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.