Episode 430: The Mysterious Disappearance of Theodosia Burr Alston
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The Story of Theodosia
Several sailors throughout the 19th century said they had seen theodosia among the pirates. Another theory out of 1873 says that the patriot was a victim of a trap laid by a pirate who went by Gibbs and who apparently confessed after being sent captured and sentenced to hang. But this one saying that she lived long enough afterwards to help direct the course of American history, which wow. I was like, oh, you lost me.
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