Episode 102 Typhoid Mary - I don't beerlieve it!

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This week we're getting into our time machines and heading back to turn of the century New York City where typhoid is tearing through wealthy families and a disappearing chef named Mary Mallon is in the cross-hairs of the authorities!Sources:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52291327https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3959940/https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.htmlhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_MallonAssume Nothing: The Hunt for Typhoid Mary – BBC Radio UlsterTyphoid Mary— Women’s Museum of Irelandhttps://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Folklife-Collections/Folklife-Collections-List-(1)/Other/The-Times-Rural-Ireland,-1850-1950/The-Times-exhibition-Timeline-of-eventshttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/z99m2v4/revision/5

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