The Murder at 31 Bond Street: Emma Cunningham, 1857

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[@robertabrams8562]

I grew up at 67 E 2nd St, and am a very amateur NYC historian (The gate to the Marble Cemetery was right across the street from my apartment building)! To think this murder happened 103yrs before I was born, and right down the street from me, is absolutely fascinating to me! Thank you so much for such an amazing presentation…Cheers to you sir!

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Thank you, Robert! It is always special to visit the places where these crimes occurred. The very first episode - Robert Wood 1907 - which I did in Feb/March 2019 was of a case I have known of for 20-odd years. On a visit to the British Library in Euston Road in July a couple of years ago, I arrived before it was open, so walked along the road a little, just to stretch my legs. I had gone no more than a hundred yards when I suddenly found myself before a familiar building, which I knew instantly: it was The Rising Sun, a pub on which the Robert Wood story centred in 1907. Now called The Rocket, I walked inside and pictured the characters who inhabited it in those days... It is worth doing!

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Mark you have not lost your fastball. This was brilliant in conception (partial credit to the murderers) narration and detail. I was particularly charmed by the dentist/surgeon/barber compulsively eating in "cheap restaurants". I tried to reconstruct 1857 knickerbocker cheap cuisine. Surely it was a bit early fot Cantonese. Oysters in brine? Hardboiled eggs with pickles? Excuse me, I am as food oriented as a German Shepard. Once again, the commendably obsessive conversions of 1857 to 2023 $ inform and delight though there are hierarchical as well as inflationary factors. Saying that $100K in 1857 is equivalent to $3.5M today does not quite capture the literally Dickensian misery of the era. A Cravath associate today might be worth $3.5M. But in 1857, a man with $100K was a demigod. Wonderful performance. You are a true artist. Thank you.

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Thank you very much, Robert - nice to hear from you and see you are still well and thriving! You are absolutely right about the inflationary conversions I make - I use an online calculator, and they hardly take into account the way in which people lived, the social conditions etc, which have such a bearing on such things. They provide only a general rule of thumb, I believe! All the best, and good wishes to you, sir!

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[@lucyh4355]

Well, there was certainly no subtly in their misdeeds, was there? Shocking that they got away with it! If only he hadn't been such a miser, he'd might have escaped their plans by simply renting a room elsewhere for a few months. After all, he was obviously aware of what a clear & present danger they were to him! 😏

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Thank you Mark for an American story. It seems their courts were just as hopeless as Britain`s in those days. So much research has gone into this one.

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Our favourite raconteur with another recounting of intrigue and evil machinations from the past. For someone who had such a dislike for people, you'd think the doctor would've chosen to live alone. It seems to me that his downfall was the love of money. I can't think of any other reason he would have such a gaggle of strangers take over his house. The photo at the end was interesting. I've always had a fascination with cemeteries and headstones, and I found that one to be a bit odd. Thank you once again, Mark, for a wonderful rendition.

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Ah thank you very much - yes, he was certainly a victim of his own avarice...

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[@Teffi_Club]

I was sorry for Dr. Burdell until you mentioned he was a miser and deprived his sister-in-law and her child from the money left by her husband. A small evil, Dr. B., met a greater evil, Emma Cunningham.

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[@Buffalonie]

Another very interesting episode, I had never heard of Cunningham before!

[@robertalpy]

That this woman escaped the gallows is disappointing. The Doctor may not have been a kind man, but he deserved better than to be murdered by such an evil woman. Had he only lodged his will with his lawyer, rather than keep it in his apartment, he might not have been murdered at all,there being nothing for Mrs. Cunningham to swindle. She certainly wasn't the only one involved. However, she was the mind behind this murder and earned a hanging.

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What a group, and all living in one house!

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Yet again, a fascinating and thoroughly enjoyable telling of this murder case. What an awful woman and it appears her actions brought her no happiness, only an infamous reputation!

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She died while living with a niece. Not a son, daughter, or grandchild. Nor her last spouse. Makes you wonder if her kids disowned her after the murder trial.

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Thank you very much, Tammie - I am glad you liked it - and hope you will like the others also. I always make my best efforts to find out what became of those involved - it has always fascinated me!

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He let his nephews and their mother suffer in poverty by tricking his dying brother into leaving him as the sole benefactor to his will. Occasionally, bad things will happen to people who actually deserve it. Good riddance.

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