If there had been true crime podcasts in the year 1800, this sensational murder trial would have been a hot topic under discussion: a young woman was killed just before Christmas in New York City, on the night she was to elope with her lover. The prime suspect was Levi Weeks, her presumptive fiancé, but he denied to authorities they had any relationship – and his defense team was the hottest trio of lawyers in town. This is the story of Elma Sands, and how the criminal justice system never established what really happened to her or who was to blame.

<p>If there had been true crime podcasts in the year 1800, this sensational murder trial would have been a hot topic under discussion: a young woman was killed just before Christmas in New York City, on the night she was to elope with her lover. The prime suspect was Levi Weeks, her presumptive fianc&eacute;, but he denied to authorities they had any relationship &ndash; and his defense team was the hottest trio of lawyers in town. This is the story of Elma Sands, and how the criminal justice system never established what really happened to her or who was to blame.</p>

Humans have always committed crimes. What can we learn from the criminals and crimes of the past, and have humans gotten better or worse over time?

Criminalia

Elma Sands and the Manhattan Well Murder

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