Find out more about the People & Events featured in the film.

People:

• John White Webster (1793-1850)
• Ephraim Littlefield
• Dr. George Parkman (c. 1790-1849)
• Boston Brahmins
• Boston's Immigrant Population

Events:

• The Murder of Dr. Parkman
• The Webster Charge
• The Rise of Professional Medicine
• Newspaper Coverage of the Webster Trial
• Edgar Allen Poe, Detective Fiction, and the Parkman Murder