A Rumor, An Exhumation (1991)

This Day (An America 250 History Show) · Jun 17, 2021 · 17m

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It’s 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.

Jody, Niki, and Kellie discuss why one woman’s theory that Taylor was killed was able to…