S13 Ep18: The Teacup Poisoner
Blood Ties Podcast
Peter Shevlin
4.4 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
He was just fourteen when he started killing — a schoolboy with a chemistry set and a deadly obsession. Graham Young, known to history as The Teacup Poisoner, was the embodiment of evil hiding behind a polite English smile. In this episode of Blood Ties, Molly and Geoffrey uncover the chilling story of how a quiet teenager turned into one of Britain’s most sadistic murderers — poisoning friends, family, and colleagues with clinical precision.
This is the twisted tale of intellect, arrogance, and pure malevolence — a crime that shocked a nation.
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Presenters: Geoffrey and Molly Wansell
Producer: Peter Shevlin https://pod60.com/
Artwork: George Leigh
Music: Dan Wansell
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| 0:00.0 | By the beginning of 1961, and we remember talking about a boy who's 13 going on 14, |
| 0:16.0 | he is seriously experimenting with all manner of poisons. |
| 0:44.3 | There is no doubt at all that he starts by poisoning his stepmother, using antimony. But what he did, he started by poisoning his stepmother and then he went on to poison |
| 0:48.8 | his father whom he blamed for his own mother's death. |
| 0:51.8 | And so the process began. |
| 1:10.8 | Hi everyone. It's Molly Wonsall. |
| 1:13.1 | And I'm Jeffrey Wonsall. |
| 1:14.3 | And we are hoping that you might be able to help us out. |
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| 1:35.4 | And for everyone who's done it so far, thank you so much. |
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| 1:40.6 | We really appreciate it. |
| 1:41.9 | And thank you so much for your support. |
| 1:47.2 | Hi, I'm Molly Wonsall. And I'm Geoffrey Wonsall. We're a father and daughter, as those of you |
| 1:52.3 | who listened to Blood Ties in the past will remember, and we meet every week and often our |
| 1:56.8 | conversation has turned to murder, which is why we originally launched blood ties and why |
| 2:01.8 | we've now decided to bring it back in its new fresher form. We're really excited to be back |
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