Episode 36 - Wicked Creature: Murder on Cherry Hill

A daughter of the New York elite is accused of orchestrating her husband’s murder after he was shot through a second-story window at the historic Cherry Hill estate. The resulting trial culminated in the state’s last public hanging in 1827.

Episode 36- Wicked Creature: Murder at Cherry Hill is available now on Spotify, Apple & all major platforms.

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