Episode 5 | The Anxiety...

11/08/23 • 30 min

The lawyers interrogate the likelihood of Ezra and Levi going to the Manhattan Well after tea with the McCombs. An expert measurer, who visited Levi in jail before the trial, speaks on the Weeks Brothers’ behalf. Ezra Weeks’ relationship to the murder site is deeper than anyone realized. Elma’s reputation is called into question. Plus, the defense lawyer's questions shed new light on Richard Croucher’s infatuation with Elma.

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An explosive secret from a Greenwich Street neighbor reveals that Elma’s home environment was different than her cousin described it. An unconventional testimony takes Colden by surprise, and he’s powerless over the barrage of doctors that Burr and Hamilton call to the witness stand. Colden turns the jury’s attention to Levi’s brother Ezra Weeks.

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The Court has heard from seventy five witnesses. Aaron Burr makes a closing statement for the defense; Colden makes a final plea to the judge, then cracks from exhaustion. Levi’s brother Ezra is further implicated in the crime. In flashbacks, Elma prepares to say her vows; the lawyers prepare for trial. The verdict is announced.

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Erased: The Murder of Elma Sands - Episode 5 | The Anxiety...

Transcript

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Hi, I'm Alison Vlam Welcome back to Erased. In the previous episode, the defense attorneys kept pursuing the theory that Elma took her own life, painting a picture of Elma as a tortured girl who abused Laudanum and got all dressed up on December twenty second to throw herself into a well. To tell the jury about Levi's night leading up to the time of the murder, they called their dear friend, Levi's brother Ezra, up to the witness stand.