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Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands

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Elma Sands
Levi Weeks
Justice System
Catherine Ring
Bone Valley
Manhattan Well
Alexander Hamilton
Aaron Burr
Jeremy Scott
Crime
Michelle Schofield
New York City
Trial
Wrongful Conviction
Murder
Crime Of the Century
Yellow Fever Epidemic
Women's Rights
The War On Drugs
Violence

Twenty-two-year-old Elma Sands is found murdered in a Manhattan well on January 2nd, 1800. Her lover, wealthy and well-connected Levi Weeks, is accused of the barbaric offense. Weeks brings in the nation’s best legal defense team – none other than Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr – to clear his name while a pandemic-stricken New York City buzzes with scandal.

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4.1 out of 5 stars from 384 ratings
  • Must Listen!

    I really enjoyed this style of podcast! I’d never heard this story before and appreciated how they told Elma’s story and the injustice in her trial. I thought the dramatization brought a great, lighter-hearted tone to the story with the wild take on the time. Truly a great listen!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    CHReyn
    United States4 months ago
  • Appreciate the attempt but…

    The dramatization uses way too much modern language. No one in this podcast speaks the way a person in the 18th century would. It’s really distracting and made it hard to really imagine the situation as a whole. Super disappointing, since there isn’t a lot out there on the Elma Sands case.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Lexiebeth
    United States6 months ago
  • An interesting true crime story told in a “modern” way

    The story is quite interesting but I didn’t enjoy the “modern” dialogue and narration that tried making this 1800 story accessible to “young folks”.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    MatildaTheGreat
    Israel9 months ago
  • History told in a stunning way

    INCREDIBLE! A MUST LISTEN TO

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    white witch brewing
    United States10 months ago
  • Fictionalizes some key facts

    The problem with this dramatization of the Levi Weeks trial is not the modernized language (some may like and others dislike it), and it’s not that the podcast interprets the story as a miscarriage of justice for Elma at the hands of the Patriarchy (which is a plausible but not inevitable interpretation). It’s that, whether by creative choice or a misunderstanding of the source material, the podcast fictionalizes three crucial facts.

    First, the dramatization makes much of the use of an affidav... more

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    GradySM
    United States10 months ago

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The series draws listeners who appreciate social critique of the justice system and female-centered narratives.
Quality and structure are often highlighted; advantages include accessibility and strong pacing, but critiques focus on historical accuracy concerns.
Listeners praise the storytelling and production quality, noting the emotional pull of Elma Sands' story.

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Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands features a historically grounded true-crime narrative that uses dramatic reenactments and modernized language to explore early American justice and the erasure of women in court history. Across episodes, listeners encounter a courtroom drama anchored by Levi Weeks' trial, Hamilton and Burr's defense, and Catherine Ring's persistence in telling Elma Sands' story. The series often foregrounds questions of gender, power, and systemic bias, while also highlighting craft in storytelling and production that makes history feel contemporary and emotionally resonant. Notably, the show tends to blend archival-style narration with dramatic performance to illuminate underrepresented perspectives, which can be both engag... more

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