The great cottonmouth-catching get-rich-quick scheme of 1956
26 mins | Apr 15, 2021

A reptilian teenage fantasy. In this reflection of adolescent naivety, R. W. Gollobin recalls how his obsession with snakes found him building a DIY lab, left him stranded hundreds of miles away from home and spurred on a get-rich-quick plan involving deadly venom.

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