# The People's Potluck: The London Beer Flood, Elmer McCurdy and Daniel E. Sickles

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Published: 2026-03-27T08:18:00+00:00
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This week the listeners take the lads through 3 tales of oddity! The London Beer Flood of 1814 is a deadly freak accident that claims 8 lives! Elmer McCurdy is a dead bank robber who becomes more famous as a corpse! Daniel E Sickles gets away with murder in front of the White House before he nearly costs the Union the battle of Gettysburg!

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