The Backstory: The first temporary insanity defense
The Backstory with Patty Steele
April 23, 20248m 54s
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Show Notes
Seemingly strait-laced Washington, D.C. in the 19th century was actually filled with illicit affairs. One of them involved some powerful players (and a very young wife). It also involved the son of Francis Scott Key, who wrote the Star Spangled Banner and it led to a murder that was the talk of pre-Civil War Washington…and beyond.
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