Episode 733: Emma Cunningham and the Murder of Harvey Burdell
From Morbid | Podcast
On the morning of January 31, 1857, the body of Dr. Harvey Burdell was discovered in his Manhattan townhouse with fifteen stab wounds, and his killer had also strangled him to guarantee his death. Suspicion quickly fell to one of Burdell’s tenants, thirty-nine-year-old mother of four Emma Cunningham. A few days after Burdell’s death, Emma presented herself as his wife and attempted to collect his estate worth $100,000, but before she could get her hands on the money, Emma was indicted for Bur...
Mentioned in This Episode
- Emma Cunningham (person)
- Harvey Berdell (person)
- John Eckle (person)
- George Snodgrass (person)
- Nespresso (product)
- Abraham Oakley Hall (person)
- Clyde and Black (company)
- Isabella Banford (person)
- Dr. Samuel Catelyn (person)
- Reverend Uriah Marine (person)
- Belleview Hospital (location)
- Elina (person)
- Greenwood Cemetery (location)
- Emma Augusta Hemstead (person)
- Benjamin Feldman (person)
- Adolf Ash (person)
- Irving Place (location)
- Saratoga Springs (location)
- Margaret Alviset (person)
- Agnes Smith (person)