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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Lucy Mangan

Poisoned: Killer in the Post review – the terrible story of the online site for selling lethal doses

Man in front of a red curtain with a packet in his hand
‘Hidden in plain sight’ … Poisoned: Killer in the Post. Photograph: Wonderhood

What – and I ask myself this question with increasing frequency and seriousness – are we going to do about people? What, more specifically, are we going to do about the number of irredeemably wicked ones and the amount of suffering they bring into the world?

If you can get through the two-part documentary Poisoned: Killer in the Post without sliding down on to the floor in despair as these questions thunder through your mind – well, you’re a better viewer than I.

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