123: Henry Rathbone and Carl Tanzler

Beth tells the story of Henry and Clara Rathbone, the other couple in the Presidential Theater Box at Ford's Theater in 1865. Wes tells the tale of Carl Tanzler, the man who took his unrequited love to the extreme.

Sources Used:

www.thegettysburgexperience.com/a-christmas-murder

www.nyhistory.org/blogs/attending-fords-theater-with-the-lincolns-the-tragic-lives-of-clara-harris-and-henry-rathbone

https://allthatsinteresting.com/henry-rathbone

https://emergingcivilwar.com/2014/07/31/a-life-turned-tragic-major-henry-rathbone-and-the-lincoln-assassination/

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-macabre-romance-of-a-man-and-a-mummy

https://ghostcitytours.com/key-west/ghost-stories/count-von-cosel/

https://mbird.com/everyday/digging-up-death-the-macabre-story-of-count-carl-von-cosel-and-us/

https://southernmostghosts.com/carl-tanzler-the-corpse-bride/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/carl-tanzler

Middle music: Credit: https://www.purple-planet.com

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