Today, Genevieve will discuss a lunatic asylum escapee in a washtub boat, a steamboat slaughter, a tragic murder on a lovely evening, a clergyman’s narrow escape from certain death, a fit of apoplexy, hatchets, razors, insanity, and a somewhat tragic ice skating accident that luckily has a meet-cute happy ending.

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References for Today's Episode:

https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2022/11/nellie-bly-blackwells-island/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultana_(steamboat)

https://genealogytrails.com/ill/woodford/tradgies.html

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