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This week, we take a look at Dr. William Minor, a man whose demons drove him to a terrible crime, and whose search for redemption, while rocky, led to a monumental contribution to humanity.\xa0Plus: a video game mystery, spelling be parties, and the triumphant return of English Pub Names!\xa0And remember: apostrophes, dammit.\xa0Make sure to come to our\xa0FB group,\xa0Twitter, or\xa0Insta\xa0and give us some much needed brain bleach. And you'll be our heroes if you give us a 5-star review! \xa0\n\xa0\nDon't forget about our Patreon, where you can get some cool bonuses for supporting the show.\xa0\xa0Thank you to Best Fiends for sponsoring this episode. Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play!\xa0Sources:\xa0Reilly, Lucas. \u201cThe Murderer Who Helped Make the Oxford English Dictionary.\u201d https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504609/murderer-who-helped-make-oxford-english-dictionary\xa0John D McDermott, \u201cWere They Really Rogues? Desertion in the Nineteenth-Century U S Army.\u201d Nebraska State Historical Society.\xa0https://history.nebraska.gov/sites/history.nebraska.gov/files/doc/publications/NH1997Desertion.pdfNebraska History 78 (1997): 165-174\xa0Thomas Minor. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Minor\xa0William Chester Minor. Wikipedia. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chester_Minorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wilderness#Battle\xa0St. Elizabeth's Hospital. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elizabeths_Hospital\xa0\u201cBattle of the Wilderness.\u201d Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/event/Battle-of-the-Wilderness\xa0Ella Lonn. \u201cDesertion of the Civil War.\u201d University of Nebraska Press.\xa0Royburt M, Epstein Y, Solomon Z, Shemer J. \u201cLong-term psychological and physiological effects of heat stroke.\u201d Physiology and Behavior, Volume 54, Issue 2.\xa0\u201cAbout.\u201d OED. https://public.oed.com/about/\xa0\u201cDr. William Chester Minor.\u201d Findagrave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9991/william-chester-minor\xa0Jenny Blair. \u201cA tortured soul finds redemption in words.\u201d Yale School of Medicine Magazine.https://medicine.yale.edu/news/yale-medicine-magazine/a-tortured-soul-finds-redemption-in-words/\xa0\u201cGeorge Merrett.\u201d My Heritage. https://www.myheritage.com/names/george_merrett\xa0Natalie Zarrelli. \u201cHow the Oxford English Dictionary Went from Murderer\u2019s Pet Project to Internet Lexicon.\u201d Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-the-oxford-english-dictionary-went-from-murderers-pet-project-to-internet-lexicon\xa0\u201cThe Professor and the Madman: Postscript.\u201d Erenow.. https://erenow.net/biographies/the-professor-and-the-madman/12.php\xa0http://www.bbc.co.uk/legacies/myths_legends/england/berkshire/article_1.shtml\xa0ForgottenNewsmakers.com