Phil Spector. This is another one of those where I don’t have much to say, really: everyone knows the story (and if you don’t, it is recapped in the obit).
Sylvain Sylvain, of the New York Dolls.
Peter Mark Richman, actor. He had a long list of credits, including soap operas and a long list of 70’s cop/detective shows…
…including “Mannix”. (“Walk With a Dead Man”, season 3, episode 15.)
Science Sunday!
Whatever happened to chloroform? Well, turns out as an anesthetic it occasionally caused complications like death. And it may be a carcinogen.
But why should we let that stop us?
Oh, yeah: it also decomposes into phosgene unless you stabilize it first. Which is a bit concerning…
Next: “I somehow convinced myself to order a full kilo instead.”
That’s a full kilo of…sodium cyanide.
“Does cyanide actually smell like almonds?”
This is right on the annoying border for me, so I won’t hold it against you if you skip the video and read the notes instead.
This one might be a little more interesting: the chemistry of arsenic, from the Periodic Videos folks.
As a side note to this, and because Lawrence and I have been talking about it, I went looking for videos on Shadows From the Walls of Death. I did find a few about the book (not death metal) but…they were all in foreign languages without subtitles.
Okay, just one more: “The Science Behind Shaped Charges”.