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Edwin Rist, the Feather Thief
Criminal Records Podcast
English - July 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 57 ratingsHistory Education criminals crime history truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The target: The British Museum of Natural History. The payload: A suitcase full of dead birds. The criminal: A flute player obsessed with the rare art of Victorian fly tying.
Content note: This episode contains discussion of the "Asperger's defense," a controversial mental health defense in the British court system. We're discussing the legal and medical terminology that was used at the time; understanding of the autism spectrum has evolved since then.
Sources, show notes, and a whole lot of pictures of wild feather art here