Amazing. Such stories always capture me. There is something that goes very deep for me, this notion about being kissed by a woman and that her kiss will kill. Tragic, so tragic. I always go to that line of thinking that questions just what women have been put through. Gut wrenching and yes tragic.

A modern day example, with evidence, photos, facts is Dr Bill Haast story. In his Miami snake farm, in the early seventies, we watched as he caught and milked a black mamba.

This man for years had imbibed snake venoms of all types and over the years built a resistance to bites. The big test was when one of his huge king cobras bit him during a show. He lived.