• Suicide or Murder: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis

  • Oct 24 2024
  • Length: 20 mins
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Suicide or Murder: The Mysterious Death of Meriwether Lewis

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    In this episode of The Wild Wild Death, we delve into the mysterious death of Meriwether Lewis, one of America’s most celebrated explorers. After leading the legendary Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis met a tragic and untimely end at a remote inn on the Natchez Trace. Found with two gunshot wounds, his death was quickly ruled a suicide, but doubts have lingered for over two centuries. Was Lewis driven to despair by illness and debt, or was he the victim of foul play? We explore the theories, the evidence, and the enduring questions surrounding the untimely death of a man who helped shape America—and wound up as the subject of one of its oldest cold cases.


    Want to know more? Check out the links below:

    • https://www.history.nd.gov/exhibits/lewisclark/suicide.html#:~:text=When%20Lewis's%20integrity%20was%20questioned,apparently%20shot%20himself%20in%20despair
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/meriwether-lewis-mysterious-death-144006713/
    • https://lewiscountymuseum.com/Meriwether-Lewis.asp
    • https://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/presentations/ap_transcripts/mwlewis#:~:text=Historians%20claim%20that%20Lewis%20became,and%20untreatable%20during%20his%20lifetime
    • https://muse.jhu.edu/article/219490
    • https://franceshunter.wordpress.com/2010/03/23/love-in-the-afternoon-syphilis-and-the-lewis-clark-expedition/






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