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The Curious Case of Knox Martin
Episode 144

The Curious Case of Knox Martin

Southern Gothic · Southern Gothic Media

May 20, 202437m 44s

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On March 28, 1869, Knox Martin was hanged for murdering John and Elizabeth Wittenmeier in their Nashville home. Curiously, only several days prior, Martin had made a deal with local physicians to sell his body to them for experimenting following the execution-- experimentation that looked an awful lot like something out Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

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