#190 The Curious Case of Typhoid Mary

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2015

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

The gripping and startling tale of Typhoid Mary is a harrowing detective story and a chilling tale of disease and death. Why are whole healthy families suddenly getting sick with typhoid fever -- from the languid mansions of Long Island's Gold Coast to the gracious homes of Park Avenue?

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0:00.0	Episode 190 of The Bowry Boys, the curious case of Typhoid Mary.
0:06.2	Hey, it's The Bowry Boys.
0:07.8	Hey.
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0:19.6	Hi there, welcome to The Bowry Boys. This is Greg Young.
0:25.3	And this is Tom Myers.
0:26.6	With a story today that people are actually kind of surprised we haven't actually tackled
0:30.7	as a subject yet, Tom.
0:32.6	This would be the dramatic tale, the curious case of Typhoid Mary.
0:37.9	Now we're recording this story in the fall of 2015.
0:41.8	100 years ago right now, this story was very relevant.
0:46.1	We don't want to give away too much right now, but let's just say people were once again
0:50.8	talking about this tale.
0:53.2	This story is set in a rightfully paranoid city.
0:56.3	New York had suffered through endless epidemics and had employed many different kinds of
1:02.9	methods in order to prevent future outbreaks.
1:06.6	Even some of those methods, even at the cost of the personal liberty and livelihood of
1:11.4	its residents.
1:12.9	Today's story really has parts that read, I would say, like a detective novel.
1:17.8	Sure, oh yeah.
1:19.0	But there's another important level to the story.
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