Ep 190 is loose! And we're back in gang territory to tell the tale of a girl boss who had New York in the palm of her hand.

Who was Fredericka Mandelbaum? How did she build her criminal empire? And do you have an onion handkerchief?

The secret ingredient is...silk!

Get cocktails, poisoning stories and historic true crime tales every week with The Poisoners' Cabinet.

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Sources include:

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredericka_Mandelbaum

www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howe_and_Hummel

www.mcny.org/story/extraordinary-mother-mandelbaum

www.messynessychic.com/2017/07/26/meet-the-woman-behind-new-yorks-1800s-school-for-crooks/

www.atlasobscura.com/articles/new-yorks-first-female-crime-boss-started-her-own-crime-school

www.ranker.com/list/life-of-mother-mandelbaum/genevieve-carlton

ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/tag/gangs-of-new-york/

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