Death at the National Hotel! (Conspiracy? Assassination? Serial Killer? Disease?)

MYS124: In 1857, President-elect James Buchanan became violently ill during a stay at Washington DC’s National Hotel, as did hundreds of others, many of whom died. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli examine whether it was a serial killer, a mysterious disease, or perhaps a presidential assassination plot. Get all new episodes automatically and for free: Subscribe using the RSS feed | Subscribe using Apple Podcasts | Subscribe using Google Podcasts | Subscribe using Stitcher | Subscribe by Email Help us continue to offer Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World. Won’t you make a pledge at SQPN.com/give today? Links for this episode: * Kerry Walters’s book Outbreak in Washington * The Book of Poisons * Burke McCarty’s book The Suppressed Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln * James Buchanan * National Hotel Disease * Manifest Destiny * Know-Nothings * Bloody Monday * Germ Theory * 1854 Broad Street Cholera Outbreak * Humoral Medicine * Heroic Medicine * Miasma Theory * Cholera * Ingo Swann Archive at University of West Georgia * Ingo Swann Website * Please spread the word about the podcast. Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts! * Purchase the books and other material from this and other episodes at the Mysterious World Bookstore. * Join the conversation at the Starquest Facebook page and the Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World Facebook page. * Send your feedback or comments to [email protected] or send a tweet with the hashtag of #mysteriousfeedback Mysterious Headlines * Giant Impact Theory of Moon’s Origin Gets Boost * Underground Life on Mars? * Nicola Tesla Was From Venus? This Episode is Brought to You By: Jimmy Akin’s Mysterious World is brought to you in part ...