What happened to Massena's missing girl?
Second Look: A paper's history of Northern New York
English - November 03, 2019 13:30 - 20 minutes - 21.5 MB - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsHistory Society & Culture Documentary newyork newspapers dailytimes history localhistory newspaper northcountry watertown watertownnewyork Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On September 1928, a 4-year-old girl went missing in the woods, igniting a suspicion of blood libel against the Jewish citizens of that community. Barbara Griffiths was found the next morning, unbothered by her experience. But the feelings left behind lingered for much longer.
Kelly Burdick and Christina Knott talk to reporter Chris Brock. He recently wrote about the missing girl, Barbara Griffiths, and spoke to Edward Berenson, the author of a new book about the subject, "The Accusation: Blood Libel in an American Town."
Listen as we talk about this strange table about how a town turned against itself and what this story might still say about us today.
Credits:
Episode is edited by Christina Knott. Intro music is "Nobody Calls It San Fran" by Coyote Hearing. Outro music is "The Papergirl" by The Whole Other.
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