A fabulously entertaining look at famous poisoners of the early 20th century, prohibition, and two founders and heroes of forensic science, the first chief medical examiner Charles Norris and chemist Alexander Gettler. The stories of Mike the Durable, and the innocent people the new science saved were particularly enjoyable, and most shocking and awful, was the total lack of regulation industry enjoyed at the expense of the population until the 1930s. And the government poisoning alcohol during prohibition, in order to make it more deadly and scare people out of drinking-at the expense of the poor- what a horrific abuse.