This week we learn how a corpse fluids seeping into NYC drinking water led to the creation of one of America’s first rural cemeteries. A listener email explains how the euthanizing of a squirrel became a MAGA wedge issue against the Democrats.


Episode Tabs:

Green-Wood Cemetery: A Victorian-Era Icon

https://www.history.com/articles/green-wood-cemetery-a-victorian-era-icon-turns-175


Listener Tabs:

Peanut the Squirrel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut_(squirrel)


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