# How would you commit the perfect murder? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 11, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590 "2011-11-11T12:57:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/101 "2011-11-18T23:07:29Z")
Except it can take hours or days for rattlesnake venom to kill, even if the victim gets a large dose. Nothing more embarrassing than injecting your buddy with rattlesnake venom, and 12 hours later he’s shaking and sweating and thrashing but still alive, while you wonder how you’re going to explain not calling 9-1-1 after sitting with him for the whole time. ---
**Author:** ![Acid\_Lamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Acid\_Lamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acid_Lamp)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/102 "2011-11-18T23:23:37Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > Except it can take hours or days for rattlesnake venom to kill, even if the victim gets a large dose. Nothing more embarrassing than injecting your buddy with rattlesnake venom, and 12 hours later he’s shaking and sweating and thrashing but still alive, while you wonder how you’re going to explain not calling 9-1-1 after sitting with him for the whole time. Not with the dose my vic is getting. Don’t forget, they are also dead drunk, and decided to sleep it off. I didn’t notice anything until they started having serious distress much later… ---
**Author:** ![Mdcastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/103 "2011-11-19T03:18:40Z")
Another possible reason to avoid crossing state lines, it may raise the stakes if you do get caught: A few years back a sex offender just released from prison kidnapped a teenager in North Dakota and dumped her body in Minnesota. The feds decided to make an example of him and invoked the Lindbergh Law. He’s now waiting for his lethal injection even though neither state has capital punishment on a local level. I read somewhere that it’s best to commit a “perfect murder” in a medium sized city. They don’t have the resources large cities do, but you won’t stick out like in a small town. ---
**Author:** ![Khristy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/57b2e6/32.png) [@Khristy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khristy)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/104 "2011-11-20T14:45:52Z")
1. Go to police academy and become a cop 2. Pull over your victim on some phony pretext 3. Shoot him for “resisting” 4. ??? 5. Profit ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/107 "2016-01-26T20:30:43Z")
1.) I should tell you on this scuzzy message board, instead of saving it for a time when it might come in handy? 2.) I have one plan, but it requires a functioning Time Machine 3.) …or a Teleporter. Preferably a fly-proof one. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/108 "2016-01-26T20:36:00Z")
> [@Beckylynn](#): > > How to commit a perfect murder (Doxing) and it is perfectly legal! I’m just helping out the USA Government! Gang stalking is legal. Every thug in town is doing it! Releasing private information about someone causes them to fall over dead? Cool!! ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590/109 "2016-01-26T20:47:00Z")
And now, this very thread has now met its own death. _Requiescat in pace_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-commit-the-perfect-murder/602590.md?page=5)