Women Behaving Badly: The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum, Capote's Swans, The Trials of Polly Bodine and a Scandalous Divorce in Old New York
All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 15, 2024
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On today's show, we air our collection of interviews about unruly women throughout New York City history as part of our series, Women Behaving Badly.
*[REBROADCAST from July 8, 2024] First, we discuss the female Jewish mob boss who became a celebrated fence for stolen goods, and the mastermind behind bank robberies in Gilded Age New York. Author Margalit Fox joins us to discuss her book The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss.
*[REBROADCAST from July 29, 2024] When author Truman Capote published an excerpt of his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, his high society friends were shocked to learn that Capote planned on airing their dirty laundry in public. Author Laurence Leamer discusses his book, Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for An Era.
*[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis about his new book, The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice.
*[REBROADCAST from July 24, 2024] A new book tells the story of a divorce that made headlines in Gilded Age New York, after a high society woman admitted to her husband she was having an affair with his younger brother, and was possibly pregnant with his child. Author Barbara Weisberg joins us to discuss Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York.
*[REBROADCAST from July 8, 2024] First, we discuss the female Jewish mob boss who became a celebrated fence for stolen goods, and the mastermind behind bank robberies in Gilded Age New York. Author Margalit Fox joins us to discuss her book The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss.
*[REBROADCAST from July 29, 2024] When author Truman Capote published an excerpt of his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, his high society friends were shocked to learn that Capote planned on airing their dirty laundry in public. Author Laurence Leamer discusses his book, Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for An Era.
*[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis about his new book, The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice.
*[REBROADCAST from July 24, 2024] A new book tells the story of a divorce that made headlines in Gilded Age New York, after a high society woman admitted to her husband she was having an affair with his younger brother, and was possibly pregnant with his child. Author Barbara Weisberg joins us to discuss Strong Passions: A Scandalous Divorce in Old New York.
