Pardon My Enthusiasm

8: Rogers, the Beautiful Cigar Girl


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Who murdered the Beautiful Cigar Girl?
Mary Rogers was found dead in the Hudson River; was it gang violence or a botched abortion? Let’s look at how this unsolved death inspired famed author Edgar Allen Poe.


References
·    Srebnick, A. G. (1997). The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers [PDF]. Retrieved from
https://openlibrary.org/books/OL7388191M/The_Mysterious_Death_of_Mary_Rogers
·    Serratore, A. (2013). Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers. Retrieved from
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/edgar-allan-poe-tried-and-failed-to-crack-the-mysterious-murder-case-of-mary-rogers-7493607/
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Pardon My EnthusiasmBy Damaris Montufar

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