The Poison You Can't See: Radiation as a Murder Weapon

Former Russian security officer Alexander Litvinenko walked into a London hospital with a mystery illness that had doctors stumped — until they found polonium-210 inside his body. It was one of the rarest and most bizarre poisonings ever documented, and it kicked off a radiological manhunt across the entire city of London. This episode breaks down how investigators used forensic pathology, toxicology, and radiation tracing to piece together what actually happened. We also dig into why standard toxicology screens completely missed the killer sitting right inside the evidence.