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Plus: BBC Radio Ulster’s excellent Assume Nothing series goes on the trail of Typhoid Mary

Mary Mallon, AKA 'Typhoid Mary', institutionalised on Brother Island where she stayed from 1914 until her death in 1938. Image: Getty / Bettmann

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    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  • Assume Nothing: The Hunt for Typhoid Mary

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