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The Witch of New York
- The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice
- Narrated by: Erin Bennett
- Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
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Before the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthony—before even Lizzie Borden—there was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nation’s debut media circus.
On Christmas night, December 25, 1843, in a serene village on Staten Island, shocked neighbors discovered the burnt remains of twenty-four-year-old mother Emeline Houseman and her infant daughter, Ann Eliza. In a perverse nativity, someone bludgeoned to death a mother and child in their home—and then covered up the crime with hellfire.
When an ambitious district attorney charges Polly Bodine (Emelin’s sister-in-law) with a double homicide, the new “penny press” explodes. Polly is a perfect media villain: she’s a separated wife who drinks gin, commits adultery, and has had multiple abortions. Between June 1844 and April 1846, the nation was enthralled by her three trials—in Staten Island, Manhattan, and Newburgh—for the “Christmas murders.”
After Polly’s legal dream team entered the fray, the press and the public debated not only her guilt, but her character and fate as a fallen woman in society. Public opinion split into different camps over her case. Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covered her case as young newsmen. P. T. Barnum made a circus out of it. James Fenimore Cooper’s last novel was inspired by her trials.
The Witch of New York is the first narrative history about the dueling trial lawyers, ruthless newsmen, and shameless hucksters who turned the Polly Bodine case into America’s formative tabloid trial. An origin story of how America became addicted to sensationalized reporting of criminal trials, The Witch of New York vividly reconstructs an epic mystery from Old New York—and uses the Bodine case to challenge our system of tabloid justice of today.
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The Battle of Whiteclay: An excerpt from The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder
- By: Stew Magnuson
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 1 hr and 9 mins
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The Battle of Whiteclay is an abridged excerpt from the award-winning nonfiction book, The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder: And Other True Stories from the Nebraska-Pine Ridge Border Towns. It recounts the murders of Ronnie Hard Heart and Wallace Black Elk near the controversial town of Whiteclay, Nebraska, which sells millions of cans of beer per year to the dry Pine Ridge Reservation, and American Indian Movement led marches on the town to demand justice for the unsolved murders. The Death of Raymond Yellow Thunder won the 2009 Nebraska Nonfiction Book of the Year award, a bronze medal ...
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U.S. government refusal to provide basic necessities for Indians so the Indians can pull themselves up.
- By Dempsey on 04-02-24
By: Stew Magnuson
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An Alternative History of Britain
- The Tudors
- By: Timothy Venning
- Narrated by: Liam Gerrard
- Length: 10 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Timothy Venning's series of alternative histories explores the pathways of British events from the Anglo-Saxon Age to the English Civil War. In this volume, he presents an in-depth analysis of the Tudor period. Venning discusses the fateful moments at which history could easily have taken a different turn. In a fascinating series of "what if" scenarios, Venning presents a detailed look at the possible and likely results. While speculative, the scenarios are all plausible and rooted in a firm understanding of actually events and their context.
By: Timothy Venning
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The World's Worst Prisons
- Inside Stories from the Most Dangerous Jails on Earth
- By: Karen Farrington
- Narrated by: Colin Mace
- Length: 7 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Incarceration has a long and inglorious history, from dungeons in the bowels of castles to oppressive penal colonies in Australia. Karen Farrington brings this history up to the 21st century, exploring some of the world's worst prisons, from Alcatraz to Pollsmoor, and the unending battles that rage between convicts and warders. Inside the prison walls, gangs rule, guards devise sadistic punishments, and newcomers suffer abuse at the hands of experienced tormentors.
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Very informative and heartbreaking.
- By Justin Williams on 04-15-24
By: Karen Farrington
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Cauldron of Blood
- The Matamoros Cult Killings
- By: Jim Schutze
- Narrated by: P.J. Ochlan
- Length: 9 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mark Kilroy vanished while on spring break in Matamoros, Mexico, the search for the missing pre-med student led to a gruesome discovery on a lonely stretch of land called Rancho Santa Elena: a mass grave containing Mark's mutilated corpse along with the remains of thirteen other people. The investigation uncovered how the victims were brutally killed at the hands of drug trafficker and cult leader Adolpho Constanzo, known by his followers as El Padrino, or The Godfather.
By: Jim Schutze
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The Notorious Edward Low
- Pursuing the Last Great Villain of Piracy's Golden Age
- By: Len Travers
- Narrated by: Paul Woodson
- Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins
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Following the War of the Spanish Succession (1702-1713) a decade-long wave of sea-robbery plagued the Atlantic rim—often glamorized as the "Golden Age of Piracy". Boston-based laborer, Edward Low, left his mark on pirate history as the most vicious and sadistic raider of them all.
By: Len Travers
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- AnthonyandJessica
- 04-21-24
Entertaining and scary but not for the reason you think
As a native Staten Islander I grew up with stories of “Polly” Bodine. (As Islanders say it, it rhymes with keen and not wine as the narrator says). I used to frequent the Perkins diner that stood on the ground of the burned house of the murdered sister-in-law and infant niece. That said I knew maybe a slivers of the story and found this richly told, well- researched and captivating. I listened to it in less than a week. But the narration was a little stumbling block. I thought it was Siri at first or an AI simulation. But I got used to it. What was frightening wasn’t the story but the way the “entertainment“ media started. This is a very relevant discussion and one that I have always wondered about. Well done and highly recommended.
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- Gina Ramirez
- 04-17-24
Boring
Just a boring book. Did not enjoy. Nothing really exciting or interesting. Could of been how the individual was reading the book.
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