The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Susan Lieu and life is never that

and life is never that simple

and hubris led to one of the costliest geopolitical conflicts of our time

Thus begins an unlikely correspondence between two rival agents hellbent on securing the best possible future for their warring factions

about folly and grace

The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice Susan Lieu and life is never thatBefore 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