Dying for Chocolate

On a summer day in 1898, a family in Dover, Delaware, shared a box of chocolates they received from an anonymous sender. Within days, two of the seven family members were dead; the other five became ill but recovered. The search for the perpetrator soon moved from Delaware to California, where a suspect was quickly identified: Cordelia Botkin.

Intr-o zi de vara din 1898, o familie din Dover, Delaware, a impartasit o cutie de bomboane de ciocolata pe care le-a primit prin posta de la un expeditor anonim. In cateva zile, doi dintre cei sapte membri ai familiei au murit; ceilalti cinci s-au imbolnavit, dar si-au revenit.