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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. This six-episode true story unfolds over the unbelievable two-day trial that laid the sexist roots of today’s justice system. Through ...
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Clearly Quaker #32 – Knitting for Peace; Change for Global Change – Fall 2024 Salem QM
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Knitting for Peace; Change for Global Change. Thank you Seaville for hosting. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast/…
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Introducing: Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng Season 4 - TRAILER
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Pulitzer Prize winner and iHeartPodcast 2024 Social Impact Award Honoree Maggie Freleng brings compelling stories of redemption and justice with new episodes of Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng starting September 9, 2024. Click HERE to follow Wrongful Conviction with Maggie Freleng is a production of Lava for Good Podcasts in association wit…
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Clearly Quaker #31 – Doris Tice speaks about Cornelia Hancock – Spring 2024 Salem QM
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Doris Tice speaks about Cornelia Hancock to gathered Friends – Held at the Alloways Creek Meetinghouse in Hancock’s Bridge. Thank you Doris Tice for your presentation. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS cli…
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Clearly Quaker #30 – Chief Urie Ridgeway – Winter 2023 Salem QM
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Chief Urie Ridgeway speaks to gathered Friends – Held at the Woodbury Friends Meetinghouse. Thank you Chief Urie for your presentation. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.ne…
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Clearly Quaker #29 – Christie Duncan-Tessmer – How Friends can better welcome newcomers – Winter 2023 Salem QM
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PYM General Secretary Christie Duncan-Tessmer speaks on how Friends can better welcome newcomers to their Meetings at Winter 2023 Salem Quarterly Meeting. Held at the Salem Friends Meetinghouse. Thank you Christie for your presentation. Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko …
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Clearly Quaker #28 – MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) – Fall 2023 Salem QM
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MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) at Fall 2023 Salem QM, held at the Lower Greenwich Friends Meeting. Five years ago, MUMS (Mothers Uplifting Mothers) was organized in Bridgeton by a group of Mothers in Cumberland and later Salem Counties who have lost children to gun violence. The purpose of Mums is to hold, create, and share a space for mutual hea…
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Clearly Quaker #27 – A Vivifying Spirit: Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America – Summer 2023 Salem QM
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A Vivifying Spirit: Quaker Practice and Reform in Antebellum America. Hosted by Janet Moore Lindman at Summer 2023 Salem QM, held at Mickleton Friends Meeting. American Quakerism changed dramatically in the antebellum era owing to both internal and external forces, including schism, industrialization, western migration, and reform activism. With th…
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Clearly Quaker #26 – Christie Duncan-Tessmer – How meetings can better interact with PYM – Summer 2022 Salem QM
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Christie Duncan-Tessmer – How meetings can better interact with PYM – Summer 2022 Salem QM, held at Woodbury Friends Meeting house. “PYM General Secretary Christie Duncan-Tessmer speaks on how meetings can better interact with PYM at Summer 2022 Salem Quarterly Meeting. Held at the Woodbury Friends Meetinghouse. Thank you Christie for your presenta…
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The Court has heard from seventy five witnesses. Aaron Burr makes a closing statement for the defense; Colden makes a final plea to the judge, then cracks from exhaustion. Levi’s brother Ezra is further implicated in the crime. In flashbacks, Elma prepares to say her vows; the lawyers prepare for trial. The verdict is announced. Erased: The Murder …
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The lawyers interrogate the likelihood of Ezra and Levi going to the Manhattan Well after tea with the McCombs. An expert measurer, who visited Levi in jail before the trial, speaks on the Weeks Brothers’ behalf. Ezra Weeks’ relationship to the murder site is deeper than anyone realized. Elma’s reputation is called into question. Plus, the defense …
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An explosive secret from a Greenwich Street neighbor reveals that Elma’s home environment was different than her cousin described it. An unconventional testimony takes Colden by surprise, and he’s powerless over the barrage of doctors that Burr and Hamilton call to the witness stand. Colden turns the jury’s attention to Levi’s brother Ezra Weeks. E…
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Men’s Lunch on January 2nd, 1800 was interrupted when four men and a child discovered Elma’s mangled corpse in the Manhattan Well. Catherine Ring displayed Elma’s body outside their home on Greenwich Street, to show the world the damages and demand justice. Colden calls two expert witnesses to analyze the wounds on the corpse, hoping to close his c…
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Colden scrambles to debunk the suicide theory, calling witnesses who heard Elma’s screams the night of the murder. The defense team implicates Elma’s uncle Elias Ring in her death. Plus, a hectic interrogation of the murder site - Burr’s company’s well on land that he owns - which became notorious the moment Elma’s body was pulled out of water. Era…
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Welcome to the first murder trial in the American judicial system; it’s March 31, 1800 and you are here. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr defend their client, Levi Weeks, who’s been charged with the beating and murder of his girlfriend Elma Sands. In this episode, Elma’s cousin recounts the night of the murder. Elma’s uncle creates chaos in the co…
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Introducing - Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands
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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 w…
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Clearly Quaker #25 – Forgiveness – A conversation with JoEllyn Jones, Esq. and Ryan Young – March 13 Salem Quarterly Meeting
Forgiveness – A conversation with JoEllyn Jones, Esq. and invited guest Ryan Young – Held at Spring 2022 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at Woodstown Friends Meeting house. “What is justice? What does it really look like? What does the phrase “restorative justice” mean and how it is practiced? What is lost and what is gained? what does it mean to beg…
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Clearly Quaker #24 – Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae – September 12 Salem Quarterly Meeting
A conversation with Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae at the September 12 Salem Quarterly Meeting, held at the Lower Greenwich Friends Meeting house. “Justice is a noun. But doing justice is a verb. As a prosecutor, I need to ensure that what we’re doing is fair, that people have confidence in our system, that it’s working well, and …
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An update/discussion on the Palestinian/Israeli situation, presented by Mike Ayars at the June 13 Salem Quarterly Meeting Music credit: “Old Greenwich Friends Meeting House (1771)” from Down Jersey Scenes by Paul Mack Somers — Michiko Otaki, piano. Here is the RSS for Clearly Quaker Podcast, for RSS clients: http://www.salemquarter.net/feed/podcast…
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