Chloroform in Media



Chloroform in Media

In The Collector, The Vanishing, and Spoorloos chloroform is used in the kidnappings. While chloroform is a real anesthetic, it works quite differently from it's fictional use. First, chloroform takes up to a minute to render someone unconscious. Second, it is quite easy to accidentally give someone a fatal overdose. Third, direct contact with chloroform can cause chemical burns on skin, making it hard to hold the cloth.

Chloroform in a popular means of capturing someone in media since the 1960s. Actresses who have been chloroformed on screen include Samantha Eggar, Sandra Bullock, Stefanie Powers, Lynda Carter, Debra Winger, Lindsay Wagner, Farrah Fawcett, Diana Rigg, and many others.

Pictured is Lynda Carter as Wonder Woman in the most popular episode of the series, "Fausta: Nazi Wonder Woman"