WARNING! This one is not for the faint of heart and may be triggering to anyone who has suffered a miscarriage.

This week Saoirse Siné gets Mary Kirwan to tell her all about one of the greatest medical hoaxs in the world... The woman who in 1720's convinced the world she was giving birth to rabbits.

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Episode Source Material

The Impostress Rabbit Breeder - Karen Harvey, Oxford University Press, 2020

https://www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/library/files/special/exhibns/month/aug2009.html

https://www.historyhustle.com/mary-toft-gave-birth-to-rabbits/

https://www.urbo.com/content/heres-how-mary-toft-convinced-doctors-shed-given-birth-to-rabbits-and-why-she-did-it/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/mary-toft-gave-birth-to-rabbits

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mary-toft

https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/mary-toft-rabbit-birth-hoax-when-why-real/

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