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Often called the "Killer Cook", Mallon spread Typhoid Fever through upper class New York in the early 1900s. We take a look into Mallon's life and what contact tracing was like 120 years ago.   Instagram: @murdermedpod TikTok: @murderandmedicinepodcast Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com   Episode Sources:  • CDC. (2021). Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever https://www.cdc.gov/typhoid-fever/health-professional.html  • Marineli, F., Tsoucalas, F., Karamanou, M., & Androutsos, G. (2013). Mary Mallon (1869-1938) and the history of typhoid fever. Annals of Gastroenterology. 26(2). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3959940/  • MayoClinic.org. (2020). Typhoid Fever. https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/typhoid-fever/symptoms-causes/syc-20378661  • National Geographic “Typhoid Mary’s tragic tale exposed the health impacts of ‘superspreaders’ Nina Strochlic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/typhoid-mary-tragic-tale-exposed-health-impacts-super-spreaders  • Ochs, R. (2007) “Dinner with Typhoid Mary” Newsday Inc. https://orauportal.fda.gov/courseware/FD202W100/SCORM_FD202_Module_3_Microbiology/Module_3_Dinner_With_Typhoid_Mary.pdf  • Wikipedia (2022). Mary Mallon. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Mallon  • Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

It's 2023! Back in 2020 we thought this day would never come. It was the end of the world wasn’t it? But we survived with all of our toilet paper stocks intact. Somehow. Come explore past and present theories about the end of the world!     Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com           Episode Sources: Wikipedia Scientificamerican.com Nationalgeographic.org Worldhistory.org Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

It's the most wonderful time of the year, but what can turn a ho-ho-ho into a no-no-no? Find out on today's special Christmas episode of Murder and Medicine!     Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com

Take a seat and be soothed by the magic of quietening babies with drugs. If you have a baby or know of a baby, maybe you might want to try Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup. Don't worry about the ingredients…just…sssssllllleeeep.   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com     Episode Sources: ourworldindata.org/child-mortality-in-the-past "Nostrums and Quackery; Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quackery". Internet Archive. Chicago, IL.: American Medical Association. 1911. p. 318. medicines.org.uk go.drugbank.com/drugs/DB09460 tannerind.com/aqua-sds.html woodlibrarymuseum.org/museum/mrs.-winslows-soothing-syrup/ “Cure-All” Medication Caused Death in Thousands of Babies. April 29, 2021. Karen Berger, PharmD. Pharmacy Times, April 2021, Volume 89, Issue 04. Pages: 56 Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

Luminol and UV and cameras OH MY! ALS is cool yo.   Domestic Violence Support Lines… (These are not emergency lines - please call the local emergency number in your country if you are in immediate danger) Australia: 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732) USA: 1800.799.SAFE (1800.799.7233) or text 'START' to 88788 UK Women: 0800 2000 247 UK Men: 0182 3334 244   Or search engine: "[yourcountry] domestic violence support"     Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com     Episode Sources: legaldesire.com horiba.com godoymedical.net journalforensicnursing.com 1800RESPECT National Domestic Family and Sexual Violence Counselling Service www.1800respect.org.au (Australia) National Domestic Violence Hotline (USA) www.thehotline.org Refuge National Domestic Abuse Helpline for Females (UK) www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk Mankind Initiative for Males experiencing domestic abuse (UK)www.mankind.org.uk Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

The final episode of the story of the tiger shark that regurgitated one of Sydney's darkest secrets! Listen to Part 3 of The Shark Arm Case!   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com     Episode Sources: Shark Arm by Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher. Allen & Unwin, 2020. Australian True Crime Podcast #161 interview with Shark Arm authors Roope & Meagher. The Shark Arm Case by Vince Kelly. Angus & Robertson, 1963. The Shark Arm Case: Australia's Most Bizarre Murder Mystery: mentalfloss.com (Michele Debczak) The Great Depression - National Museum of Australia Wikipedia - Shark Arm Wikipedia - Great Depression Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

Yeah, um… sorry for being AWOL… we truly are! We continue the story of the tiger shark who revealed an undercover ring of smuggling, fraud and MURDER! Join us for Part 2 of the strange case where a shark swallowed an arm and regurgitated one of Sydney's darkest secrets!   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com     Episode Sources: Shark Arm by Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher. Allen & Unwin, 2020. Australian True Crime Podcast #161 interview with Shark Arm authors Roope & Meagher. The Shark Arm Case by Vince Kelly. Angus & Robertson, 1963. The Shark Arm Case: Australia's Most Bizarre Murder Mystery: mentalfloss.com (Michele Debczak) The Great Depression - National Museum of Australia Wikipedia - Shark Arm Wikipedia - Great Depression Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

We’re baaaaaack! Finally! With a tale about a man's severed arm that was vomited by a huge shark at a Sydney aquarium in 1935. How did investigators discover the identity of the victim? Was it a shark attack? Medical waste? Or MURDER??? And do we really know what happened to the poor man who was supposed to be attached to it?   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com   Episode Sources: Shark Arm by Phillip Roope and Kevin Meagher. Allen & Unwin, 2020. The Shark Arm Case by Vince Kelly. Angus & Robertson, 1963. The Shark Arm Case: Australia's Most Bizarre Murder Mystery: mentalfloss.com (Michele Debczak) Wikipedia - Shark Arm Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

This week we discuss a Dr. Douche and how he thought he could get away with "the perfect murder" but little did he know that the astute skills of post-mortem examiners could uncover more than he wanted people to know…   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com Website: murderandmedicinepodcast.podbean.com   Episode Sources: Australian Police Journal (2019). Vol73, No.3, pp136-145 The Sydney Morning Herald Dec 8, 2016. Marks & Richmond, (2007). Insulin Murders: True Life Cases. Royal Society of Medicine Press. Diabetes.co.uk Diabetes Australia Laban et al., (2016). The determination of insulin overdose in postmortem investigations. Academic Forensic Pathology. Megarbane, et al., (2007). Intentional overdose with insulin: prognostic factors and toxicokinetic/ toxicodynamic profiles. Critical Care. Wikipedia Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

Today, DNA has helped solve thousands of crimes around the world. But before this technology was available, what did investigators do? Amelia discusses the evolution of Forensic Serology, from ABO typing to DNA profiling! We end with a case that sat cold and unsolved for 14 years until DNA technology finally cracked it!     Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Images and sources: www.murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com

You find a body in a river. Decomposition is advanced. How can forensic investigators determine whether the victim drowned right there or was murdered and dumped there? Is the diatom test a reliable way to convict or acquit someone in a court of law? Enter the beautiful kaleidoscope world of these tiny algae and how they might be able to assist in murder investigations.   Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com Blog: murderandmedicinepodcast.blogspot.com    Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com   Episode Sources:   Ago, K., et al. (2011). The number of diatoms from the lungs and other organs in drowning deaths in bathwater. (Legal Medicine). Anand, T.P., et al. (2016). Diatom test: a reliable tool to assess death by drowning? (International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences). Horton, B.P. (2006). The development and application of a diatom-based quantitative reconstruction technique in forensic science. (Journal of Forensic Science). Hurlimann, J., et al. (2000). Diatom detection in the diagnosis of death by drowning (International Journal of Legal Medicine). Magni, P.A., et al., (2015). Alibi verification using diatoms (American Academy for Forensic Sciences - Florida). Rana, A, et al. (2018) Significance of diatoms in diagnosis of drowning deaths: A review (Lupine Publishers) Diatoms.org Forensicreader.com Indianexpress.com Tandfonline.com Deepseanews.com Livescience.com Popsci.com Mccrone.com Labroots.com Condor.depaul.edu Wikipedia   Inspired by National Geographic’s article https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/this-man-drowned-5000-years-ago-how-do-we-know

Today, Rachel goes solo with a 100 year old triple murder from Tasmania, Australia. Find out what kind of douche would murder a disabled man, two fathers of young children and a poor little doggo. The reason why he said he did it will anger you.     Instagram and Twitter: @murdermedpod Email us: murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com     Episode Sources: Tasmanian Crime Stories by Reg Watson Trove.nla.gov.auThe Mercury (Hobart, TAS) The Examiner (Launceston, TAS) Daily Telegraph (Launceston, TAS) Illustrated Tasmanian Mail (TAS) The Albany Advertiser (WA) Kalgoorlie Miner (WA) Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW) Paperspast.natlib.govt.nzNorthern Advocate (Whangarei, NZ) Australian Police Journal (2018), 72/1. The Garden of Horror by Noel Johnson. Tasmanianwarcasualties.com - Gravesites of Tasmania: Executions Great Oyster Bay Community News - Issue 34/2018. Monumentaustralia.org.au Aussietowns.com.au Tasmania Police Museum - Facebook page (2014). Logo images designed with Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com

This week Amelia surprises Rachel with a secret topic! It is all about the 'father of modern criminology' and inventor of criminal anthropology - Cesare Lombroso.   Do you have the traits of a criminal or mad genius? Probably! Listen on to find out!     murdermedpod @ Instagram and Twitter murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com     Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com     Episode Sources: Wikipedia Museocriminologico.it Aocd.org Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, & Conflict Eugenicsarchive.ca Simplypsychology.org Jstor.org

Before fancy DNA finding skills, people relied on Trials by Ordeal to solve murders. This method of catching killers was gruesome and totally legit… right? Find out the truth behind the phenomena known as CRUENTATION.     Sources RP Brittain Cruentation in Legal Medicine and in Literature (1965) doi:10.1017/s0025727300030179 HC Lea (1892) Superstition and Force: Essays on The Wager of Law, the Wager of Battle, the Ordeal of Torture Project Gutenberg Ebook of Daemonologie 2008. (King James 1597) gutenberg.org ML Ingram Bodies That Speak scholarsbank.uoregon.edu Scholarworks.gsu.edu. Emedicine.medscape.com Exploreforensics.co.uk Australian.museum Strangeremains.com Nationalgeographic.com Wikipedia

What is entomology, and how safe is your suitcase full of body parts?    This week Rachel and Amelia discuss the fabulous forensic field of entomology. Bug chat week! Woo!   Which fly is which? Find out on Insta @murdermedpod   Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com   Episode Sources: Fundamentals of Forensic Science The Amateur Entomologist’s Society Australian Federal Police Forensic Science International Wikipedia

Who was John Snow? Did he know winter was coming? And what on earth does cholera have to do with Game of Thrones? Why is Rachel's neighbour so noisy? This week, Rachel and Amelia discuss the father of modern epidemiology and actually don't talk about GoT. Sorry.     murdermedpod @ Instagram and Twitter murderandmedicinepodcast@gmail.com     Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com     Episode Sources: Gordis' Epidemiology Wikipedia Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) - Cholera World Health Organisation (WHO) Ahealthyphilosophy.com Mayo Clinic

How can you see a mummified tattoo that is invisible to the naked eye?   Human remains can be identified in a number of ways commonly used by Forensics… but have you heard of an ID being done using the mummified tattoos of the victim that are invisible to the naked eye? Cool photos available on Insta @murdermedpod you won’t believe your eyes! Special Guest! Rachel’s next door neighbour revs his noisy car throughout the whole episode! Sources: • Australian Police Journal March 2021 Volume 75 No. 1 with special mention to Senior Constable David North and Sergeant Ken Leitch (co-authors) https://apjl.com.au• Weather Atlas.com• ABC News.net.au• The Standard.net.au• World Weather Online.com• Complete Anatomy ‘22• Google Earth

What is the ”Murder Gene”. Is it real?   Did you watch Defending Jacob or read the book by William Landay? Should genes be in court? Should jeans be in court? These questions and more will be answered or at least asked in this week’s episode! Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com Episode Sources:• Defending Jacob mini-series• National Center for Biomedical Information• Wikipedia• Mid City Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation• Psychology Today• Very Well Health• Psychiatry Online

How bodies turn into adipocere in certain conditions.   Did you know you could become soap when you die? Not the clean-your-butt-crack-in-the-shower type of soap, but a greasy, waxy, cottage cheese type of substance called ’adipocere’. Amelia and Rachel discuss all things saponification, including the exhumed bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Ellenbogen, mistaken identities of deer/sheep carcasses and a MERDER! Complete with gruesome photos available on Insta @murdermedpod Logo images courtesy of Canva - Collaborate and Create Amazing Graphic Design for FREE! Canva.com Episode Sources:• Medium.com• Curiocity.com• Historylink.org• Wikipedia• Morbidology Podcast• Penn Museum• Expedition Magazine• Atlas Obscura• Smithsonium• Live Science• Forensic Yard• Landrucimetieres.fr• Royal Society of Chemistry• Stem.org.uk