# Bakers Dozen **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 4, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173 "2010-08-04T17:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2962
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59227 "2018-05-26T02:18:03Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade I think writers just love the way it sounds. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59228 "2018-05-26T02:48:32Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59229 "2018-05-26T03:50:37Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59230 "2018-05-26T04:12:06Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59231 "2018-05-26T12:23:17Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake Nitpick: If you use nightshade it must always be phrased as _deadly_ nightshade. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59232 "2018-05-26T14:37:12Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59233 "2018-05-26T17:52:47Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blue_blistering_barnacle/32/3386_2.png) [@Blue\_Blistering\_Barnacle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blue_Blistering_Barnacle)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59234 "2018-05-26T20:12:32Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove 9. Potassium Chloride ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59235 "2018-05-26T21:33:10Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove 9. Potassium Chloride 10. Saxitoxin Was in Francis Gary Powers’s kit at the time of the 1960 U-2 spyplane shootdown: [Saxitoxin - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxitoxin) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59236 "2018-05-27T00:01:41Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove 9. Potassium Chloride 10. Saxitoxin 11. Cyanide ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59237 "2018-05-27T03:22:58Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove 9. Potassium Chloride 10. Saxitoxin 11. Cyanide 12. Thallium Its use in Agatha Christie’s _The Pale Horse_ inspired at least one murderer, but also prevented deaths when people who had read the book recognized thallium poisoning symptoms in real life cases. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59238 "2018-05-27T04:41:25Z")
A Baker’s Dozen of Murder Mystery Lover’s Poisons 1. Curare 2. Belladonna/Nightshade 3. Arsenic 4. Laudanum 5. Strychnine 6. Venom from the boomslang snake 7. barium acetate 8. Digitalis/Foxglove 9. Potassium Chloride 10. Saxitoxin 11. Cyanide 12. Thallium 13. Swamp adder venom From a fictional snake appearing in the Sherlock Holmes story “The Speckled Band.” Next category: Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59239 "2018-05-27T05:33:16Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59240 "2018-05-27T05:35:18Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel ---
**Author:** ![gkster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gkster/32/14107_2.png) [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59241 "2018-05-27T05:39:36Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59242 "2018-05-27T05:42:26Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fS9-Yimdhw) ---
**Author:** ![tripthicket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripthicket/32/297_2.png) [@tripthicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tripthicket)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59243 "2018-05-27T05:47:57Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59244 "2018-05-27T06:49:08Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59245 "2018-05-27T06:50:50Z")
Musical duos 1. Hall and Oates 2. The White Stripes 3. Simon and Garfunkel 4. The Everly Brothers 5. Sam & Dave 6. The Carpenters 7. Captain and Tennille 8. The Judds ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2018, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bakers-dozen/549173/59246 "2018-05-27T07:38:18Z")
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