THE MURDER OF DR. HARVEY BURDELL

In 1857, a wealthy New York dentist was murdered. The alleged killer was a young woman who was devious, pretty, and greedy. Her trial made headlines across the U.S.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  09/17/2025.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Forgotten News, Jack Finney (book, 1980).

Butchery on Bond Street, Benjamin Feldman (book, 2007)

31 Bond Street, Ellen Horan (book, 2007)

The Desperate Would-be Housewife of New York, Smithsonian Magazine (2013)

The Murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell, Historical Crime Detective (webpage)

Murder on Bond Street!, NoHo NYC (webpage)

Scenes from the Burdell Murder, Murder by Gaslight (webpage)

NARRATOR: Kit Caren, co-host, Forgotten News Podcast.

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Police Blotter & Court News:

Bell's New Weekly Messenger, published on April 30, 1837.

NARRATOR: Erin Suminsby, Voice Artist.

Title Voice: Emily G. Thompson, host, Morbidology Podcast.

Judge: Glenn Haskell, Voice Artist

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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host Intro – Nina Innsted, host of the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Already Gone⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast.

Exit Aohorism - quoted from A Short History of England by G.K. Chesterton (1917).

Aphorism Voice - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Incompetech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Freesound.org⁠⁠ or the Public Domain.



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