, 😅

    • @thedontay41k
      @thedontay41k 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @kattrakee
      @kattrakee 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@im1ssu147 nobody is poisoning anybody...🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😑😑😑😑😑😑

  • @aminazebboudj9731
    @aminazebboudj9731 6 ปีที่แล้ว +246

    Talking about poisons, there is a really good book called “A is for Arsenic: the poisons of Agatha Christie” by Kathryn Harkup. A very accurate scientific book, NOT to use for killing anyone of course.

    • @BeckBeckGo
      @BeckBeckGo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It’s entirely possible I’ve increased my tolerance for arsenic. I eat about five apples every day. And yes, including the seeds. The seeds are the treat inside the apple.
      I have a very rare craving for bitter foods. I eat as much bitter melon my system can handle, for example. I know that apple seeds contain arsenic, but they’re tasty. What can I say?

    • @anakinknight
      @anakinknight 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Thanks so much for this!

    • @missingtexturez
      @missingtexturez 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BeckBeckGo Mithridates VI

    • @roxasparks
      @roxasparks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This commnet gives off serious "asking for a freind" vibes

    • @lyndayates7533
      @lyndayates7533 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BeckBeckGo I eat them as well but during digestion they are safe to eat. Once I learned that I happily indulge.

  • @HopalongGinsberg
    @HopalongGinsberg 3 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    In pets at least, the treatment for ethylene glycol poisoning is IV ethanol. Yes, if your dog drinks antifreeze, the vet saves it by getting it drunk!

    • @XillyWonka
      @XillyWonka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yup. Same applies to humans when they are experiencing methanol poisoning.

    • @royedmundson3833
      @royedmundson3833 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dogs are twice as susceptible to ethylene glycol as humans, also to cyanide. Chocolate will kill dogs too.

    • @ThaFuzzwood
      @ThaFuzzwood 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It works by keeping the enzymes that would oxidize the ethylene glycol to glycolic acid busy by converting the much more abundant ethanol to acetic acid. Or in case of methanol, the DNA-destroying formaldehyde.

  • @jorgeemilioreyes
    @jorgeemilioreyes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +170

    You should have mentioned the antidotes too. For example, the antidote for cyanide is cobalamin, a type of vitamin b. Cobalamin reacts with cyanide too form cyanidecobalamin, which is harmless and can be eliminated through urine.
    I don’t know if it has been done before, but a video about the chemistry behind doping and why it is considered cheating would be interesting

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      cobalamin is better known as Vitamin B-12.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is no antidote for drinking enough cyanide.

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@sydhenderson6753Yeah,that works,but you would probably be dead on the trip to the hospital.

  • @AUnicorn666
    @AUnicorn666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +501

    *ten years in the future*
    Everyone is a Hank green imposter

  • @nalabees
    @nalabees 5 ปีที่แล้ว +763

    got it. you "shouldn't" poison someone. check.
    how "shouldn't" one dispose of a body? thanks.

    • @jacquelineess1141
      @jacquelineess1141 5 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Sink inside a barrel of acid. Result is a sludge, no possible way to ever identify it. 😉

    • @DanLaw559
      @DanLaw559 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/2-eMOCMDQj8/w-d-xo.html

    • @nicoler.wunderink_2874
      @nicoler.wunderink_2874 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      The internet is a unique place

    • @julianeder6114
      @julianeder6114 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@jacquelineess1141 i think you might have watched a few too many episodes of breaking bad 99% of acids arent strong enough to completely dissolve everything plus they are hard to come by i would recommend burying the body in loads of thermite that stuff turns everything to ash and isnt to hard to make it was used in ww2 to burn holes into tanks so you could imagine what it would do with a body additionally you can toss in all the tools and other stuff used during the crime.
      And just to clarify things here im only messing arround dont try this at home please

    • @Foxarroni
      @Foxarroni 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      nala beans lye

  • @b42indep43
    @b42indep43 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hi Hank, I love your content and the delivery you use to educate us. Thank you.

  • @Canadian_Zac
    @Canadian_Zac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1627

    So you don''t recommend poisoning your enemies. How would you recommend disposing of them?

    • @K0ester
      @K0ester 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Kharn The Betrayer acid/burning

    • @generalizedkyle
      @generalizedkyle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      TheBrodsterBoy do you mean acetylcholine?

    • @hieronymusnervig8712
      @hieronymusnervig8712 6 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      Being a good evil person, Lesson 1: You don't dispose of your enemies, you have them executed... in public.

    • @iafozzac
      @iafozzac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Use a roundabout way to ruin their lives to the point they kill themselves

    • @MmeHyraelle
      @MmeHyraelle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Cremation, in the sun.

  • @musclehank6067
    @musclehank6067 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2231

    I poisoned myself with these just to make my workouts more challenging

    • @MickeyD2012
      @MickeyD2012 6 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      FEEL THE BURN! No pain, no gain!

    • @dp2989
      @dp2989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Muscle Hank Oh hey Muscle Hank.

    • @playdahandurdealt
      @playdahandurdealt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Damn Hank! You gotten buff bro!

    • @langaurd
      @langaurd 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Ben Swolo v Muscle Hank

    • @mehmeh2255
      @mehmeh2255 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Muscle Hank LLAMA POTION
      Don't poison yourself that is self-harm :c

  • @Master_Therion
    @Master_Therion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2000

    I survived being poisoned. I got sick after eating fish while in France. The doctor said it was... le poisson.

    • @Master_Therion
      @Master_Therion 6 ปีที่แล้ว +339

      Explanation: "Poisson" is the French word for fish.

    • @khari3836
      @khari3836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Master Therion 😂😂😂

    • @brodindamp
      @brodindamp 6 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Master Therion Thank you for saving me the 20 sec I would need to google, which I instead used to write this comment!

    • @Gormezzz
      @Gormezzz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Master Therion 20/10

    • @yaumelepire6310
      @yaumelepire6310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It's not that funny considering "poisson" is pronounced nothing like "poison", but still, bravo!

  • @SaguaroBlossom
    @SaguaroBlossom ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oleanders are everywhere in AZ. I was helping at my Grandma's assisted living facility in early 2020 and chatting with a new resident outside. She mentioned the beautiful flowers on all the bushes around, and she was planning to pick some leaves to see if they made a good tea. "No! Absolutely don't do that! Oleanders are very toxic." At first she thought I was joking, but someone else confirmed it to her. I spoke to the administrators who decided they should remind all residents of this fact in the next weekly newsletter.

  • @mycobacteriem2540
    @mycobacteriem2540 6 ปีที่แล้ว +77

    working in a hospital lab, we actually get tests for ethylene glycol and methanol back relatively quickly from an outside lab (about 2 hours) when docs suspect poisoning. it's quite common among hardcore alcoholics to poison themselves when they have no access to alcohol

    • @ricksullivan95
      @ricksullivan95 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You work in a lab?

    • @nikkiofthevalley
      @nikkiofthevalley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@ricksullivan95 A hospital lab is literally just a centralized place for testing for various illnesses. A small hospital might have to wait weeks to get a result back, even though the test itself takes a few days. A larger hospital has a internal testing lab, so there's faster turnaround times for tests. They still do have to outsource some tests, because the internal lab won't be able to do every single test imaginable.

    • @tonsygriffieth9402
      @tonsygriffieth9402 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you know of a lab where someone can send something in to be analyzed? Just a private person, no hospital or doctor sending it in.

  • @terryenby2304
    @terryenby2304 4 ปีที่แล้ว +172

    I’ve had thallium as a medical imaging tool. Unfortunately it made me incredibly nauseous after, but that is a rare side effect of the form and dose they use. It is usually completely fine :)

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yikes!!

    • @helentee9863
      @helentee9863 ปีที่แล้ว

      So did l,(though l had no idea thallium was the tracer used till l read your comment and Googled)
      l had an MRI to investigate my thyroid and they used a radioactive tracer injection in conjunction with it.
      It was fine 🙂

  • @johnfrancisdoe1563
    @johnfrancisdoe1563 6 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    As for the sweetness of Ethylene Glycol (which is not the same as Ethylene), I am surprised there was no mention of the great wine scandal some years ago, where fraudsters sold it as a sweetener to wine makers. All wine from an entire country ended up unsellable even the brands that were not forcefully recalled after testing.

    • @AmberAmber
      @AmberAmber 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I really thought that was just a Simpsons thing!! Wow!!😆🤔😳😓

    • @saeedgnu
      @saeedgnu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Technically the truth!!

    • @kaihuang4970
      @kaihuang4970 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Which is why modern antifreeze has additives to make it unpalatable.

    • @gailhall6283
      @gailhall6283 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember that. It seems like it was in the 1980's and it was mostly Italy and Chile. It caused a huge stir with wine lovers everywhere.

    • @myriamickx7969
      @myriamickx7969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@gailhall6283
      I remember it as being mainly sweet white wine coming from Austria.

  • @vonyjenkins4057
    @vonyjenkins4057 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    why tf do i wanna try anti-freez all of a sudden ...he made it sound so good

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol, not really!

    • @amberlandeck1474
      @amberlandeck1474 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Drink fireball before 2015 you'll taste it in there XD

    • @spyderbyte975
      @spyderbyte975 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Forbidden fruit punch

    • @Crosbie85
      @Crosbie85 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@amberlandeck1474 lmao

    • @NathanBrown-z7o
      @NathanBrown-z7o 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ethelyne Glycol is bad.

  • @nickc3657
    @nickc3657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +507

    I chewed on an oleander leaf once, as a kid. Thank god a teacher asked what I was doing and told me to spit it out.

    • @Exachad
      @Exachad 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Oleander has a high LD50. Chewing on 1 leaf wouldn't have killed you.

    • @tigracat6806
      @tigracat6806 5 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Wow dude you are VERY lucky

    • @sandramorrison99
      @sandramorrison99 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Wat did it taste like?

    • @theburningman5047
      @theburningman5047 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Bahaha I swallowed it and I still breathe!

    • @Nehmo
      @Nehmo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Oleander is a common plant in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Lots of kids try eating some. It must not be a very strong poison. They don't die.

  • @Sappysappster
    @Sappysappster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +155

    6 undetectable poisons (and how to detect them)
    *Now hold on a secon-*

  • @thourdoesstuff3321
    @thourdoesstuff3321 6 ปีที่แล้ว +376

    *starts detecting undetectable poison*

  • @dcferwerda
    @dcferwerda 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I was hoping you would include the antidotes and treatments for these poisons, but nonetheless good video.

  • @jerryhu9005
    @jerryhu9005 6 ปีที่แล้ว +613

    More like "How to attract the NSA's attention"

    • @fredluden2298
      @fredluden2298 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually tho

    • @agentswipe6662
      @agentswipe6662 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      they're always watching lets play peekaboo with them 🙈 🙉

    • @undertalereacts7519
      @undertalereacts7519 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Evi1M4chine down the rabbit hole

    • @maxprophet2401
      @maxprophet2401 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good, it might help them with some mysterious things and the rumors accompanying them. Simply asking for help from certain people can cause lols and ridicule or worse. The pictures show the reason for my interest and I see no reason not to skip middlemen. Big bro is looking out for the vast majority of us, I believe, and I'm thankful

    • @starrychloe
      @starrychloe 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      NSA won't actually do anything. If they did, it would tip people off that they've been snooping and have a back door. They would literally allow a murder to happen to prevent knowledge of their snooping getting out. Similar to the scene in the movie The Imitation Game where they let the Germans sink a boat than to save the boat and tip the Germans off.

  • @psquared96
    @psquared96 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    I would have thought Ricin and Nutmeg would be on this list because Ricin is found in Castor Beans so it would be hard to determine whether a poisoning was caused by self inflicted accident or murder. And with nutmeg being a common spice used to add flavor to things, many people probably wouldn't think it would be used to kill someone.

    • @blesamelaninwoods4575
      @blesamelaninwoods4575 ปีที่แล้ว

      The sweet aromatic nutmeg!!!😮

    • @TheHippyHoppyHippo
      @TheHippyHoppyHippo ปีที่แล้ว

      nutmeg won't kill you if you've ever tripped on it before

    • @galvinstanley3235
      @galvinstanley3235 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ricin works because there is no antidote for it.I would argue that he's wrong about Aersnic because he says it would feel like bad fatal food poisoning;if it feels that bad wouldn't you already be dead?

  • @Devlin20102011
    @Devlin20102011 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Hey, been watching these for years now and theyre a great way to pass the time! Im a physics major and I just wanted to note that (at 7:30) mega electron volts are a unit of energy, not momentum. To be momentum it would have to be Mev/c. Keep up the great work guys!

    • @Karishma_Unspecified
      @Karishma_Unspecified 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe they were using Natural units?
      (Am a Physics grad student... how you doing?)

  • @astraeadarden7409
    @astraeadarden7409 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    The only reason I am watching this is because, this will help me know what to be careful of.

    • @animallover4955
      @animallover4955 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah 😂😂😂😂

  • @jht3fougifh393
    @jht3fougifh393 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I had neighbors that poisoned our dogs with antifreeze-soaked meat, growing up. I sell remember the poor puppers throwing up, drooling... I remember them mentioning the crystals forming in them at the vet. It was so horrible... we couldn't do anything to confirm he did it, even though we knew and he even bragged about it later, so no justice was served, either.

    • @vividvenom6859
      @vividvenom6859 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😟🥺

    • @MsBizzyGurl
      @MsBizzyGurl 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I hope your vet euthanized them. 😥

    • @st.haborym
      @st.haborym 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's called a gun stupid

    • @annak804
      @annak804 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Some people are just nasty and deserve to live in a desert with no animals or take a long walk off a cliff

    • @deepti3
      @deepti3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Oh my....that person is heartless and a devil. I believe that justice will find him one day and hard.

  • @tewari2312
    @tewari2312 6 ปีที่แล้ว +267

    Congratulations you made it to the NSA surveillance list

    • @carld5575
      @carld5575 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @chinesebassman only if it suites their ideals or there is big money in it

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Ankur Tewari*
      Wow, you saying there are people that *aren't* on the list?
      They need to *up* their game big time!
      Question is...do we wait for them?
      😂

    • @carld5575
      @carld5575 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@billyandrew haha 👍

  • @ryanpeters6232
    @ryanpeters6232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    *You’ve gone incognito*

    • @MaxiTaxi3490
      @MaxiTaxi3490 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That won't make a difference.

  • @md.tahseenraza4791
    @md.tahseenraza4791 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Fun Fact:-
    Cynaide does not smell like bitter almonds
    Bitter almonds smell like dampened cynaide
    Because Bitter almonds contain cynaide

    • @BlazeRhodon
      @BlazeRhodon 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      More precise amygdalin, which can be transformed by chemical reactions to hydrogen cyanide. Bitter almonds themself does not contain hydrogen cyanide and they are although not good, they aren't also poisonous (they are source to make a hydrogen cyanide, but not the only one). Once by accident I ate few of them but I did not get poisoned.

    • @christopherleubner6633
      @christopherleubner6633 ปีที่แล้ว

      Cyanide smells a bit sweet, like amaretto liquor. First smelled it when I caught a big yellow and black centipede as a kid. They make cyanide as a defense mechanism apparently.

  • @muhaiminzulkarnain5628
    @muhaiminzulkarnain5628 4 ปีที่แล้ว +169

    6 Undetectable Poisons
    "And how to detect them!"
    Undetectable poisons: Are we a joke to you?

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      🤔🤭😂

    • @rexyaxy4314
      @rexyaxy4314 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ricin

    • @IshidaNikurasu
      @IshidaNikurasu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      no such thing as ''undetectable'' poisens. you look for it, you find it. how hard it is to detect is a completely diffrent subjectmatter

  • @Litepaw
    @Litepaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +193

    "smelly gas called arsine" 😂
    It's fun to have the sense of humor of a 9 year old

    • @ATBZ
      @ATBZ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yawn

    • @dailywondering
      @dailywondering 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yawn

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *4* yawners Vs *51* likes.
      There's a clear winner, here folks!
      😜😂😂😂

    • @fnacvamp2042
      @fnacvamp2042 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      yawn

    • @Litepaw
      @Litepaw 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yawn

  • @sumohamsters200
    @sumohamsters200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +775

    FBI: *Watching the comments section*

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Government Tyranny is HERE NOW! We The People have the RIGHT to Protect Ourselves against any & All Government tyranny!

    • @sumohamsters200
      @sumohamsters200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@gregdemeterband FBI: *Watching intensifies*

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@sumohamsters200 They Have NO RIGHT to watch, when THEY are the Evil Ones..Who MUST be held accountable and placed in Chains!

    • @sumohamsters200
      @sumohamsters200 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@gregdemeterband You're staring to sound like Dr.Bright when he is on Scp 420-J

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@sumohamsters200 My Music IS MY LIFE...and THEY should be Glad I'm NOT using that as a Weapon of Force to Enlighten others.

  • @fiftycalM2HB
    @fiftycalM2HB 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    In 19th century England, Arsenic (before the test to discover it was perfected) - was referred to as inheritance powder.

  • @evilparkin
    @evilparkin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +144

    2:01 "A colorless, smelly gas called Arsine" - what a great name though.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      From the name you wouldn't expect it to be odorless. At least the colorless gas that comes out my arse isn't odorless.

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      dawkinsfan41 And it’s not. Arsine (systematic name arsane), or arsenic hydride, is a smelly compound. Arsenic metal is odorless.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@GRBtutorials That was a joke. Arsine sounds like arse, get it?

    • @GRBtutorials
      @GRBtutorials 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ambulocetusnatans But you said it was odourless, when it's not. A joke is only funny if it's correct.

    • @ambulocetusnatans
      @ambulocetusnatans 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@GRBtutorials I bet you're fun at parties.

  • @tristanarnold4706
    @tristanarnold4706 6 ปีที่แล้ว +128

    Ah yes, but what you did not list is Iocain powder. So undetectable it even evaded your research.

    • @bobmcsnotserman8170
      @bobmcsnotserman8170 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tristan Arnold I’ve only heard of iocain powder in a movie

    • @missl1775
      @missl1775 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bobmcsnotserman8170 , I believe that's the point. I also thought it was a real thing for years, but now it's the go-to for 'pop culture poison'

    • @willp2906
      @willp2906 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe he didn't forget it, maybe he's spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocain powder.

  • @skyeblue5134
    @skyeblue5134 6 ปีที่แล้ว +76

    Nice to have this in my search history: 6 Undetectable Poisons

    • @brizian21
      @brizian21 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least it's not "6 undetectable Poisons (And how to acquire them)"

    • @dennisburgess8986
      @dennisburgess8986 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Skye blue16 so many of us do

  • @Katness07
    @Katness07 2 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    A herpetology mentor of mine once told me of a family who was traveling cross country, camping along the way. They stopped one night and decided to cut a few sticks from a bush to roast some hot dogs for dinner. The highway patrol found them all deceased, next to a patch of oleander bushes along the highway. They had no clue that the sticks holding the hot dogs over the flames were deadly poisonous. 😳

    • @ZA-wm6mm
      @ZA-wm6mm 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lose the shirt

    • @ragnkja
      @ragnkja 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Stick to using known, safe woods for anything to do with food.

    • @narayanamurthy7805
      @narayanamurthy7805 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Best thing to do is have good old tried and tested skewers lying around on such trips. It may be used or not but atleast u won't return home dead!!

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a teen I wore oleander flowers in my hair. Loved their aroma.

    • @markosla5435
      @markosla5435 ปีที่แล้ว

      It is a tale in many countries...

  • @excess_alex.mp4
    @excess_alex.mp4 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    Arsenic: Cool they put me on a list
    *Reads "and how to detect them"*
    Arsenic: WAIT THATS NOT ALLOWED

  • @SkashTheKitsune
    @SkashTheKitsune 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    all this time I thought this was hosted like Discovery, NatGeo, or some other big budget "we teach to make money" big production company but nope...
    I looked up who this Hank Green is and I'm impressed with his work and I'm grateful that you have this channel

  • @MegaAstroFan18
    @MegaAstroFan18 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Important Note: While Rasputin's assassins had attempted to kill him with cyanide, they failed due to the simple fact that he never actually ingested any. The cyanide was in petit fours, and Rasputin got heartburn from sugar, and so avoided things like petit fours.

    • @samsonsoturian6013
      @samsonsoturian6013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah. It was in the cakes, but he skipped dessert, so they shot him.

    • @sydhenderson6753
      @sydhenderson6753 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@samsonsoturian6013 And then threw him in a river in case the shot to his forehead didn't prove fatal.

    • @senkabobovcan2356
      @senkabobovcan2356 ปีที่แล้ว

      Horrible... I don't want be close to the 😂
      Some buildings make with arsenal
      But I can't understand how medicine have poison??? That why I not take medicine..

  • @TeamJesusGo
    @TeamJesusGo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Oleander was so common where I use to live as a child. I remember collecting the flowers and playing around with them. Im glad nothing ever happened.

  • @SongSingsSoprano
    @SongSingsSoprano 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    I had an old white lady neighbor whose dog mysteriously died. Vet found out that it was antifreeze poisoning. My mom kept a gallon of antifreeze sitting outside of our house. I had always been scared of the lady's dog because it was big and it always jumped on me. So she automatically assumed that I was the one who poisoned her dog.
    She got a new dog just like the old one. She secretly had cameras installed outside her house. The new dog died, from antifreeze poisoning just like the other one.
    She checked her cameras. Found out her own son, who live out of state came and poisoned her dog.
    He admitted to poisoning the first dog to. He said he did it because his family were coming for a visit and both of his daughters were scared of the dogs. He felt like the dogs got too aggressive around them.

    • @poindextertunes
      @poindextertunes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      jesus 😬

    • @kennyhill2678
      @kennyhill2678 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Wow.. Some dad he must be.. And that's her own son.. jeez

    • @deloresbias1003
      @deloresbias1003 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was too lazy to work on it or to make sure things were safe so he murdered precious animals he could have paid for training he could have done several things so he's basic basically no he's not basically he's a brutal stupid murderer he should be put in jail!!!!!!! 🐶🐺🐱🐴🐇

    • @LoveYourself-my9nz
      @LoveYourself-my9nz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Oh wow... He is kind of psycho! If you think dog is aggressive then you can chain up them when his daughters come to house and try to make them more familiar with each other... That's how you try to solve problems not by killing innocent dogs.

    • @thomasonrockofelt7195
      @thomasonrockofelt7195 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can imagine an excuse for the first one but the second one was an entirely different animal. Like why

  • @OfNoImport
    @OfNoImport 6 ปีที่แล้ว +99

    Am I going to be put on a list for watching this?

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      please, if you can get away with saying you are going to be a professional school shooter you can get away with looking at a video about poison (besides maybe the antifreeze is the only one easier to obtain than a gun)

    • @coryman125
      @coryman125 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You say "professional" school shooter like it's something one can do as a job.
      "Yep, just got 3 more mass murders to commit this week and I'll get my paycheck. I can't believe they pay me less than my coworker just cause he had military training..."

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      no, I say it as it was written www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/fcc4d6e141255bef22471c81cc1d1cbd78cf23b7/c=2-0-1997-1500&r=x404&c=534x401/local/-/media/2018/02/15/USATODAY/USATODAY/636542946852767324-youtube-comment-021518.jpg

    • @csgas0
      @csgas0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Put (don't worry it's for a school project) in the url

    • @RedRenee4
      @RedRenee4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I probably got put on the list by adding this video to my Favorites section. Lol! *closes curtains & locks all doors*

  • @DistilledRamune
    @DistilledRamune 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    "Pick your poison"

  • @jj-qr4ro
    @jj-qr4ro 5 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    I’m definitely on some sort of watch list after viewing this video. I just enjoy science I’m not a criminal! 😳

    • @gazepskotzs4
      @gazepskotzs4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeaaah..........

    • @no-tm9sf
      @no-tm9sf 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oops guess I'm on the wrong mind

    • @alcoholic2412
      @alcoholic2412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Of course you would say that 😉

  • @Canadian_Zac
    @Canadian_Zac 6 ปีที่แล้ว +586

    Interesting video. I shall have to re-think my plot against the Queen... I mean, nothing, i just watch this for the articles. *innocent whistling*

    • @nerdlingeeksly5192
      @nerdlingeeksly5192 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Kharn The Betrayer 😑hmmmmm...
      seems legit😐

    • @vladfromyourtube
      @vladfromyourtube 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      You better not betray the crown, Kharn!

    • @LMacNeill
      @LMacNeill 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Cerulean Skigh I was going to say his name ... wait for it ... *betrays* him!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!
      I’ll show myself out...

    • @jonathansmith114
      @jonathansmith114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Careful with what you say online. You can be arrested for saying things like that. Happens very often.

    • @jonathansmith114
      @jonathansmith114 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      And obviously, you were kidding. But be careful.

  • @matth.2922
    @matth.2922 5 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    P-210... "tasteless"...
    Who tested this???

    • @louistournas120
      @louistournas120 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Po210
      Po is the chemical symbol for Polonium

    • @titanium4167
      @titanium4167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      The Russian spy

    • @m5spiritonfire
      @m5spiritonfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      alexander litvinenko confirmed himself he did not notice any particular odor or taste when he drank the poisoned tea altough later they tested the tea pot that served him and it was hot (radioactive) even the plane where the killer entered the country had traces of radiation.luckily polonium-210 is difficult to obtain to the common citizen it is so deadly even if the doctors detect it right away the victim is already sentenced to death...

    • @m5spiritonfire
      @m5spiritonfire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      one single microgram of polonium-210 emits as much alpha particles as 5 grams of radium

    • @dingo137
      @dingo137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@m5spiritonfire More like one milligram, not one microgram ( ratio of half lives is about 4000 and atomic mass is similar).

  • @j.szelecz2530
    @j.szelecz2530 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ENJOYABLE AND EXTREMELY INFORMATIVE !--- NOW Subscribed to your wonderful work . ---- from Canada J.

  • @columbus8myhw
    @columbus8myhw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Regarding the oleander poison which is similar to some medications, I guess it's the difference between gently nudging someone's heart in the right direction and outright punching their heart in the right direction.

  • @SciencewithKatie
    @SciencewithKatie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    With a beautiful shirt on!

    • @tomseppia1489
      @tomseppia1489 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Glowstick microwave kid reference if I'm not mistaken Science with Katie?!

    • @0mn1vore
      @0mn1vore 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Yeah. :-) After taking a closer look, I wonder if it's an oleander pattern.

    • @SciencewithKatie
      @SciencewithKatie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tom Seppia Yes!

    • @VR_Wizard
      @VR_Wizard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Don't let his shirt fool you he is a potential killer. :D

    • @whateverppl1229
      @whateverppl1229 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I'm not sure flirting with a youtube comment is the way to go

  • @JiveDadson
    @JiveDadson 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I once worked on the UI for a gas detection system in a nuclear power plant. They had poison gases on site for testing. One of them was arsine. I was pretty happy when that job was finished.

  • @bordomfunclipsoriginal
    @bordomfunclipsoriginal ปีที่แล้ว

    Now that's what I call a TH-camr or a TH-cam channel good work really great contact and explication

  • @davs.ketchup
    @davs.ketchup 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you SciShow. I've been contemplating about this. Now I can move forward. Wish me luck!

  • @hoticeisnice1354
    @hoticeisnice1354 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Foods suspiciously smells like almonds
    **CHEWS FASTER**

    • @peterf.229
      @peterf.229 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      almonds tast good. Id be dead if I was fed cyanide lol

  • @valentinthevoz7776
    @valentinthevoz7776 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Hank Green the Anti-Freeze addict "no matter how delicious it is"

  • @virajvekaria7391
    @virajvekaria7391 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:21 Did I hear it right? Electronvolts are units of momentum? Why do I feel it is energy?

  • @neskey
    @neskey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    tomorrow on SciShow : *how to hide a body*

    • @gregdemeterband
      @gregdemeterband 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      MEAT GRINDER?!~

    • @aspiechan420
      @aspiechan420 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Acid. Fire maybe.

    • @lailahepburnandmischka
      @lailahepburnandmischka 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That's all that stops me killing my boyfriend, I wouldn't be able to hide the body 0_o

  • @darylcheshire
    @darylcheshire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I read a comment from a home secretary about clemancy from execution, this was never granted to poisoners because poisoning is always premeditated unlike a blow to the head or a shooting where the benefit of the doubt can be considered.
    Antimony can be used in place of arsenic but it can also be detected by the Marsh Test.

    • @pauldodd2120
      @pauldodd2120 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What about accidentally poisoning somebody you hate?

  • @DeadlyVoltsHD
    @DeadlyVoltsHD 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ethylene glycol also vaporizes easily from compressed air, I got poisoned from it by vapors when changing a head gasket on a car and blowing out the head bolt holes and apperently some went into the coolant jackets and it literally made a huge cloud in my garage in seconds, I was clueless hours later I started frantically searching what could be wrong with me and i had all the symptoms but coma so I was lucky

  • @tompanter2635
    @tompanter2635 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this video it’s very informative. I came across it because I had a random moment of curiosity about ‘invisible’ poisons. Years ago I heard the term (and sorry for the misspelling)… but what about Sacomaglichol… it kills cells but then turns everything else into water. So essentially it just breaks the human body down to it’s essential components (Oxygen and Hydrogen). There for starving all of the systems. Sorry for my ignorance but this is something I heard about from ‘Bones’ which is by now a very dated TV series 😂

  • @eolendes6432
    @eolendes6432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Oh yea, I remember that Oleander flower. My school had several bushes within the recess court. Lot's of children used to rip off leaves and branches to help build mudcastles. Nobody got poisoned tho.

  • @barbthornell4786
    @barbthornell4786 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    My Lord- I grew up in California and Oleander is planted all over the place! I sometimes picked Oleander flowers from bushes that were planted on the "islands" separating two sides of a street or highway...I wonder just how many kids are routinely at risk. Thank god it seems to require ingesting a lot of it to be dangerous or fatal...

    • @patriciaaturner289
      @patriciaaturner289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      I tried to stop a family of picnickers from using switches of oleander to roast hotdogs. I got cussed out for meddling.

    • @chadkline4268
      @chadkline4268 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I have read about it being helpful for some cancers.

    • @TheropodHunter
      @TheropodHunter 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@patriciaaturner289 If they didn't listen, that's on them. You did the best you could.

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I grew up in Texas. As a teen I would wear the flowers in my hair. I loved the way the smelled.

    • @mandeyoung3495
      @mandeyoung3495 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But it’s extremely bitter

  • @sierracopenbarger1850
    @sierracopenbarger1850 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hank "we do not condone poisoning your enemies or your friends."
    Me " What about family" dun Dun DUN

  • @amaroussama
    @amaroussama 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    By far this is the best vidéo ever made in this Channel

  • @TecraX2
    @TecraX2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    11:11 - "We here at SciShow do not condone poisoning your enemies, or friends"

  • @jamespurks1694
    @jamespurks1694 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Ethylene glycol can actually be treated with the use of whiskey or other similar alcoholic beverages and can be administered orally or by an iv infusion. It has a higher affinity for the sites ethylene glycol binds to and they will be kicked out of those sites where they can then be broken down and excreted by the body.

    • @b33lze6u6
      @b33lze6u6 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      same with methanol

    • @babecat2000
      @babecat2000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Well now I have an excuse to have some alcohol in my place.

    • @LarryHow
      @LarryHow 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Came here to say just that. If accidentally ingestion of antifreeze time to get drunk. It binds long enough for the body to get rid of the ethylene glycol.

    • @Edgewalker001
      @Edgewalker001 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      As someone who works at a hospital lab, I've actually heard stories of alcoholics that deliberately poisoned themselves just to force doctors to dose them up on ethanol.
      Oh well, it's still better than not having free universal healthcare! =p

    • @sometimelordything
      @sometimelordything 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Drink more, stay safe

  • @GratiaCountryman
    @GratiaCountryman 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Ethylene glycol is especially dangerous to have around if someone is an alcoholic. My mother is a retired social worker, and she had a client who died because she had no wine, beer or liquor left and she drank antifreeze because the ethylene glycol was a form of alcohol. I was in the room because mom was called at home and ended up having to spend her weekend planning her client’s funeral.

    • @AdamSmith-gs2dv
      @AdamSmith-gs2dv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ironically drinking alcohol actually helps cure Ethylene Glycol poisoning...

  • @typacsk
    @typacsk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hank: "And [thallium] can also be inhaled or absorbed through the skin."
    Agatha Christie: (quietly taking notes)

  • @baileyshep1644
    @baileyshep1644 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    This video inspired me to make a fan-made Poison/Dark Pokémon called Cyaryde.

  • @jacksonm2634
    @jacksonm2634 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    3:10 that’s because *ALMONDS DO SMELL LIKE CYANIDE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN A VERY SMALL , IN LIKE THE MICRO GRAMS OF THIS STUFF*

    • @stallkosame2722
      @stallkosame2722 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Now, do almonds smell like cyanide or does cyanide smell like almonds?

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      *Jackson M*
      No, cyanide smells like almonds.
      Which, do you think, was the first of the two to be discovered?
      Do you see what I mean.
      That's like saying the sky is the same colour as my shirt.

    • @AskMia411
      @AskMia411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm allergic to almonds, so i have no idea what they smell like because i avoid them like the plague...
      After 2020, that phrase doesn't hold the same weight. We need a new phrase

    • @aeydra
      @aeydra 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@billyandrew actually, no. Almonds smell like cyanide because cyanide gives them the specific scent. It's not about what is discovered when, it's about almonds being a complex plant made up of chemical compounds like cyanide. What we call "almond" smell is actually just certain molecules within it, just like any other plant scent.

    • @AldoSchmedack
      @AldoSchmedack 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@aeydra Well said!

  • @kendrickleyson
    @kendrickleyson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Wait a minute...
    Are you wearing Oleander Floral shirt?
    🤔

    • @gabrielgagne3850
      @gabrielgagne3850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Kendrick Leyson like a 1940s couch... is he dating my grandma?

    • @AutisticMelon1
      @AutisticMelon1 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Gabriel Gagne I hope he doesn’t bruv

    • @jessekeller2215
      @jessekeller2215 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He makes poisons to kill spys why he knows this lol

    • @PinkAgaricus
      @PinkAgaricus 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The flowers look like Hibiscus to me
      Also, I realize this is a 2 year old comment.

  • @higherresolution4490
    @higherresolution4490 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Really interesting, as usual ! For me, the piece on oleander-common in my childhood-was enlightening becasue the toxins in that plant are cardiac glycosides. That I never knew. In 2913, I died from cardiac glycoside poisening in Mexico from too big a dose of "the toad medicine", while at the same time being dehydrated.
    The toad medicine was from Bufo alavarius-the Sonoran Desert Toad-and the active ingrediant was 5-methoxy-N,N-Dimethyltryptamine. Fortunately, the shaman was also a medical doctor. So here I am again. Next time, if there is a next time, I'd use the synthetic version without the glycosides.

  • @renannaw
    @renannaw 5 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    *_Poision ivy has joined the chat_*
    *_Poison ivy wants to know your location_*

    • @jeetsinhkaara1183
      @jeetsinhkaara1183 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hi

    • @billyandrew
      @billyandrew 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      *Belladonna* looks around, spots *Foxglove,* then they depart, completely unnoticed, in search of the *Shroom* family.
      🤔😳😂

  • @kevinlitton1399
    @kevinlitton1399 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Polonium 210 is extremely hard to get ahold of. Litvenyenko's death was meant to be a message, as it was assumed that the Russian gov't was the only likely source.

  • @jamssnana4084
    @jamssnana4084 5 ปีที่แล้ว +124

    The only time my maternal grandmother ever fused at me and my sister was when we were playing in her yard under a big bush, and she came running out of the house and told us never to play by that bush, and that it was bad for people. Then she said, "Not all husband die of heart attacks, you know. Now scoot!" It was an oleander bush. I was a grown woman before I connected the dots. My grandfather died of an aneurism, BTW. Lol. But it's a common saying down here in the south when a husband is abusive or just an ass..., "Y'all excuse me while I go fix Mike a pitcher of oleander tea. He's cuttin' up again." Not saying we do it; just saying we say it. 😇

    • @trapdoorguppi
      @trapdoorguppi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      That was fascinating. Your grandma sounded like an interesting woman. Thank you for sharing!

    • @garrenblaine1363
      @garrenblaine1363 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ugh shut up

    • @trapdoorguppi
      @trapdoorguppi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why did this connection book lllll km mm long mm

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Those old saying usually comes from somewhere...real life action...uh huh.

    • @Gerald.69
      @Gerald.69 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Karmas a b. Your grandmas a sick woman and I know karma will strike her down soon if it hasnt already.

  • @mayaenglish5424
    @mayaenglish5424 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    🌸🌼🌸I Love Hank's shirt in this one! Yes Science man, be stylishly and thematically draped with flowers while you tell me about poisons!🌸🏵🌸

  • @shipofthesun
    @shipofthesun 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    It occurs to me that the most effective way to detect these poisons is to wait for the patient to die. But that poses its own problems, I suppose.

    • @pauldodd2120
      @pauldodd2120 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This is not a method of detection, the poison is not magically written on the victims forehead.

    • @shipofthesun
      @shipofthesun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pauldodd2120 You are correct. This is not a method of detection, this is a method of sarcasm.

  • @adityaroy9117
    @adityaroy9117 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    To my FBI agent, I'm just watching this for research purposes.

  • @TallynTech
    @TallynTech 6 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Are you wearing an Oleander pattern shirt ? LOL sure does look like it

  • @KnakuanaRka
    @KnakuanaRka 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Also, fun fact about ethylene glycol: the best antidote for it is alcohol. At least according to Chubbyemu, it’s processed by the same enzymes as those that process ethylene glycol, and is preferred by them; as long as there’s alcohol in the body, the enzymes will mostly digest that, meaning the glycol is digested slowly enough that the body can handle the byproducts as they come.

  • @tedrodgers9527
    @tedrodgers9527 6 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Antifreeze hasn't been sweet for years! It has very bitter flavoring added to keep people and animals from drinking it.

    • @HappyFunTimeslmao
      @HappyFunTimeslmao 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      that's the Antifreeze itself but they're talking about the stuff that goes INTO antifreeze

    • @tedrodgers9527
      @tedrodgers9527 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yes, but he is specifically referencing the chemical as used in antifreeze. As a mechanic I've had antifreeze in my mouth more times than I'd care to admit and in my 15 year career it has never tasted good. So as he referenced it, it is not going to be used as a poison.

    • @HappyFunTimeslmao
      @HappyFunTimeslmao 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      but the thing is, is that they specifically say ETHYLENE GLYCOL IS THE BASE for most antifreeze but is not antifreeze itself, they're talking about the chemical and not Antifreeze. listen closely at 7:48

    • @danpope3812
      @danpope3812 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Nonsense. I tried some last year (UK). It is blissful stuff. You could drink it like a milk shake if you had a sweet tooth.

    • @Metalhammer1993
      @Metalhammer1993 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tedrodgers9527 well thank denatonium benzoate for that. Because ethylene glycol is sweet on its own and gets bittering agents (usually denatonium benzoate) to make it disgusting. The substance however has actually been used to sweeten wine in the seventies with quite a few casualties.

  • @gabrielgagne3850
    @gabrielgagne3850 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I’d like to detect where you got that 1940s couch print shirt

  • @busystudying6711
    @busystudying6711 6 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    You should do a video on trichotillomania. It would really inform people

  • @StarTard8
    @StarTard8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very interesting tidbit of information concerning ethylene glycol poisoning:
    National Geographic and Forensic Files detailed a case where the culprit killed their victim with antifreeze-laced Gatorade. After reading about this case, a friend showed me the episode and I told him that I knew how it ended the moment I recognized the pattern of how the poisoner was poisoning the victim. I said, "I know exactly how this ends and exactly what the murderer used to kill his victim. I won't spoil it, but you'll find it interesting."
    Moral of the story? Murder by poison is often caused by people closest to the victim and poisoners are often very good liars, often pathologically so.

    • @cynthiakeller5954
      @cynthiakeller5954 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      My great grandfather poisoned and killed at least 5 of his wives, he had 9. They were immigrants and all in their 20s, he was old. I don't think he killed any of his kids. He would abandon them with his dead wife's families. He was an herbalist in S Texas. My grandmother, other side of the family, sent me the recipe for oleander tea. I threw it out as soon as I saw it.

  • @765respect
    @765respect 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    When I was a teen, I wore pink oleander flowers in my hair. I love the way the smelled and they were everywhere. In my 30's, my mom told me that my grandma had a recipe for oleander tea. She had 5 husbands. BTW I love the band Oleander. Saw them at the Sunken Gardens back in the 90's.

    • @dadz6364
      @dadz6364 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Woah thats dark

    • @owlknickerknots2607
      @owlknickerknots2607 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did she poison her multiple husbands with the poisonous oleander tea? Oleander is extremely poisonous, and the only reason she would make tea from it is to poison somebody or herself. If she used the tea to poison somebody she should be seeing a prison cell or a psychiatric hospital cell!
      See this is why I don’t take food or tea from anybody unless I know it hasn’t been opened or tampered with. I don’t trust anybody giving me food or tea or beverages unless I get it myself, or I see it being prepared step by step or it’s an unopened bagged, boxed, or canned product from the store.
      Don’t trust anybody who offers you home made food or drink you don’t know what they put in it. Yeah don’t offer me any food I’ll buy my own at the store.
      How I know a lot about plants is I read about them because I’m a survivalist.

    • @765respect
      @765respect 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@owlknickerknots2607 It's a wonder I didn't have a reaction from the oleander bc I wore them behind my ear. I would pluck them and put them in vases. I would wash my hands bc they had that milky sticky sap. Maybe that's what saved me.
      The last man my gran married was in the late 60s. No one was interested in the marriages of a little old lady. She had the occasional bf from her 60s till when she died at 99. I can't say for sure how the husbands died but she did have the recipe.
      Interesting what you say about accepting teas. Last time I saw my stepmother she gave me a quart size ziploc full of rose hips. I did not grow up with her but it was no secret she hated my beautiful, smart baby sister. She went as far as to have a black alter in her closet with my sister's school pic surrounded with black candles. I've never had words with her bc I never lived with her and she had no influence or input in my life.
      Needless to say I don't trust that woman. I still have the rosehips and sure as hell did not make a tea with them. I should plant them and see what happens.
      But I do trust what ppl have given me. I have jars of various wild garden herbs from Crete that my dear friends gave me. By now I just think about different wild garden herbs but never act on them. I should, I have a shaded weed garden full of giant burdock, dandelions, plantains, plants for monarch butterfly larvae, clover, creeping charlie, wild violets and a bunch of other weeds. Well this has given me an idea, I should plant those rosehips in there and see how they fare!