In this episode, Genevieve will discuss one the 19th century’s most shocking maritime murder cases, the massacre on the Mary Russell in 1828: a story of the slow unraveling of a captain’s sanity, bloodshed, and survival against all odds on the open seas. 

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References:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/mary-russell-19th-century-massacre-legal-case

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Russell_murders

https://historyireland.com/forced-from-this-world-massacre-on-the-mary-russell/

https://whyhorror.blog/2022/11/18/why-mary-russell/

https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4921892/4899086/5181471