Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer
Episode 29 min 23s

Albert J. Tirrell, the First Sleepwalking Killer

On Oct. 27, 1845 Mary Ann Bickford's body was found in her Boston boardinghouse room. Her paramour Albert J. Tirrell was eventually charged with murder. Tirrell hired Rufus Choate to defend him, and Choate claimed his client had episodes of somnambulism.

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