Virtually unknown before her disappearance and death in 1841, Mary Rogers' unsolved case inspired a sensation in New York City and helped to inspire the birth of the genre of True Crime.

Credit: This episode was created by Smith College students Arielle Dede, Jess Buslewicz, Keely Clifford, and Clare McElhaney.

For a transcript of this episode and its sources, see https://sophia.smith.edu/hst272-sp20/mary-rogers/