[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis about his new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-witch-of-new-york-the-trials-of-polly-bodine-and-the-cursed-birth-of-tabloid-justice/18940024?ean=9781639363919">The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice</a>.

[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis about his new book, The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice.

[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis&nbsp;about his new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-witch-of-new-york-the-trials-of-polly-bodine-and-the-cursed-birth-of-tabloid-justice/18940024?ean=9781639363919" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice</a>.

The Alleged Murderer Known as 'The Witch of New York' (Women Behaving Badly)

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