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It’s super interesting, I promise. Did y’all know that Tuberculosis, aka TB, Consumption, King’s Evil, The White Plague (because of the pale skin), etc is still a major health risk world wide? Every year, about 1.25 million people die from TB, and it’s considered the world’s most infectious disease. We can cure TB, so why is it still such a threat? Thanks to author John Green, we are going to be talking about the moral crime of TB today.

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Episode Source List:
Everything is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection. John Green. Crash Course Books, 2025.

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tuberculosis

https://www.who.int/health-topics/tuberculosis#tab=tab_1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK441916/

https://www.cdc.gov/tb/about/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/tb/about/inactive-tuberculosis.html

https://www.cdc.gov/world-tb-day/history/index.html

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/11301-tuberculosis

https://www.paho.org/en/topics/tuberculosis

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tuberculosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351250

https://ourworldindata.org/tuberculosis

https://www.pih.org/article/what-is-tuberculosis

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1160826

https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/tuberculosis/who-report-shows-global-tuberculosis-cases-are-rising

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/tuberculosis-surge-possible-usaid-cuts-trump-who-rcna195190

https://www.statnews.com/2019/03/24/india-should-heed-a-teenagers-historic-fight-for-lifesaving-tuberculosis-treatment/

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/01/19/510433479/a-teens-family-fought-to-get-her-a-restricted-tb-drug-and-won

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/11/patients-are-falling-through-the-cracks-drug-costs-hinder-indias-response-to-tb

https://harvardpublichealth.org/global-health/india-tb-efforts-are-floundering-thats-bad-news-for-the-world/

https://newengland.com/yankee/history/vampire-mercy-brown-rhode-island/

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/15/harvard-tb-study-halted-sarah-fortune-trump-administration/

https://hsph.harvard.edu/research/fortune-lab/

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In August 2016, Michelle Mishcon Stevens and John Stevens III were enjoying the evening in their garage when 19-year-old Austin Harrouff walked inside and attacked them and their neighbor. It took multiple police officers to pull Harrouff off John’s body, as he ate John’s face.
What happened?

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Episode Source List:
https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/harrouff-arrest.pdf

Court TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVRjkuCm1tI

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Court TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DpOpiUhgf0

Court TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSaLWgua8zM

https://apnews.com/article/austin-harrouff-murder-trial-florida-face-biting-075d9beafe659274e0214c20be368890

https://www.tcpalm.com/story/news/crime/martin-county/2022/11/28/austin-harrouff-insane-when-he-killed-couple-judge-rules/10757444002/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/austin-harrouff-trial-man-who-randomly-killed-couple-chewed-victims-face-found-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insasnity/

https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/us/florida-killings-face-biting/index.html

https://cbs4local.com/news/nation-world/face-biting-killer-austin-harrouff-told-deputies-he-ate-humans-in-gruesome-new-report

https://www.wptv.com/news/treasure-coast/region-martin-county/prosecutor-seeks-to-change-laws-after-austin-harrouff-found-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2022/11/27/trial-set-to-begin-for-former-fsu-student-accused-of-killing-florida-couple/

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/austin-harrouff-forensic-psychological-evaluation-report/

https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/martin-county/austin-harrouff-new-mental-health-report-shows-harrouff-thought-he-was-half-dog-in-the-days-before-deadly-attacks

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article97334827.html

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/courts/2019/08/15/three-years-later-austin-harrouff-case-still-puzzles-many/984663007/

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In August 2014, 17-year-old AnnaRose Shove went on vacation with her family to her favorite place, Brennan Beach. But after a solo visit to the shore, a kayaker found her floating face down in the water.

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Episode Source List:
https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ny-supreme-court-appellate-division/1979532.html

https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-9_20-cv-01306/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-9_20-cv-01306-0.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82L3_184zSs

https://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyndce/9:2024cv00779/144042

https://www.murphyfuneralservices.com/obituary/AnnaRose-Shove

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/habeas_corpus

https://www.usmarshals.gov/what-we-do/service-of-process/criminal-process/writ-of-habeas-corpus

https://www.syracuse.com/crime/2015/11/teen_murdered_at_brennan_beach_what_happened_to_anna_rose-shove.html

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/news/2015/12/4/steven-szatanek-jury-deliberations-day-1

https://oswegocountytoday.com/news/oswego/jury-szatanek-guilty-of-second-degree-murder/

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/news/2015/11/25/szatanek-trial-day-5

https://www.oswegocountynewsnow.com/archives/oswego-county-prosecutor-szatanek-an-uncaring-predator/article_fff2059b-bb1b-5d1e-9df7-811da6338ae4.html

https://www.oswegocountynewsnow.com/archives/defendant-testifies-in-richland-murder-case/article_acc3fb53-2ce4-531f-a8fc-aa11dc675736.html

https://cnycentral.com/news/local/trial-recap-steve-szatanek-murder-trail