Mr. Ballin

And that dumpster just so happened to be the exact same dumpster where a Russian agent had discarded the poison perfume after the attempted assassination.

So when Dawn accepted Charlie's gift and sprayed it on her wrists in excitement,

she had accidentally exposed herself and Charlie to the deadly nerve agent.

Charlie would eventually recover from his exposure to Novichok.

As for the three Russian agents that authorities suspect were involved in this thing, they went back to Russia and have never been prosecuted, and Russia has denied involvement in the poisoning.

A quick note about our stories, they are all based on true events, but we sometimes use pseudonyms to protect the people involved, and some details are fictionalized for dramatic purposes.

The Mr. Ballin Podcast, Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Stories, is hosted and executive produced by me, Mr. Ballin.

Our head of writing is Evan Allen.

Our head of production is Zach Levitt.

Produced by Jeremy Bone.

Story editing by Evan Allen.

Research and fact-checking by Shelley Hsu, Samantha Van Hoose, Evan Beamer, Abigail Shumway, and Camille Callahan.

Research and fact-checking supervision by Stephen Eare.

Audio editing and post-produced by Wit Lacascio and Cole Lacascio, Perry Kroll, and Jordan Stidham.

Mixed and mastered by Brendan Cain.

Production coordination by Samantha Collins.

Production support by Antonio Minata and Delaina Corley.

Artwork by Jessica Clogston-Kiner.

Theme song called Something Wicked by Ross Bugden.

Thank you for listening to the Mr. Ballin Podcast.