Episode 5.11// Strange and Unexplained and the Great Comet of 1811

Comets appeared widely in art in the 18th and 19th centuries, when they were objects of considerable curiosity. Image courtesy of Wellcome Library, London.

In 1811, a comet streaked across the sky and seemed to bring with it end-of-times-like earthquakes. While one man used the comet to rally his people against the invasion of the colonizers, another was thwarted by the quakes from covering up a terrible crime.

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