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In 1910, sisters Claire and Dorothea Williamson took a steamer across the Atlantic. They didn't tell anyone why they were going to America. The two women in their mid-30s had been erased really and quite wealthy circumstances in the UK. This episode contains descriptions of disordered eating and weight loss. Please use discretion. Support for Criminal comes from Article.com who are offering $50 off your first purchase of $100 or more.

In 1911, two sisters traveled to Seattle to meet a "doctor" named Linda Hazzard. The sisters didn’t seem very sick, but when they arrived, Dr. Hazzard told them they didn’t have a moment to lose – they needed to begin her treatment right away.

A few months later, one of the sisters wrote a letter to her old governess. “I am wonderfully better in fact,” she said, “getting stronger by leaps.” But her handwriting was messier than usual, and her sentences ran together and overlapped.

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