Ep 193 is loose and we're off to Manhattan to tell the tale of the delicious Josie Mansfield, whose beauty drove men to kill...

Who was Josie? How did she end up as one of the most lavish ladies of New York? And what would YOUR price be to marry for money?

The secret ingredient is...New York City!

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Sources include Village Preservation.org, Library of Congress Blog, Fascinate, The Life and Times of Col Jim Fisk by Robert McAlpine, The New York Times, Murder by Gaslight, and this 1872 pamphlet with a very long name: https://www.loc.gov/item/ca17002160/

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