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Today is Tuesday, April 21st, 2020.

On this day in 1962, serial killer Graham Young,

aka the teac Cup Poisoner,

murdered his 37-year-old stepmother, Molly.

Her death marked the first kill of Graham's

twisted career, all starting at the tender age of 14.

Welcome to today in True Crime, a parcast original.

Today we're covering serial poisoner Graham Young's first known murder.

Now let's go back to the morning of Saturday, April 21st, 1962. 14 year old

old Graham Young sat at the breakfast table and admired his handiwork.

His father was across from him reading the paper his face haggard and eyes

hollowed surely the result of yet another sleepless night of stomach pains his sister meanwhile pushed her slee unusual, he'd write it down later in his journal. But the person whose symptoms he was most

interested in were Molly's. His stepmother Molly stood at the stove, cooking a

breakfast, her family was far too nauseous to eat.

Graham observed the way she struggled with the weight of the cast iron skillet.

She looked fragile, as if she'd crumple at any moment.

Graham thought it was fascinating how Molly continued to perform her charade of loving wife and

stepmother despite her rapid decline.

But after all, she had no idea the kind of havoc that was being reeked inside of her in all of them.

Graham was conducting an experiment, and his family,

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