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In this month's episode, Effie takes us through the extraordinary life and almost death of Maggie Dickson born in 1702, a fishhawker living in Musselburgh, abandoned by her husband Maggie had a difficult life, but that's nothing compared to her ( almost death.)

Sources for this episode are:

Edinburgh Reporter
Beheaded podcast
The Hanging of Maggie Dickson - Book
Clan Broonfield - on YouTube
The Scotsman
The National Library of Scotland

Shows we talked about - Christopher Wilder - The Beauty Queen Killer
Forrest Fenn's Treasure Hunt on Netflix - highly recommend both

Flowers in the attic - The Origins on Channel 5 if you're in the UK
They also have the heaven series, the dollanger children AND My Sweet Audrina

The insane book Marti mentioned halfway through is called -
Careless People A Story Of Where I Used To Work power.greed.madness.
by Sarah Wynn-Williams you can buy it from Rare Bird Books
https://rarebirdsbooks.com/products/careless-people?_pos=1&_psq=sarah-wynn-&_ss=e&_v=1.0

We also talk about Effie's tradition of The Shining & Steven King, Effie's adventures with a Blimp (Yes, thats actually a real thing!) how difficult it was to be a woman in the 1700's & way too much chat about bath bombs and the beginnings of Lush!

Hosted by & Researched & written by Marti Jeremiah-Shelley & Effie McDonald

Edited & Produced by Erin Ferguson https://www.instagram.com/erinfaudio/
Since 2023 ( earlier episodes are badly edited by us!)

Theme Music Vampire Strut by Joybean @AudioJungle

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