Geary comes up with his own twist on the mystery and manages to capture the spirit of a booming and boisterous New York City in the 1840s, a city without a full-time police force at a time when bodies turned up in the city's rivers regularly.
There were rumors of a botched abortion and accusations pointing to gangs of ruffians or spurned lovers some observers even suggested that the body wasn't Mary Rogers's at all. But after her bruised and bound corpse was found floating in the Hudson, a rushed investigation and hasty burial led to rampant speculation about her character and her murder. With her "natural vivacity" and "dark smile," Rogers was popular and had many admirers. Rogers sold cigars in a tobacco store that catered to many of the city's illustrious characters, including Tammany Hall politicos, authors James Fenimore Cooper and Washington Irving, and, most particularly, Edgar Allen Poe, who was so intrigued by the mystery that he wrote a novel based on the story and offered his own theories about the murder. “Murder of Mary C.Geary (Jack the Ripper) adds to his Treasury of Victorian Murder series, this time retelling a true tale of the disappearance and murder of Mary Cecilia Rogers, which prompted a media frenzy in 1840s New York. Mabbott, Thomas Ollive, “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” 1978 Geary, Rick “A Treasury of Victorian Murder Compendium II”, 2015, NBM Publishing Inc. “Edgar Allen Poe: Was Mary Rogers his muse or his victim?”, 8 October 2015ĭuke, Thomas “The Mysterious Murder of Cigar Girl Mary Rogers”, 1910, Celebrated Criminal Cases of America Part III Cases East of the Pacific Coast Twitter: writing, original Mary Rogers poem (“The Beautiful Cigar Girl”), narration and audio arrangement by PrashĬharacter Voices: Ben (Daniel Payne, LaForge), Steve (Edgar Allan Poe) Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions: “Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearingĭoubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before.” – Poe’s ‘The Raven’ What do we really know about the poignant death of the girl who inspired one of Edgar Allan Poe’s novels, The Mystery of Marie Roget? Join me in New York in 1838 to investigate the unsolved murder of the enigmatic Mary Rogers, loved by all and remembered as the Beautiful Cigar Girl.
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