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E 72 Joe Ball the Alligator Man
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citations
Hall, M. (2002, July 1). Two barmaids, five alligators, and the butcher of Elmendorf. Texas Monthly. https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/butcher-of-elmendorf-alligators/
Magazine, S. (2023, September 8). Archaeologists unearth four 1,900-year-old roman swords in Israeli cave. Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-uncover-four-roman-swords-in-israeli-cave-180982869/#:~:text=Archaeologists%20in%20Israel%20have%20discovered,the%20find%20earlier%20this%20week.
The St. Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park: A story more than 125 years in the making. St Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park. (n.d.). https://alligatorfarm.com/tickets-info/expanded-history/#:~:text=In%20the%20late%20nineteenth%20century%2C%20George%20Reddington%20and%20Felix%20Fire,the%20South%20Beach%20Railway%20Company.
What were the differences between the roman gladius and Spatha?. Quora. (n.d.). https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-differences-between-the-Roman-gladius-and-spatha#:~:text=The%20short%20answer%20is%20that,cavalry%20sword%2C%20that%20was%20designed
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YouTube. (2020, November 16). Serial killer: Joe Ball - The alligator man. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDyayPdtz-A Cites