William Hooper Young: Murder, Madness, and the Morris Canal

Send a message to Monica and Olivia!In September 1902, the body of Annie Pulitzer was discovered in New Jersey's Morris Canal, weighted down and hidden from view. The investigation quickly led police to William Hooper Young, grandson of famed Mormon leader Brigham Young and a man whose increasingly erratic behavior had alarmed those around him.In this episode, Monica and Olivia follow the case from the streets of New York's Tenderloin district to a lavish rented apartment New York City, where investigators uncovered a trail of bloody evidence and a trunk that became one of the most memorable pieces of the case. Along the way, they explore Annie's life, the sensational newspaper coverage that gripped the nation, and the fierce battle over whether Hooper Young was a calculating murderer or a man descending into madness.More than a century later, it remains one of the most fascinating and forgotten criminal cases of the early twentieth century.