Episode 8 – Iron Mike Malloy
Iron Mike Malloy was given unlimited access to drinks
in a bar in New York City in the 1930s. But the reason behind this generosity
was not as friendly and generous as it sounds, and hid a more despicable
purpose.
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Sources and
resources:
Michael Malloy - the
Irishman in The Bronx that could not be murdered, Irish Central, 14 Dec 2022. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/michael-malloy-irishman-could-not-murdered
The Man Who Wouldn’t
Die, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Feb 2012. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903
Ethylene glycol
metabolism: https://wardelab.com/warde-reports/ethylene-glycol/
Ethylene glycol
toxicity: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK537009/
Deborah Blum, The
New York Times, Scientists alter antifreeze taste to make it safer, 21 Feb 2014:
https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/2014/02/22/scientists-alter-antifreeze-taste-to-make-it-safer/29230802007/
Dan MacGuill, The Journal,
Iron Mike Malloy: The Donegal man they tried nine times to kill, 26 Dec 2015: https://www.thejournal.ie/mike-malloy-donegal-bronx-murder-trust-prohibition-depression-alcohol-2410813-Dec2015/
Daily News, October
29, 1933, Page 247. (https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-mike-malloy-pt-2/53091679/
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Cover art photos: mug shot of Tony Marino, public domain.
