Forensic Files

Season 2, Episode 5

Episode Title: Bitter Potion

Air Date: 1997-10-30

Overview:

The flu-like symptoms of a mother and her children proved to be indicative something much more serious: thallium poisoning. Investigators had to find the source of the poison... and when the mother died, to determine if the exposure was accidental, or if they also needed to find a killer.