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Suicide Kits: The 91-Year-Old Woman Selling Instant Death on the Internet

A shadowy online company selling suicide kits recently claimed its first confirmed victim. Winston Ross talks exclusively with the entrepreneur behind it: a grieving 91-year-old woman.

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A helium hood like those sold by Sharlotte Hydorn. Photo by Russel Odgen, published with a study in the Journal of Medical Ethics.

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