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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep 48 - The Carrier

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

Society & Culture, History

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2017

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

New York in the early part of the 20th century was struck by a typhoid epidemic. An investigator managed to track down the unlikely cause, a 37-year-old cook named Mary Mallon. Although would go on... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:11.5

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0:18.0

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0:20.0

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0:22.0

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0:27.0

There are some places you never expect terrible things to occur.

0:37.0

Some places that are just so pristine and picture perfect,

0:41.0

it boggles the mind to think that anything bad might happen there.

0:46.7

One such place was the affluent community of Oyster Bay, Long Island.

0:51.6

Back in 1906, Oyster Bay was a popular spot for wealthy New Yorkers to get away for the summer.

0:57.0

In fact, the Summer White House where Teddy Roosevelt liked to chillax was close by at Sagamore Hill.

1:05.4

Charles Henry Warren was president of the Lincoln Bank and Personal Banker to the Vanderbilt's.

1:12.0

And, as you might imagine, he was loaded.

1:15.0

He rented a house in Oyster Bay and brought with him his family and a full entourage of cooks, servants, and gardeners.

1:22.0

But the summer turned out to be anything but I'd of Cook, servants, and gardeners.

1:23.3

But the summer turned out to be anything but idyllic for Warren and his family.

1:28.4

In August of that year, Warren's youngest daughter fell gravely ill with typhoid fever, and she wouldn't be the only one.

1:37.0

Typhoid is extremely contagious, and it spread quickly throughout the house.

1:42.0

Soon two maids, the mother, another daughter, and finally the gardener, all caught the disease.

1:47.0

Typhoid was generally believed to be a disease of the crowded slums. It was often encountered in overcrowded tenements or other places

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