New York, 1900-1907. Wealthy families are falling ill with a deadly fever. No clear source. No obvious pattern. Just death following an invisible killer through the city's most exclusive neighborhoods.
When investigators finally traced the outbreak, they found something terrifying: a woman who carried typhoid fever but never got sick herself. Mary Mallon—a cook, an Irish immigrant, and America's first known healthy carrier of a deadly disease.
But was Mary really the villain history made her out to be? Or was she a scapegoat—targeted because of her class, her gender, and her refusal to disappear quietly?
In this episode, Lee, Josh, and Jen dig into the strange case of Typhoid Mary: the science that condemned her, the authorities who imprisoned her twice, and the conspiracy theories that still swirl around her story over a century later. Was she a public health menace? A victim of medical discrimination? Or something far more calculating?
From the mansions of Manhattan to a lonely island quarantine, we uncover the truth behind the woman who became synonymous with disease—and ask whether she deserved it.
🦠 The fever may have faded, but the questions remain.
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