Y’all. This one’s a wild ride. A love triangle. A murder in broad daylight. Power. Intrigue. Temporary insanity. Megan rants. Buckle up.

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Sources:  

https://www.whitehousehistory.org/murder-and-untimely-tragedy-the-haunting-of-lafayette-square 

https://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/548404?srsltid=AfmBOoph-pP8Ajm-PYL8X_YbJtHPfJFxaMqTelUvHL367zowBEgdvI0w 

https://boundarystones.weta.org/2013/06/24/cold-blooded-murder-lafayette-square-sickles-tragedy-1859

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Barton_Key_II 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/02/temporarily-insane-a-congressman-a-sensational-killing-and-a-new-legal-defense/ 

https://www.defense.gov/Multimedia/Photos/igphoto/2003035813/

https://dcchs.org/the-murder-of-phillip-barton-key/ 

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/09/murder-in-lafayette-square/ 

https://msa.maryland.gov/megafile/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/015100/015169/pdf/nytimes_28feb1859.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/02/temporarily-insane-a-congressman-a-sensational-killing-and-a-new-legal-defense/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa_Bagioli_Sickles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Sickles

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Washington,_D.C.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_District_of_Columbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_(until_1871)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_District_of_Columbia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_(until_1871)

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