Man this story went from dark but also maybe kind of romantic to just dark and sad, if I'm reading this right and Gene Hackman was in the house with his wife's corpse for a week but was possibly too demented to know it.

Man this story went from dark but also maybe kind of romantic to just dark and sad, if I'm reading this right and Gene Hackman was in the house with his wife's corpse for a week but was possibly too demented to know it. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/gene-hackman-investigation-cause-death.html

Hantavirus is usually contracted from very old mouse droppings

I know someone who contracted it after vacuuming their old attic

It basically goes completely undetected and is impossible to treat

Note: wear a mask if you’re cleaning out an old attic