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The Black Widows of Liverpool

Buried Bones - a historical true crime podcast with Kate Winkler Dawson and Paul Holes

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The Benefits of Life Insurance for Catherine and Margaret

Catherine and Margaret become very interested in insurance and the money payout from insurance. The welfare system in Liverpool in Great Britain in the late 1800s was very helpful to Catherine and Margaret. Have you ever heard of something from that time period called a burial society? No, I don't believe I have. So they are burial clubs, insurance societies, which are basically mutual aid groups. They help mitigate the funeral costs by paying members through payouts.

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