What is devils breath

Devil's breath comes as a fine white powder which is blown into the victim's face or used to spike food and drinks, and renders people helpless within minutes. It then disappears from the bloodstream within around four hours, meaning it often becomes untraceable before a victim has had time to be tested.

It has a reputation for turning people into zombies, wiping victims' memories and enforcing a lack of free will. Victims have reported feeling drowsiness, clouded vision, incoherent speech and even frightening hallucinations.

Since the s, Colombian criminals have used scopolamine in order to rape women, empty out houses and apartments, and even abduct children. Last year, kidnappers used the drug on the parents of a 7-year-old girl in northern Antioquia department then took the child. She was rescued two months later. One infamous case involved three young Bogota women who preyed on men by smearing the drug on their breasts and luring their victims to take a lick.

Victims have even been convinced to carry out crimes while under the effects of the drug. A downside to scopolamine, from the point of view of the bad guys, is that victims can sometimes become agitated and aggressive and turn on their perpetrators.

Copyright owned or licensed by Toronto Star Newspapers Limited. Joel Osei, 25, was found guilty of murdering year-old Adrian Murphy and administering a poison or noxious substance to endanger life following a trial at Croydon Crown Court, which concluded today Friday, 23 October Osei also admitted two counts of theft and eight counts of fraud.

Cristea later put many of these items up for sale on Shpock. Two days later Osei used Grindr to strike again. But this time with fatal consequences for his second victim - Adrian Murphy. Having exchanged details with Osei on Grindr, Mr Murphy invited him to the apartment block in Battersea where he had been staying on 1 June last year.

The following day, by which time Mr Murphy had died, the defendants created a PayPal account in his name. Cristea had put some of the stolen items up for sale online. Their sole motivation was to steal property and make money from their victims. The crucial evidence was given by the surviving victim who was able to pick out his attacker from an identity parade.

The substance has been blamed for thousands of crimes in South America. Now there are reports of the incapacitating drug being used in street robberies in Paris. From use by Nazis to obstetricians, it certainly has a colourful history. O ne of the most enduring hoaxes you might hear in a backpacker hostel is that of the drug-soaked business card: someone hands you their card, and the drug is instantly absorbed by your skin. You fall into a zombie-like state, where you will do anything for your attacker, from empty out your bank account to pull a trigger on someone.