The Mass Hysteria Podcast

33. Poison in the Parish: The Case of New Sweden


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New Sweden, Maine, named for its community of Swedish settlers, was a quiet farming community in the early 2000s. Everyone knew everyone in the town of six-hundred people. When a mysterious illness breaks out one morning after church, it seems too suspicious to purely be coincidence.


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https://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/2623/slideshow/1624/display?format=list&prev_object_id=4227&prev_object=page

https://wgme.com/news/local/special-report-new-sweden-arsenic-poisonings

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https://wgme.com/news/local/special-report-new-sweden-arsenic-poisonings

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