As you know, each regular episode of A Good Night For a Murder covers a Victorian era true crime case, and that includes scam artists. Since the Victorian era was the golden age of spiritualism, there was no shortage of psychics and mediums floating about. And if you’re a fan of the pod, you know many of them were fraudsters. When fraudulent mediums come up, there is often one person in particular who is mentioned who specialized in debunking mediums and their abilities. That person, is famous magician, Harry Houdini.

In the 19th century, germ theory had started to take root. Government officials were starting to figure out why disease spread, but what to do about it was still not fully baked. That is how in 1906, Mary Mallon was forced to quarantine as a well woman for cumulative 26 years. This is the story of Typhoid Mary.