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A Rumor, An Exhumation (1991)

Published: June 17, 2021, 12:08 p.m.

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It\u2019s June 17th. This day in 1991, authorities in Louisville, KY dug up the body of former president Zachary Taylor, who had died in 1850. They were trying to put to rest a rumor that Taylor had been poisoned.

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Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why one woman\u2019s theory that Taylor was killed was able to convince everyone to go forward with the exhumation, the gruesome details of Taylor\u2019s death, and what the body revealed when it was dug up 140 years later.

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