In Popular Culture
- A poetry book by Richard Griffin, The Dead Rabbit Riot, A.D. 1857: And Other Poems, was published in 1915.
- The Dead Rabbit Riot was featured in the History Channel documentary television series History's Mysteries in 1998.
- The Dead Rabbits, the Five Points, and a large riot are portrayed in the movie "Gangs of New York," though the motivation for the violence was the Civil War draft.
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