233. SPOOKY: The Dark History of Devil's Island
Today we’ve got a dark little history lesson on Devil’s Island, a French penal colony (a settlement where they used to exile prisoners to remove them from the general population) that operated from 1852 to 1952.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Island
https://www.britannica.com/place/Devils-Island
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/ile-du-diable
https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/editorial/papillon-a-trip-to-devils-island
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-prisons-incarceration/devils-island/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/devils-island
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