Spunkers, Spelunkers and Scribes - Obscure 18th Century Jobs
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On Courtney's debut installment of "Dirty Jobs," we delve into a slew of obscure employment opportunities from the 18th Century. Would you care to sample some sin from a dying individual? Or, better yet, scour the sewers for an untapped source of wealth? Perhaps grave-robbing is more to your liking? Find out about the legitimate and illegitimate gotten gains of the latter days in this intriguing installment! https://linktr.ee/disinformedpodcast Sources:https://hekint.org/2019/04/12/harvard-medical-school-and-the-body-snatchers/https://gizmodo.com/the-weird-but-true-history-of-sin-eaters-479990066 https://anglotopia.net/news-features/18th-century-englands-most-unusual-professions/https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater#:~:text=Sin%20eaters%20risked%20their%20souls,the%20misdeeds%20of%20the%20dead.&text=When%20a%20loved%20one%20died,in%20front%20of%20the%20body.https://www.uhhospitals.org/Healthy-at-UH/articles/2020/03/how-leeches-can-save-lives-and-limbs-for-some-patientshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/quite-likely-the-worst-job-ever-319843/https://historyhustle.com/garden-hermit/https://www.officialdata.org/uk/inflation/1820?amount=20000 Outro:Semi-Funk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4333-semi-funkLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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