Spooktober Special: Poisons, Potions, and Potter

The Deadly Dose

In today's episode, Harini takes us on a magical voyage through the Potterverse to study a handful of poisons and potions that have become iconic as world-building, plot devices in the series and franchise. Did you know that a majority of these enchanting elixirs and the lore behind them actually exist in the muggle world - our muggle world? Better pay close attention: the Potions Master is in and Professor Bhat does not take kindly to insubordinate witches and wizards.

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In this episode: Harry Potter (book and films)

Sources:

• https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/drugs-history-you-asked/what-truth-serum

• https://usfws.medium.com/the-real-magical-plants-in-harry-potter-e937ea3b560e

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-history-and-uses-of-the-magical-mandrake-according-to-modern-witches

• Harry Potter Wikifandom

• https://daily.jstor.org/from-the-belly-of-a-goat-to-the-mouth-of-a-king/

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3540541/

• https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/love_potions

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