"Cook to cook": Bourdain, Mary Mallon, and true crime
Plus a new scam pod, and Manson The Lesser's defamation suit hits a snag
the true crime that's worth your time
The crime
According to the New York City Health Department in 1915, manslaughter — or criminally negligent homicide plus multiple counts of assault, or however a charging entity might have classified “knowingly exposing others to infectious disease.”
According to Mary Mallon and her attorney? Unlawful detention; probably defamation as well.
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