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Author's Note: The
original ATM
Envelope Poisoning Story started popping up in people's email inbox
in June of 1999. That
particular story claimed to take place at an ATM at a bank called Yonge
and Eglinton. The email was sent from a woman named Kimberly Clarkson
who was supposedly part of the crime unit for the Department of Public
Health. The email even listed a phone number for Ms. Clarkson. The
original email version of the story tells us of a lady died after
she licked the envelope glue, which was odorless and colorless. One
part to the original story which I did not include in my version is
that in the email they say that the bank can do nothing to protect the
general public, and that even if they could, it would require closing
down all deposits. Another part I did not include in my story is that
the police found six more contaminated envelopes. I decided to leave
that part out and just have them find the one envelope. That will help
this story tie in to the rest of my poisoning stories! I did not want
Elizabeth, the police officer narrator, to think that there was any
indication this might happen again. A poisoning like this will come as
a shock to Elizabeth every time; she thinks this first case of
poisoning is just a fluke because nothing like this happens in
Willowbranch! Just so you know...this urban legend was
busted. Not
only is there no such person named KimberlyClarkson who works for the
Toronto Department of Health, there is also no crime unit at the
Toronto Department of Health. Another character from the original email
story, who supposedly did the autopsy, Dr. Elliot, does not exist!
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