Sin, Scandal & Blood in the Shadow of the Brooklyn Bridge

Discover the sinister side of Brooklyn Heights & Dumbo

Take a walk with Boroughs of the Dead and explore unforgettable accounts of poisonings, tragic deaths, grisly discoveries, violence, public unrest, and long‑buried scandals. These dark narratives unfold as we wander past remarkable architecture in Brooklyn’s Historic District and continue toward the waterfront and the Brooklyn Bridge.

The stories we discuss have influenced writers such as Truman Capote and Arthur Miller. We also look at how the waterfront and the looming presence of the bridge created space for social boundary‑pushing, from the provocative to the unsettling.

Stops on the tour include:

• The home connected to a mysterious suicide
• Two once‑luxurious hotels in Brooklyn’s Historic District with troubled histories
• Truman Capote’s residence, where he wrote In Cold Blood
• A former artist colony where a burlesque performer found inspiration for a tale of murder
• Waterfront locations tied to chilling and violent crimes

This tour was created and will be led by Marie Carter, author of Mortimer and the Witches.

Brooklyn, history, true crime tours