Radium Girls Pt. 1: Women Who Glowed in the Dark
Medical Mysteries
English - June 16, 2020 07:01 - 45 minutes - ★★★★ - 1.6K ratingsTrue Crime History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In the 1920s, dial-painters at US Radium's New Jersey factory began getting sick. They were diagnosed with syphilis and phossy jaw, but their symptoms didn't add up. The women suspected something about their job was making them fatally ill—but they were running out of time to solve the mystery.
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In the 1920s, dial-painters at US Radium's New Jersey factory began getting sick. They were diagnosed with syphilis and phossy jaw, but their symptoms didn't add up. The women suspected something about their job was making them fatally ill—but they were running out of time to solve the mystery.
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