EPISODE 26: The Woman in the Well PT 2
In this conclusion of last week's case, Paul and Kate return to 1799 Manhattan for a legal battle involving some of the most famous names of the era. After 75 witnesses take the stand, the outcome of the case is as shocking as the case itself.
Sources:
“Report of the Trial of Levi Weeks” (Evans Early American Imprint Collection)
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=evans;idno=N28782.0001.001
“People v. Levi Weeks, 1800” (Historical Society of the New York Courts)
https://history.nycourts.gov/case/people-v-weeks/
“A Tale of Two Murders: The Manhattan Well Case as Source Material for Charles Brockden Brown's ‘The Trials of Arden’" by Scott Slawinski (Early American Literature Vol. 44 No 2) 2009.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/27750131
“At SoHo Eatery, a Historic Haunt” by Nick Carr (Wall Street Journal) 2011.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204644504576651252000172140
“The Manhattan Well Mystery” (Murder by Gaslight) December 12, 2010.
http://www.murderbygaslight.com/2010/12/manhattan-well-mystery.html
“The Manhattan Well Murder Trial” (The History Guy) 2019.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WNaR1CyFA8
“The Original ‘Dream Team’” by Doris Lane (Crime Magazine)