Mary Mallon

Strange Country Ep. 7: Typhoid Mary

In episode 7, co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore the compelling tale of Mary Mallon, and Irish cook who made a whole bunch of people sick, but never lost her spark and salty tongue. You know it's rockin' when it's Typhoid Mary time!

references: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Terrible typhoid Mary: a true story of the deadliest cook in America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

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