You're on vacation in the Scottish Highlands in a picturesque castle-turned-inn with a view of the rolling green hills and many lochs that hold many a secret beneath its surface. But, the biggest secret of 1920s Scotland happened at the hotel Loch Maree. One by one...they all fell sick...one by one...until there were none. The culprit of this story is: botulinum 

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Episode Sources:

• Image 1: Hotel Loch Maree in Scotland (via Atlas Obscura)

• Image 2: The effect of botulism that can come from canned goods (via The Vintage News)

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/first-botulism-case

• https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/past-times/3906333/loch-maree-botulism/

• https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/07/12/botulism-in-1922/

• https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/botulism

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botulism

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