The Murder of Mary Rogers The Beautiful Cigar Girl

Published: June 28, 2020, 1 p.m.

In 1841 a beautiful young woman body would be pulled out of the Hudson river in Hoboken New Jersey. The woman would be identified as Mary Rogers a beautiful young working woman of New York City. She was a minor celebrity from her days working in a cigar shop that was frequented by New York's Elite. 

Her death would be sensationalized in the press and the country would buy papers an an unprecedented rated. Everyone wanted to know who killed Mary Rogers.

Her death even inspired famed writer Edgar Allen Poe to investigate and write his investigation as a story. The Murder of Mary Roget was based on this real life murder. 

Join Us as we walk through The Murder of Mary Rogers The Beautiful Cigar Girl and try to figure out who killed her.