Who was America's first murderer?

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 10 September 2008

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John Billington was one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact -- he was also the first American murder. Check out our HowStuffWorks article to learn about the fact and fiction surrounding America's first murderer.

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0:30.6	Welcome to Stuff You Missed in History Class from HowStuffWorks.com.
0:35.8	Hello and welcome to the podcast.
0:44.8	I'm editor Candice Gibson, joined today as always by Josh Clark.
0:49.3	Howdy, you came in.
0:50.5	Josh with the Can of Fresca in the studio.
0:54.1	Yeah, I asked our producer Jerry if I could bring it in.
0:57.3	She said yes.
0:58.3	I was trying to sound like a game of clue in which he traced down a murderer.
1:01.8	Oh, gotcha.
1:02.8	That's funny that you bring that up because I have a question about murder.
1:06.8	It's a murder most foul actually.
1:09.4	Murder, he spoke.
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