The Deadwood Dick Murders – Part One
May 20, 2024•45 min•Season 8Ep. 16
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Deadwood Dick was the first pop culture superhero – 50 years before Batman — and he was the first such character to spark widespread moral condemnation as a "cause" of crime. In Australia from the 1890s, Deadwood Dick was blamed for everything, from truancy to... mass murder.
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