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Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
Tuesday Feb 14, 2023
In the final episode of our series on "Parson" Davies, Nick and Chango talk about violent after parties, accidental poisonings, the weird spiral of John L Sullivan after retirement, the title matches of Evan "The Strangler" Lewis, and why you should never pee off the back of a moving train.
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Primary Sources:
-Chicago's Greatest Sportsman- Charles E "Parson" Davies, by Mark T Dunn
-Evan "The Strangler" Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century, by Ken Zimmerman Jr
-Cited newspapers
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