• Question: If I killed someone would you concoct a lethal potion to dissolve the body?

    Asked by osamabinladen to Meeks, Pete, Stephen, Steve, Tom on 15 Jun 2010 in Categories: .
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      Stephen Curry answered on 13 Jun 2010:

      It depends. Is the victim one of the other scientists in the Imaging zone? In which case, of course! Otherwise I may have to report you to the authorities.

      However, a lethal potion is not what you need for dissolving the remains (though this would be a good way to do the deed). See here for a real live (dead!) case of poisoning which happened in London a few years ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgi_Markov

      To dissolve the remains, you probably want a bath full of acid (as used by Dr Crippen, an early 20th Century murderer).

    • Photo: Steve Roser

      Steve Roser answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      If they were dead, the concoction wouldn’t be lethal

    • Photo: Tom Hartley

      Tom Hartley answered on 14 Jun 2010:

      No, that would make me an accessory to murder.

    • Photo: Marieke Navin

      Marieke Navin answered on 15 Jun 2010:

      No if you killed someone I would dob you in so you went to jail!

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