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The Jazz Age Murder that Took Down NYC


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When the young and beautiful Vivian Gordon was found strangled in Van Cortlandt Park in 1931, the case to find her killer unveiled the dark underbelly of New York City political power and policing. In this episode, author Michael Wolraich of the new book The Bishop and the Butterfly, which the New York Times calls  a “propulsive” “political thriller," recounts this story along with Pulitzer Prize winner Debby Applegate, author of Madam: The Biography of Polly Adler at the inaugural Lit Salon, a candlelit literary salon hosted in Untapped New York founder Michelle Young's Brooklyn brownstone.
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The  Untapped New York Podcast is produced by Michelle Young and co-hosted by Justin Rivers.  New York City skyline in icon by Bernadette Moke, the Downtown Doodler. Speakeasy music in this episode Shane Ivers.

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