MoNo Encore: The East River Ripper Murder of Old Shakespeare w/ George R. Dekle Sr.

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, Education, History

4.7 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 80 minutes

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(Orig. Pub. Date 9/6/2021) On April 24th, 1891, a Bowery prostitute named Carrie Brown (known locally as "Old Shakespeare") was found murdered and mutilated in the seedy East River Hotel. With the Jack the Ripper murders unsolved and still news, many believed that the notorious killer had traveled across the Atlantic to continue his bloody work in the United States - and this was his first victim. My guest is George R. Dekle Sr., former Florida prosecutor and author of the new book "The East River Ripper: The Mysterious 1891 Murder of Old Shakespeare". He talks about this sensational case, including the arrest and trial of the enigmatic Ameer Ben Ali, better known as "Frenchy", and offers his thoughts on who really murdered Carrie Brown. More about the author and his work can be found here: https://www.bobdeklebooks.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:49.2	So who doesn't like a gilded age true crime escape every once in a while, right? I have definitely been
0:56.4	in the mood for one this weekend and I thought it would be a good choice for a most notorious
1:01.1	encore episode. So, uh, in case you've forgotten, this is the setup in the wake of the Jack
1:10.1	the Ripper murders. New York City, police found
1:13.7	themselves with a gruesome case on their hands, a ripper-esque mystery that captivated the city
1:21.8	and flummoxed detectives. Poor Carrie Brown was viciously murdered in a rundown hotel. And repeat
1:31.6	guest George Deeckel, a listener favorite with an engaging storytelling style, tells us all about it.
1:39.5	So sit back and relax for an hour and 20 minutes or so as we head back 135 years to revisit this sensational unsold murder case. I'm Welcome to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast.
2:21.6	I'm Eric Rivenis.
2:23.0	Thank you so very much for listening.
2:26.4	I am very happy to have as my guest today, once again, George R. Dekel, Sr.
2:33.8	He is a former legal skills professor at the Levin College of Law
2:39.0	and assistant state attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida.
2:45.1	He prosecuted many, many criminal cases during his time in that position,
2:50.4	from 1975 to 2005.
2:54.9	We talked a couple of years ago about his book, Six Capsules, The Gilded Age Murder of Helen
3:02.2	Potts. He's got a brand new book out now entitled The East River Ripper, the mysterious 1891 murder
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