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Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer

Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

April 3, 201329m 23s

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On Oct. 27, 1845 Mary Ann Bickford's body was found in her Boston boardinghouse room. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his client had episodes of somnambulism.

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