Insanity Defense: Daniel Sickles

Murder Dictionary

Brianna Miera

History, Comedy, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.3 • 644 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

On this episode we go back to the first insanity defense in the US, when a philandering politician named Daniel Sickles killed his wife’s paramour, after finding out his wife had started seeing someone else.

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DANIEL SICKLES LINKS:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/02/temporarily-insane-a-congressman-a-sensational-killing-and-a-new-legal-defense/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.bfba95580186

https://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/daniel-sickles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles

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0:20.0	I'm Hello and welcome to Murder Dictionary Podcast.
0:44.2	My name is Brianna and that is Courtney.
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