Typhoid Mary - September 23 2023

September 23rd: Typhoid Mary Born (1869) While today’s story chronicles a great loss of human life, it is different then the ones we usually tell. On September 23rd 1869 a young woman was born who, by some accounts, killed 50 individuals in her lifetime. A woman who never raised a weapon or even knew she was responsible for the trail of bodies left in her wake.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Typhoid-Mary, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959940/, https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/typhoid-mary-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-super-spreaders, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-frightening-legacy-of-typhoid-mary-180954324/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices