Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2
Business Wars12 Jun 2018

Hearst vs Pulitzer - The Headless Torso, Part 2 | 2

In 1897, America looked very different. Carriages rolled through the streets of New York. Mass media was just growing up, and Hearst was convinced that carrier pigeons - hunted to extinction by 1914 - were what would give his paper the edge during the early days of the Headless Torso case.

This case belonged to the whole city. Everyone - barkeeps in Brooklyn and bankers on the Upper East Side alike are invested in the mystery… and what happened to his head.

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