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Who Did What Now

106. Mary Toft - The Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits

Who Did What Now

Katie Charlwood

Feminist, History

4.6759 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

The tale of Mary Toft is a curious one, not because of the event portrayed over the years. Mary Toft was an illiterate, impoverished woman involved in one of the biggest hoaxes in the 18th Century hoodwinking the general public, doctors, surgeons and even King George himself. It's an extraordinary story, one that paints Mary as the villain, but the truth is so much darker, join Katie as she discusses the curious case of Mary Toft.


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0:00.0

You're listening to an Airwave Media podcast.

0:11.0

Music Hello, delicious friends, and welcome to Who Did What Now, the History Podcast that's not your history class, with me your host, Katie Charlwood, History Harlet, and reader of books.

0:38.2

Oh, and books do I have to share with you.

0:42.4

So I mentioned this on my socials because I have far, far too many books because I buy a book.

0:49.1

And then if I really like that book, I will then buy a prettier version of that book,

0:56.0

especially if I can get like a cloth bound or a hardback. Like, it's, I just, I just love it, okay? And so what I've done is if you're

1:03.2

on any paid tier of Patreon, doesn't matter what paid tier it is, if you're on it, you are, like,

1:09.8

eligible to win a book. And I will send you a book. I'll just send it to you,'re on it, you are like eligible to win a book and I will send you a book.

1:13.1

I'll just send it to you.

1:14.5

I will send it all over the world.

1:16.1

Doesn't matter.

1:16.8

I don't care.

1:17.6

I'll send it to America.

1:18.9

I'll send it anywhere.

1:21.8

Speaking of books, actually, I've had recently just different publishers contact me to, you know, discuss

1:32.6

topics that are in books that they are releasing. So they send me books for me to read as

1:37.8

as research. And I've had a few publishers do this. And the most recent annoyed me right so this annoyed me the most recent was

1:49.0

this woman contacted me she's doing PR for this book and she asks her my address and I was like great

1:55.5

here's my address this is after a back and forth of a couple messages and she she goes, oh, I didn't realize you're in Ireland.

2:02.6

I can send you a link to a digital copy instead.

2:06.2

Bitch, if I wanted a digital copy.

2:09.5

I would have asked for a digital copy.

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