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Sep 2020
40m 40s

Helen Potts Pt. 1

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It became one of the most sensationalized cases of the late 19th century: The young wife of a playboy medical student died not long after a botched abortion. But it wasn’t the dangerous procedure that killed her.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 
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