EP 83: The Cigar Girl PT 1
On today’s episode, the first part of a two-parter, Kate and Paul head to 1841 New York City where a young woman has gained attention for her looks. One day she does not return home to her crowded boarding house and the number of suspects is staggering.
Sources:
“The Beautiful Cigar Girl” by Daniel Stashower
“The Life of Mary Rogers” (Borough of Manhattan Community College)
“The Mysterious Murder of ‘Cigar Girl’ Mary Roers, 1841” by Thomas Duke (Historical Crime Detective)
https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/ccca/the-mysterious-murder-of-cigar-girl-mary-rogers-1841/
“The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers” by Amy Gilman Srebnick
“Edgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder Case of Mary Rogers” by Angela Serratore (Smithsonian Magazine) 2013.
“American Newspapers, 1800-1860: City Newspapers” (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
https://www.library.illinois.edu/hpnl/tutorials/antebellum-newspapers-city/
“The Tribune” (New York Tribune) August 10, 1841.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/78137638/?terms=%22mary%20rogers%22%20%22cigar%20girl%22&match=1
“PODCAST: Who Murdered Mary Rogers?” (Bowery Boys) 2008.
https://www.boweryboyshistory.com/2008/10/podcast-murder-of-mary-rogers.html
“Old Timer Recalls The Days When Besson Was Mayor of Hoboken” (Jersey Observer and Jersey Journal) July 20, 1923.
“Mary Rogers, the Beautiful Cigar Girl” (Murder by Gaslight) 2009.
https://www.murderbygaslight.com/2009/09/mary-rogers_05.html
“Sybil’s Cave” (Hoboken Historical Museum)
https://www.hobokenmuseum.org/explore-hoboken/historic-highlights/sybils-cave/