
Episode #173- Who Framed Mata Hari? (Part I)
Our Fake History
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Mata Hari and Rudolph McCloud's Death
Rudolph and Margarita McCloud's first child, Norman John, tragically died in 1899. At the time, there was a story put out that Norman had been poisoned by a vengeful Indonesian servant who had somehow been wronged by Rudolph McCloud. But most Mata Hari experts now think that that was just a dark cover story. Both Pat Shipman and Mary Craig believe that little Norman actually died while being treated for congenital syphilis.
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