Poison Gas -- The Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis

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This is the first historical episode, looking back at riveting, and often harrowing, stories of poisoning from the past.

Today we’ll discuss the Moscow Theater Crisis and what happened when Chechen rebels held Russian theatergoers hostage. Did the Russians government’s unusual response to the crisis help or hurt the hostages? We will also touch on what these events from twenty years ago have to do with today’s very current drug epidemic. Want to know what links these two seemingly disparate things? Stay tuned to find out.