SYMHC Classics: Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer

Stuff You Missed in History Class

• Episode: SYMHC Classics: Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer
• Website: Stuff You Missed in History Class
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-missed-in-history-class.rss
• Duration: 00:32:29
• Published: 2017-09-09 17:00

We're revisiting the murder of Mary Ann Bickford on Oct. 27, 1845. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his client had episodes of somnambulism. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com