Episodes
Tuesday Mar 27, 2012
Five Points
Tuesday Mar 27, 2012
Tuesday Mar 27, 2012
In Episode F, your hosts Kate and Kathleen describe the fetid rancid squalid nightmare that was the Five Points neighborhood. This was the worst slum in the history of the planet. (Okay, tied for worst with London's East End circa 1841.) Learn where it was and how it came about. Hear about the horrific living conditions, famous criminals from the area (including Hellcat Maggie!), and the reformers who helped spur unprecedented recovery. If you want to learn more: Five Points: The Book! Gangs of New York: The Book!
Monday Mar 26, 2012
Evelyn Nesbit & the Trial of the Century
Monday Mar 26, 2012
Monday Mar 26, 2012
The Trial of the Century was a smoking- hot mess that made a mockery of justice and ultimately destroyed the life of the luminously beautiful It Girl Evelyn Nesbit. Her cracked-out husband, Pittsburgh heir Harry K. Thaw, shot her paramour, world- class architect Stanford White, in the FACE, killing him before hundreds of witnesses. The resulting arrests, court cases, and aftermath gripped a nation obsessed with the kinky stories of the rich and famous. And NONE of this is exaggeration.
Sunday Mar 04, 2012
Debunked
Sunday Mar 04, 2012
Sunday Mar 04, 2012
In Episode D, ABC Gotham's amateur historians Kate and Kathleen debunk some of the NYC stories you learned in school or heard from friends. Albino alligators in the sewers are just the beginning. There are a million myths in this town and we deliver the truth about the best of them. If your grandparents came through Ellis Island, if you're afraid of the Mole People, or if your neighborhood cops sometimes seem a bit TOO ticket- crazy, you need to listen to this one!