America's First Murder Trial - Elma Sands

True Crimecast

Stove Leg Media

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Step back into 19th-century New York City for a tale of intrigue, heartbreak, and one of America’s earliest murder mysteries—the Manhattan Well Murder. In this episode, we uncover the tragic story of Gulielma "Elma" Sands, a young woman whose body was found in a well in 1799, sparking the nation’s first documented murder trial.
Accused of the crime was Levi Weeks, a young carpenter with powerful connections, defended by none other than Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. From the mysterious events leading up to Elma’s disappearance to the courtroom drama that captivated a growing city, we dive into the complexities of the case and the questions that remain unanswered.

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0:00.0	Stoveleg Media, Igniting Conversation. This is True Crimecast.
0:26.3	Jamie here with John.
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0:33.6	I think it's a little melted today.
0:36.0	But I know like Florida is buried in snow.
0:39.4	The California has been on fire. It's just America's kind of a mess, weather, weather and
0:45.5	disaster speaking. Yeah, it's hard to complain about the cold when so many folks have lost their
0:50.6	homes over in California. Our thoughts and prayers continued to be with those.
0:56.1	North Carolina still hasn't recovered,
0:57.8	South Carolina, Tennessee,
1:04.1	all those impacted by the hurricane that somehow devastated inland because of flooding.
1:06.4	This is a crazy times, Jamie.
1:06.9	It is.
1:07.5	But thankfully,
1:12.2	we're thawing out here and we're thawing out to a fantastic case.
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1:27.1	and the survivors,
1:28.6	as well as the beasts that torment them.
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