SYMHC Classics: Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 9 September 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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We're revisiting the murder of Mary Ann Bickford on Oct. 27, 1845. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his client had episodes of somnambulism.

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0:33.1	Hey, who is ready for a classic stuff you missed in history class episode?
0:37.3	In case you have not noticed or are very new to the show,
0:40.7	these episodes that are showing up in your feed on Saturdays,
0:43.5	are ones from our back catalog that we are sharing.
0:45.9	So newer listeners can get a taste of some of the shows from years of gone by.
0:50.6	And since we're soon to be in the Halloween season,
0:53.2	which is my absolute favorite,
0:55.0	where we would normally share some creepy history,
0:57.3	it seemed like maybe a good time to give you a little warm up with a story
1:00.9	about a sleepwalking killer named Albert Tarell.
1:03.9	This episode is really a story of the first time that sleepwalking was used as a legal defense,
1:10.0	and you will find out how that worked out for Tarell in this episode.
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