Another case of death by vape
Saturday, April 1, 2023 at 12:00 Last year I noted that the murder weapon in a TV crime drama was an e-cigarette.
After watching season 3, episode 1, of McDonald & Dodds, I asked, “Is that a first for British television?“
The answer is apparently no because last night I watched an episode of Midsomer Murders and, once again, the murder weapon was a poisoned vape.
This time the victim died by inhaling acetonitrile, which was described as a slow-acting cyanide, that had been added to the device by (SPOILER ALERT) the sister of the victim’s wife.
I thought we were watching an episode from the most recent series but it was actually an episode called ‘Happy Families’ first broadcast in October 2021.
Now that e-cigarettes have been identified by crime writers as a way to bump off characters, how long before it happens in real life?!
PS. Perfect fictional murder weapon? Has to be the frozen leg of lamb that the murderer then cooked and ate to get rid of the evidence.
Reader Comments (2)
Especially, as I recall, the lamb was fed to hungry officers who sat down for a dinner break during the investigation of the crime.
I can't remember exactly how, but an episode of Columbo, used a poison loaded cigarette to committ a murder hoping the crime would be written off as natural caused by the victim's smoking habit. However, it took a real smoker to know what a smoker would do hence the dastardly plot was revealed by the smoking detective and the murderer arrested.
"... the frozen leg of lamb... "
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb_to_the_Slaughter
The 'Tales of the Unexpected' (S1E4) is usuolly the version most think of.