Blood & Ivy
Paul Collins
A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America’s most celebrated university
On November 23, 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city’s richest men vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston’s West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. Police scoured city tenements and the harbor―some leads put Parkman at sea or in Manhattan―but a Harvard janitor held a much darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never even left the Medical School building. His shocking discovery engulfed America in one of its most infamous trials, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. John White Webster, Harvard’s professor of chemistry. A baffling case of red herrings, grave robbing, and dismemberment, it became a landmark in the use of medical forensics. Rich in characters and atmosphere, Blood & Ivy explores the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in one of America’s greatest murder mysteries.
Duration - 8h 18m.
Author - Paul Collins.
Narrator - Kevin Kenerly.
Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026.
Copyright - © 2018 Paul Collins ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
A delectable true-crime story of scandal and murder at America’s most celebrated university On November 23, 1849, in the heart of Boston, one of the city’s richest men vanished. Dr. George Parkman, a Brahmin who owned much of Boston’s West End, was last seen that afternoon visiting his alma mater, Harvard Medical School. Police scoured city tenements and the harbor―some leads put Parkman at sea or in Manhattan―but a Harvard janitor held a much darker suspicion: that their ruthless benefactor had never even left the Medical School building. His shocking discovery engulfed America in one of its most infamous trials, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts vs. John White Webster, Harvard’s professor of chemistry. A baffling case of red herrings, grave robbing, and dismemberment, it became a landmark in the use of medical forensics. Rich in characters and atmosphere, Blood & Ivy explores the fatal entanglement of new science and old money in one of America’s greatest murder mysteries. Duration - 8h 18m. Author - Paul Collins. Narrator - Kevin Kenerly. Published Date - Wednesday, 21 January 2026. Copyright - © 2018 Paul Collins ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:06:30
Chapter 1
Duration:00:16:57
Chapter 2
Duration:00:17:51
Chapter 3
Duration:00:20:02
Chapter 4
Duration:00:15:47
Chapter 5
Duration:00:16:50
Chapter 6
Duration:00:16:46
Chapter 7
Duration:00:15:43
Chapter 8
Duration:00:20:10
Chapter 9
Duration:00:13:13
Chapter 10
Duration:00:13:57
Chapter 11
Duration:00:16:06
Chapter 12
Duration:00:14:29
Chapter 13
Duration:00:13:14
Chapter 14
Duration:00:17:38
Chapter 15
Duration:00:19:55
Chapter 16
Duration:00:22:26
Chapter 17
Duration:00:23:51
Chapter 18
Duration:00:22:29
Chapter 19
Duration:00:23:25
Chapter 20
Duration:00:29:06
Chapter 21
Duration:00:31:17
Chapter 22
Duration:00:22:00
Chapter 23
Duration:00:23:01
Chapter 24
Duration:00:20:39
Epilogue
Duration:00:25:15