This one ate up the local news cycle last week
http://www.wcax.com/content/news/FBI-makes-arrest-in-Wake-Robin-ricin-investigtion-461282083.html
Next year's Ig Nobel in chemistry?! :-/
http://www.wcax.com/content/news/FBI-makes-arrest-in-Wake-Robin-ricin-investigtion-461282083.html
An arrest in connection with a deadly poison scare at a Shelburne retirement community. The poison in question? Ricin, a toxin that can be extracted from a common garden plant.
The suspect is Betty Miller, 70, a resident of the Wake Robin retirement community.
Federal court papers unsealed Friday outline disturbing details. They allege Betty Miller was plotting to hurt herself with homemade ricin, but she's accused of testing the poison's power on her neighbors for weeks.
Next year's Ig Nobel in chemistry?! :-/