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Sounds,27 Jan 2025,44 mins

Typhoid Mary: Original Super-Spreader?

After Dark: Myths, Misdeeds & the Paranormal

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Mary Mallon aka "Typhoid Mary" is a macabre figure who spread disease and death everywhere she went. But there's a lot more depth and humanity to Mary's history than this. She's a someone who is hard to resist when you get to know her (despite all the Typhoid...). Anthony Delaney tells Maddy Pelling the story.

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