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Rorschach: Murder at City Hall

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Rorschach: Murder at City Hall
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  • Rorschach: Murder at City Hall

    Episode 10: It Stays with You

    2026/05/20 | 28 mins.
    James Davis continues to surprise from beyond the grave, leading to a painful legal battle. And a final mystery persists: How could a dramatic shooting in City Hall be all but forgotten, even by the people who lived here at the time? What really happened – and what did it mean?
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    Episode 9: The Empty Seat

    2026/05/13 | 27 mins.
    James’s district, his colleagues and his family all mourn his shocking death. But the work of politics must continue, and someone must fill his seat, The Brooklyn Democratic Party has a candidate in mind. The family has other ideas.
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  • Rorschach: Murder at City Hall

    Episode 8: The Last Day

    2026/05/06 | 35 mins.
    James and Niel don’t just arrive at City Hall together – they spend that whole day together. And after their lives end in tragedy that afternoon, speculation runs wild about why someone would want to kill James – and what was really going on between the two men.
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    Episode 7: James Meets Niel

    2026/04/29 | 32 mins.
    It’s the summer of 2003. Everybody in the neighborhood knows Councilman James Davis. No one knows Niel Askew, who’s running against him in the primary. Niel infiltrates James’s orbit, and becomes something like his protege – and someone for the powerful James E. Davis to taunt and intimidate. The clock ticks, as July 23rd approaches fast.
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    Episode 6: A City in Crisis

    2026/04/22 | 26 mins.
    After a nasty campaign against political favorite Letitia James, James Davis finally wins elected office. Just as James’ fortunes are on the rise Niel Askew’s are headed the other direction. He’s broke, and he’s been diagnosed with HIV. The pressures are mounting.
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About Rorschach: Murder at City Hall
A shocking public shooting at New York City Hall leaves the ambitious, charismatic City Councilman James E. Davis dead, before his assailant is gunned down by a New York City cop. It turns out that Davis had been murdered by his political rival, Niel Askew. And yet all that summer, the two men had been seen around Brooklyn together, been together in James’ office, sat side by side at a barbershop. Despite the shock waves this murder sent through New York City in the summer of 2003, the story is now forgotten, along with the mystery of what really happened between these men. RORSCHACH: MURDER AT CITY HALL recounts their final fateful day through eye-witness accounts, and then traces the path that led James Davis and his killer Niel Askew to their deaths.
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