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MFM Minisode 259

My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark

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The Hat Capital of the World

i grew up in the mercury capital of the world. My grandfather spent a good deal of his life working in one of those factories. The buildings and land remained mostly uninhabitable due to the mercury in the soil. I am the ector of education at a domestic and sexual violence resource center in danbury. Recently, the city gifted us one of the old hat factory properties. We worked with the state and the e p a and completely cleaned up the land and just opened a transitional facility for women and children in need. To say that a piece of history that did so much harm now does so much good, that's a fucking hurray.

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