Trail of the purple fingernails
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A carpenter shows up thrice in the hospital, looking more sick and emaciated than before. The man's fingernails mysteriously turn purple but the doctors can find nothing wrong with him. They eventually discover that he was being poisoned and the murderer was tracked down.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest (Canadian)
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0413
Year: 1992
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Gone with the gypsies
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Private detective Fay Faron unveils a string of geriatric poisoning cases involving gypsy Mary Tene Steiner and her family. On Nov 6, 1997 the gypsies were formally charged of conspiracy to commit murder after 112 witnesses testified against them
Publication Name: Vanity Fair
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0733-8899
Year: 1998
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Trail of the purple fingernails
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William Lynn's doctors were unable to diagnose his problems despite three trips to the hospital, where he would arrive near death yet be discharged in good health. It was found out that Lynn was being poisoned by his girlfriend.
Publication Name: Reader's Digest
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0034-0375
Year: 1992
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