Psychologists say that it is unrealistic to identify a maniac in a crowd. He is no different from ordinary people. This is exactly what Frederick Graham Young was - the world-famous poisoner maniac.
Biography
Frederick Graham Young was born in the capital of England, London on September 7, 1947. Very early he was left without a mother. For some time he was raised by his own aunt. Soon the father got married. The wife's name was Molly. The son at that time was only 2 years old. The boy was often on his own. He left home, wandered through the ruins, rummaged through garbage heaps. There he found all sorts of trinkets. Carried them home. I hid it in my room under the bed.
Frederick grew up as a smart boy. Educated at school. I read a lot. One day he came across a book on Satanism. He was delighted with her. I often read it by her. He was especially attracted by the description of potions. He began to invent various powders himself. Already in childhood, he could be called an alchemist. The father was pleased with his son. Graham receives a present from him - a kit for a young chemist. This is exactly what the boy needed. Soon he creates his first poison, which he tested on frogs and mice. A talented teenager at the age of 12, he was well versed in chemistry and pharmacology. He was 13 when he read a book that described a criminal who killed his victims with antimony. In the same place he learns that antimony is a poison, traces of which are difficult to find in the body of a poisoned person.
First crime
Young was haunted by the thought of antimony. He decides to test the effects of the poison on one of his classmates, who criticized him for his experiments with mice. Graham got the antimony from the pharmacy and poured it into the boy's tea. He had stomach pains. The future poisoner failed to complete the crime he had begun. The poison was found by her stepmother. She made a scandal for both him and the pharmacist who sold him to his stepson. Thus, Molly signed her own death warrant. Graham gets antimony from another pharmacy to poison his stepmother. Soon she began to suffer from frequent stomach pains, and she dies. Cremation destroyed the traces of the crime. But the police still suspected a teenager in him. It happened in 1962. The juvenile killer was then 14 years old.
First detention
After his stepmother was poisoned, Young began to persecute the rest of the family - his aunt, father, younger sister. He poured poison into the food, which he often tried himself, forgetting to whom and what he put. Soon, the poisoner's father is hospitalized. There, the doctor mistakenly misdiagnoses him, claiming that he was poisoned by arsenic. Graham Young, due to his arrogance, doubting the doctor's diagnosis, gave himself away. He realized that his son was involved in the poisoning of his father. The school chemistry teacher put the point. He found vials of poison in Graham's desk. The police were called. Young was arrested in March 1962. Interrogations of the teenager showed his excellent knowledge of chemistry. But at the same time, strange things were noticed in his behavior.
Graham Young the psychopath
A psychiatrist was invited for questioning, who gave the conclusion: Graham Young is a psychopath. This freed him from prison. He was found guilty of poisoning his stepmother and attempted murder of the rest of the family. Sent to a psychiatric hospital (1962).
At the clinic, Young continued his work. He made poison from everything he could get in a medical facility. Has gained confidence in the nursing staff. Soon, having made poison from laurel leaves that grew in the courtyard of the hospital, he sent his roommate to the next world. He was a killer. No one began to understand the cause of his death. Young didn't stop there. Several people died suddenly in other wards. Doctors began to guess who was to blame. We tried to stay away from him ourselves.
Free
Young stayed in the hospital for 9 of the 15 years he was awarded. After leaving, he rented an apartment and got a job in one of the companies. Befriended the mentor Graham was given at work. He had the imprudence to complain that he was offended in the company. This was the reason for the poisoner. He decides to avenge his friend. Several colleagues die one after another. Having figured it out, the police understand that Graham took up the old one.
Arrest and death
On November 21, 1971, Graham Young was arrested. He was sentenced to life in a psychiatric hospital. It was now a closed clinic in Park Lane, near Liverpool. But even there, in the most severe conditions, Young managed to grow a poisonous mushroom, from which he received a new poison. After this incident, he was sent to Parkhurst prison, which was considered one of the strictest in England. By this time, the whole of England knew about the maniac. Inmates were already waiting at Young's prison.
On August 22, 1990, he was found dead in his cell. The career of a serial killer-poisoner is over. He was 42 years old.
