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S1E26: Beth Maynard - 500 Husbands And A Mysterious Death In The Mining Town Of Silverton

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This week, it's a live recording of our first Sydney show! Mel tells Josie about Beth Maynard, a feisty old-timey gal who had 1,000 husbands and traipsed all over Australia, only to meet an untimely death in Silverton, NSW... was she killed? Or did she die of a broken heart?


CREDITS:


Odd History, Annie O'Reilly

http://www.oddhistory.com.au/outback-south-australia-new-south-wales-queensland-and-the-northern-territory/silverton-and-the-remarkable-love-life-of-beth-maynard/


Wikipedia, Silverton NSW

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silverton,_New_South_Wales


Barrier Miner, 1892

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/44046762


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