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Polly Bodine
Definition
- Born Mary Polly Housman (ca. 1808–92), Polly Bodine was dubbed the “Witch of Staten Island” after she was accused of murdering her sister-in-law and infant niece at their Staten Island home in 1843. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Bodine, Polly]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Polly_Bodine
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