Forgotten crimes. Strange events. Stories buried in the past. Dark History explores the unsettling, unusual, and sometimes inexplicable moments that have left their mark on history. Some became legends. Others simply slipped through the cracks.
The ‘Crimes’ of Typhoid Mary
Mary Mallon became infamous as “Typhoid Mary,” blamed for outbreaks of a deadly disease despite never being convicted of a crime. But her story is more complicated than the villain portrayed in the newspapers. What did Mary know, and when did responsibility for the illnesses around her begin to change?
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