S1 Ep17: Daniel Sickles: Temporarily Insane?

Published: March 1, 2021, 11 a.m.

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In 1859, two of Washington, D.C.\'s highest-profile men were in love with the same woman -- and that love triangle would lead to the broad-daylight shooting of one of them just a stone\'s throw from the White House. The victim had been the first-born son of Francis Scott Key, author of the lyrics to America\'s national anthem. And his killer would be the first in the country to argue a defense of temporary insanity.
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