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Wisconsin Death Trip

James Marsh
January 8, 2000

British film director James Marsh discusses the eerie side of 19th century Wisconsin with Michael. Based on the cult classic Wisconsin Death Trip, Marsh's documentary (soon to be released on HBO) details the numerous strange deaths and crimes that cropped up in the pages of 1890's Wisconsin newspapers.

Check out the New York Times review of Wisconsin Death Trip:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/film/120199trip-film-review.html

The book is currently out of print -- apparently is has quite a cult following and is hard to obtain, but a new edition will be published this Spring.

Listen inListen in as he relates the exploits of Mary Sweeney, schoolteacher, cocaine fiend and window smasher and numerous other Wisconsin oddities.

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