233. SPOOKY: The Dark History of Devil's Island

Today we’ve got a dark little history lesson on Devil’s Island, a French penal colony (a settlement where they used to exile prisoners to remove them from the general population) that operated from 1852 to 1952.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Island

https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Island

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ile-du-diable

https://www.news.com.au/travel/destinations/south-america/70000-came-to-this-island-archipelago-few-made-it-out-alive/news-story/eadd237e79e5641c67576c66b82a19c6

https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/editorial/papillon-a-trip-to-devils-island

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-prisons-incarceration/devils-island/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/devils-island

https://www.documentarytube.com/articles/devil-s-island-horrific-facts-place-where-more-than-70-000-people-were-sentenced-to-death/

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