Episode 456: The Black Death Part I - Stomp a Gerbil, Bribe a Rat
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What Is the Hemorrhagic Fever?
John Kelly painted a picture of men turning on each other as the sickness began to show itself. Men became too sick to kill, then too sick to work. The plague takes anywhere between two and six days to set in. Those that died on deck were left to roll around as the waves pitched the boat from side to side. But even though some did survive until they reached Sicily, the journey was still hellish.
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