Hearst vs Pulitzer – The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2

In 1897, America looked very different. Carriages rolled through the streets of New York. Mass media was just growing up, and Hearst was convinced that carrier pigeons – hunted to extinction by 1914 – were what would give his paper the edge during the early days of the Headless Torso case. This case belonged to the whole city. Everyone – barkeeps in Brooklyn and bankers on the Upper East Side alike are invested in the mystery… and what happened to his head.