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Black and white illustration of a map of the town of Fall River on the Massachusetts and Rhode Island border.

Fall River

Episode #343

2025-12-05 05:00:06

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In 1833, a writer named Catharine Williams began working on a new book. She’d published books of poetry and about the Revolutionary War before, but this book was going to be different. It was going to be about a Methodist minister, a mill worker, and a murder. 

Kate Dawson’s book is The Sinners All Bow: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne.