Xander ,'Get It Done'
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls and The Inside), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Seven people died of cyanide poisoning between 29 September and 1 October 1982, all after having taken Tylenol. Although the case is officially listed as "unsolved," it appears this was a bona fide random poisoning and not an attempt to cover up the murder of one individual by randomly killing six others.
Did you know the Tylenol scare that prompted all the safety caps and packaging, etc was later proven to have been comitted by a family member, not a matter of anyone tampering on the shelves randomly?
Except that more than one person died in the original incident. Snopes says that it was the later copycat attacks that were directed. [link]
Hee. X-post.
OOooh! I just totally got a plot point for my not-nanowrimo-no. Wonder what happens to a woman between her first kill and the second. What makes her turn serial and not just, you know, your everyday household murderer.
You have friends, right? Co-workers? You have to think outside the box, or you just get lost in the annals of history.
Yeah, but if the entire Java department at t very large corporation drops dead unexpectedly, it does tend to draw attention. Especially police attention.
if the entire Java department at drops dead unexpectedly, it does tend to draw attention
I'm thinking if my entire extended family dropped dead, attention would be drawn too.
Maybe their Krispy Kreme poison can be slow working. And randomized! Maybe it can be nanobot Krispy Kreme infection that can be triggered by radio control!
And randomized!
You totally randomise. Put them in a bit of the Boston Creme mix, and Bob's your uncle.
Hey, that's a good question. Is the longer time to apprehension related to a longer span between crimes? It seems like it would take longer to court, marry, kill, rinse, repeat than it would to just kill all the nurses in the Philadelphia area or something.
You really want your classical mysterious two-step Asian poison.
Half the poison goes in the Krispy Kremes. The other half is smeared on the victim's telephone. Neither half separately registers as a poison, but put them together and whammo!
God, I miss '30s pulp fiction.
Hell, just dust them with arsenic powder. You could pretend you're Harriet Vane.