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Podcasts True Crime 

The Murder on Bond Street: Who Killed Dr. Burdell?

November 16, 2018 Bowery Boys 2922 Views 0 Comments Bond Street, murder, mystery, The Tombs, true crime

PODCAST A gaslight murder mystery with more twists than an Agatha Christie novel! On January 31, 1857, a prominent dentist

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True Crime 

The Alienist Post-Mortem: Five Podcasts of Mystery and Murder in Old New York

March 26, 2018 Bowery Boys 2872 Views 0 Comments murder, mystery, The Alienist

TNT’s limited series The Alienist may be over — will they head to Caleb Carr’s Alienist sequel Angel of Darkness

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Mysterious Stories Podcasts 

The Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold, one of New York’s strangest mysteries

May 27, 2016October 15, 2018 Bowery Boys 4369 Views 3 Comments detectives, disappearances, mystery, society and customs

PODCAST The mysterious disappearance of a young woman becomes one of the most talked-about events over one hundred years ago.

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Mysterious Stories 

The Mystery on North Brother Island: A story told in news clippings

September 17, 2015September 17, 2015 Bowery Boys 1704 Views 2 Comments East River, Hell's Gate, mystery, North Brother Island

A thousand unsolved mysteries live within a newspaper’s archives, little forgotten events that have faded into history. Sometimes you can

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Podcasts True Crime 

Podcast Rewind: The Murder of Mary Rogers Revisited

July 26, 2013January 14, 2015 Bowery Boys 1392 Views 1 Comment Bowery Boys Archive, Mary Rogers, mystery

Our new podcast which was planned for this week had to be delayed for one week. It’ll be ready to

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Mysterious Stories 

The owls are not what they seem: It appears the clock in Herald Square may not be a portal for the Illuminati after all

March 26, 2013January 15, 2015 Bowery Boys 2043 Views 6 Comments Herald Square, James Gordon Bennett Jr. newspapers, mystery

Pic courtesy Brecthbug/Flickr Bummer. I so wanted the spectacular owl-infested Herald Square clock, once perched atop the offices of the

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Mysterious triangles: OOOOO!

July 24, 2007January 13, 2015 Bowery Boys 961 Views 0 Comments archaelogy, mystery, Pearl Street

A bit of strange New York archaelogical news surfaced on the networks last night. A mostly demolished building at 211

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Read the book

Bowery-Boys-Book-Cover-R6--revised Our first-ever Bowery Boys book, "Adventures in Old New York" is now out in bookstores! A time-traveling journey into a past that lives simultaneously besides the modern city.

Bowery Boys Walking Tours

Are you ready to walk through time? We’re excited to announce Bowery Boys Walks, our new walking tours developed around our podcast. Join us in the streets — beginning in October 2018!

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