Cigar Girl murder and the invention of 'true crime'

Name: Cigar Girl murder and the invention of 'true crime'
Uploaded: 2021-12-16T03:51:00Z
Duration: 4 min 30 s
Description: On July 28, 1841, Mary Rogers was found floating in the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her violent murder became a national sensation, and led Edgar Allen Poe to write a story about it that helped lead to the invention of the genre we now know as "true crime." Take a deep dive with FOX 5 NY's The Tape Room.

On July 28, 1841, Mary Rogers was found floating in the Hudson River in Hoboken, New Jersey. Her violent murder became a national sensation, and led Edgar Allen Poe to write a story about it that helped lead to the invention of the genre we now know as "true crime." Take a deep dive with FOX 5 NY's The Tape Room.

Posted December 15, 2021 10:51pm EST