99. Something in the Water: What Happened to Mary Rogers?
She was young. Beautiful. Familiar to the cityâs restless men and sharp-eyed journalists. By day, she sold cigars in a little shop on Broadwayâjust a girl behind the counter. But when her body surfaced near Hoboken, facedown and bruised, she became something else entirely: a cautionary tale, a public spectacle, a mystery. Mary Rogers was given many names. The Beautiful Cigar Girl. The Muse of Broadway. A siren lured to ruin. And long before we had podcasts or detective dramas, her story captivated a nation hungry for scandal. It drew in reporters, moral crusadersâand one very famous writer who believed he could solve her case from the page. Macabrium is produced by Macabrium Creative and hosted by Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown, with writing and research by ChloĂ« Kibbe, Megan Alda and Derek Stephen Brown. ⹠Follow us onâ â â â â â â â Instagramâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â âą Subscribe on â â â â â â â â Youtubeâ â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â â âą Support us on â â â â â â â â Patreonâ â â â â â â â Visit us at â â â â â â â â www.macabriumpod.comâ â â â â â â â to learn more! Episode Reference Material The Beautiful Cigar Girl: Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the Invention of Murder â Daniel Stashower The Mysterious Death of Mary Rogers: Sex and Culture in Nineteenth-Century New York â Amy Gilman SrebnickEdgar Allan Poe Tried and Failed to Crack the Mysterious Murder of Mary RogersThe Mysterious Death of Mary RogersThe Life of Mary RogersThe Mysterious Murder of âCigar Girlâ Mary Rogers, 1841The Mystery of Marie RogĂȘt Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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She was young. Beautiful. Familiar to the cityâs restless men and sharp-eyed journalists. By day, she sold cigars in a little shop on Broadwayâjust a girl behind the counter. But when her body surfaced near Hoboken, facedown and bruised, she became something else entirely: a cautionary tale, a public spectacle, a mystery. Mary Rogers was given many names. The Beautiful Cigar Girl. The Muse of Broadway. A siren lured to ruin. And long before we had podcasts or detective dramas, her story captivat...