Editing Ricin (section)

==In popular culture==
Ricin has been used as a plot device, such as in the television series ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.<ref name="breaking">{{cite web |date=27 September 2013 |title=Things You Should Know About Ricin Before Watching the 'Breaking Bad' Finale |url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/09/27/things-you-should-know-about-ricin-before-watching-the-breaking-bad-finale/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308165945/http://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2013/09/27/things-you-should-know-about-ricin-before-watching-the-breaking-bad-finale/ |archive-date=8 March 2021 |access-date=2 May 2015 |website=[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]] |publisher=[[National Geographic Society]]}}</ref>

The popularity of ''Breaking Bad'' inspired several real-life criminal cases involving ricin or similar substances. Kuntal Patel from London attempted to poison her mother with [[abrin]] after the latter interfered with her marriage plans.<ref name="patel">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/22/woman-poison-plot-mother-breaking-bad-court |title=Woman tried to poison mother in plot inspired by Breaking Bad, court told |date=22 September 2014 |website=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Daniel Milzman, a 19-year-old former [[Georgetown University]] student, was charged with manufacturing ricin in his dorm room, as well as the intent of "[using] the ricin on another undergraduate student with whom he had a relationship".<ref name="dorm">{{cite web |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/sep/15/guilty-plea-georgetown-university-ricin-case-ties-/ |title=Guilty plea in Georgetown University ricin case with tie to 'Breaking Bad' | vauthors = Noble A |date=15 September 2014 |website=[[The Washington Times]] |access-date=2 May 2015}}</ref> Mohammed Ali from [[Liverpool]], England, was convicted after attempting to purchase 500&nbsp;mg of ricin over the [[dark web]] from an undercover [[FBI agent]]. He was sentenced on 18 September 2015 to eight years imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Breaking Bad fan guilty of Dark Web ricin plot|url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33708611|publisher = BBC News|access-date = 29 July 2015|date = 29 July 2015}}</ref>

In [[Agatha Christie]]'s novel ''[[Partners in Crime (short story collection)|Partners in Crime]]'','' The House of Lurking Death '',ricin was used as a plot device.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Andrew Wilson: Would Agatha Christie have solved the Salisbury poisoning? |website=Aitken Alexander Associates |url=https://aitkenalexander.co.uk/andrew-wilson-would-agatha-christie-have-solved-the-salisbury-poisoning |access-date=2025-01-26}}</ref>