A poison that causes what looks like accidental suicide
Posted by Randomboi20292883@reddit | CrazyIdeas | View on Reddit | 27 comments
So, hear me out. Imagine a regular poison. Yes, it does the job, but it's obvious, detectable via an autopsy, and suspicious. But, what if there was a poison that didn't directly kill the victim, but caused them to have a slow craving for, say water. They slowly feel thirsty and increase their water intake over the course of a month, ending in them dying due to low sodium levels (water poisoning). It would look like an unfortunate accident to the coroner. And the remaining poison won't be checked for, since why try to look for a probably-nonexistent poison when the cause of death is blindingly obvious? I propose calling it "ThirstTrap™"
SammyGeorge@reddit
Sounds like something a murderer would say
Randomboi20292883@reddit (OP)
the only winning move is not to play...
itsDrSlut@reddit
Rabies?
band-of-horses@reddit
What about some poison that is highly addictive, so after a few days your victim can't stop wanting more poison. Eventually they start to sell everything they own to buy more poison, and even rob others to get more money for poison. Then years after you first got them addicted to poison, they overdose and die far removed from anything you ever did to them.
It's a flawless plan.
Randomboi20292883@reddit (OP)
You forgot the part where you make billions off the poison, and then billions more marketing a safer alternative for the poison that just has slightly less potency, and comes in cool flavors like chocolate and strawberry.
Phemto_B@reddit
Yep. And you forgot the part where the safer alternative turns out to be only a bit safer, but still pretty dangerous in the long run.
Chiliatch@reddit
Hmmmm sounds familiar. Can't put my finger on it.
tightie-caucasian@reddit
And THEN, you could make these expensive places where people who are ALmost dead, or who don’t wanna BE dead from the poison -they can go THERE where they can for 30 days about how they don’t want to be dead and then, after they are done talking about not wanting to be dead, you can just send them right back to where they were when they were taking the poison and almost being dead from it.
Phemto_B@reddit
The thing is. The fact that some folks respond to a problem doesn't mean that the problem and the solution are part of some vast conspiracy working together.
The psych-industrial complex is it's own particular mix of helpful/lifesaving and harmful/scam independent of the people who make addictive substances for money.
ilikepie59@reddit
Just chiming in as someone who went to rehab. It saved my life. I was heading quickly towards the end, but it changed me and now I'm heading in a whole new direction and life has colour in it again
Waveofspring@reddit
No way, that would never work. Are you stupid?
synthetic_medic@reddit
Insulin
Puakkari@reddit
Yeah I think this thread should be removed. No good comes from this. I know cases like this and dont want to to give any ideas to any sick people.
agitatedprisoner@reddit
There are lots of ways haters cause harm to people they hate in ways that leave their targets without legal redress. It's not just weak or subtle poisons.
Imajzineer@reddit
This actually exists.
Years (decades) ago ... before we all had computers in our pockets, or even simply phones (let alone ones that were also pagers and could send text missives) ... I read about a substance that, if you introduce it into someone's body will kill them pretty damn quickly (an hour maybe).
As it is broken down by the body (which process is what results in the victim dying), there result two byproducts: hydrogen and oxygen,
So, when the autopsy is performed, what they find in your body is ... water.
I wasn't in a position to make a note, so, figured I'd just have to remember it - of course ... I didn't (sorry).
KheyotecGoud@reddit
Dihydrogen monoxide?
Imajzineer@reddit
Water, yes.
HappyMonchichi@reddit
Don't worry, the FBI and CIA and those kinds of people already have things like this.
BygoneHearse@reddit
One of the cyanides causes a heart attack and doesnt show up on a tox screen unless they are looking for it. Injectjon under the tongue almost guarantees no one will see the injection point. Not suicide, but will basically seem.like a natural death if they are older or have some other risk of heart attack.
Upset-Basil4459@reddit
How about a poison that causes kidney and liver failure. The body would have time to flush the poison before you get sick
7HawksAnd@reddit
You mean like “drug overdoses” in cinematic hits?
Turbulent-Name-8349@reddit
There are poisons that make people think they can fly.
Fleischhauf@reddit
you could also use "window" or "stairs"
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itsmebenji69@reddit
That would work until it’s known then they would be more suspicious of these kind of deaths.
But to answer your title that’s basically any drug at a lethal dose, just have to plant evidence to make it believable the guy was a junkie and hiding it
dre__966@reddit
Brilliant.