A tantalizing drama pulled from New York's gritty past, Takers Mad guides listeners down a shadowy path to explore a true crime that haunted the Gilded Age. As newspapers reported in the 1890s, a woman dubbed "Shakespeare" was found dead in a seedy hotel along the waterfront by Manhattan's South Street Seaport. The chilling scene recalled for press and police alike Jack the Ripper's victims in London. Panicked New Yorkers worked feverishly...