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This episode explores the sensational Smuttynose Island Murders of 1873 and their lasting impact on the New England coast.

The Smuttynose Island Murders of 1873 Jump To The AD-FREE Safe House Edition Episode 476 explores a case would become one of the most sensational crimes of the American Gilded Age. It would produce a manhunt, a near-lynching, a jail break, and a hanging, among other tropes. It would haunt the New England coast for a century and a half, and it haunts it still. But before it was any of those things, it was a story about people who crossed an ocean looking for a better life, and for a few short years, found one. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/true-crime-historian--2909311/support . You can pay more if you want to, but rent at the Safe House is still just a buck a week, and you can get access to over 400 ad-free episodes from the dusty vault, Safe House Exclusives, direct access to the Boss, and whatever personal services you require. We invite you to our other PULPULAR MEDIA podcasts: If disaster is more your jam, check out CATASTROPHIC CALAMITIES , telling the stories of famous and forgotten tragedies of the 19th and 20th centuries. What could go wrong? Everything! For brand-new tales in the old clothes from the golden era of popular…

People in this episode

Host: Richard O Jones

Topics covered

• murder
• Gilded Age
• New England
• manhunt
• crime history

Keywords

• Smuttynose Island
• murders
• Gilded Age
• manhunt
• New England

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: True Crime Historian

Places: Smuttynose Island, New England

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