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Wicked Words - A True Crime Talk Show with Kate Winkler Dawson

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The Death of John Tall in Victorian England

Crime historian Angela Buckley says, people in Victorian England were frightened of contracting deadly diseases like tuberculosis. John Tall had gotten it in Australia, probably at the hospital where he worked. His wife Mary also had TB and his eldest son at some point acquired TB. The doctors advised them to return to Australia because the environment was better for a TB patient. But despite the change in climate, Mary continued to struggle with TB, as did Tall's son.

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