Lists of poisonings

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These are lists of poisonings , deliberate and accidental, in chronological order by the date of death of the victim(s). They include mass poisonings, confirmed attempted poisonings, suicides, fictional poisonings and people who are known or suspected to have killed multiple people.

Contents

Non-fiction

Fatal

Non-fatal

Alleged

Poisoners

Fiction

As poisoning is a long-established plot device in crime fiction, this is not intended to be an exhaustive list.

Novels

Crime

Other

Films

Television

Plays

See also

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