The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Susan Lieu You're imagining things

You're imagining things

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The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Susan Lieu You're imagining thingsBefore the sensational cases of Amanda Knox and Casey Anthonybefore even Lizzie Bordenthere was Polly Bodine, the first American woman put on trial for capital murder in our nations 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