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The Witch of New York

Alex Hortis

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...

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Opening Credits

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Dedication

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Quotes

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Author’s Note on Sources

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The Docket Sheet

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Prologue: Christmas Night 1843

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PART I: A FALLEN WOMAN, Chapter 1: Islands in the Stream

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Chapter 2: Sex and the 1840s City

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Chapter 3: Incendiaries

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Chapter 4: Low-Speed Chase

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Chapter 5: They Would Hang Her Without Judge or Jury

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Chapter 6: Confessions of the Sun

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Chapter 7: The Living Jury of the Nation

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Chapter 8: Dream Teams

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PART II: THE STATEN ISLAND TRIAL, Chapter 9: Poe Cracks the Case

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Chapter 10: The People v. Mary Bodine

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Chapter 11: Ghosts of Granite Village

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Chapter 12: Trial by Water

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Chapter 13: Breaking News

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Chapter 14: Consciousness of Guilt

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Chapter 15: Playing the Jew Card

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Chapter 16: Sisters

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Chapter 17: The Man in the Spanish Cloak

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Chapter 18: The Runaway Juror

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Chapter 19: Undue Prejudice

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PART III: THE MANHATTAN TRIAL, Chapter 20: Barnum’s Witch

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Chapter 21: Eldridge Street Jail

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Chapter 22: Trial by Fire

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Chapter 23: Mayor Harper

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Chapter 24: The Weight of the Baskets

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Chapter 25: Gala Night at the Park Theatre

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Chapter 26: To Conceal the Circumstances of Her Pregnancy

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Chapter 27: The Opposite Counsel

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Chapter 28: Cruel and Unbecoming Curiosity

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Chapter 29: Judge Edmonds’s Charge

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Chapter 30: April Thunderstorms

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Chapter 31: The Hanging of Polly Bodine

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Chapter 32: Witch Trial Interlude

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Chapter 33: The Appeal

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Chapter 34: Six Thousand Jurors

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PART IV: THE NEWBURGH TRIAL, Chapter 35: National Police Gazette

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Chapter 36: Whitman’s Sympathy

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Chapter 37: George Washington Camped Here

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Chapter 38: Fragment of the Mother’s Dress

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Chapter 39: Orange County House v. United States Hotel

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Chapter 40: The Gangs That Infest New York

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Chapter 41: Judgment Night

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Chapter 42: Polly Bodine in the Popular Imagination

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Epilogue: Another Prison

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Afterward: Lawyers Will Not Save Us

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Closing Credits

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