Maggie Cogan

Maggie Cogan is a resident of New York City who was the first female coachman in Central Park, working for the Plaza Hotel. She appeared in a 1967 Universal newsreel with her horse and carriage, and in 1968, also appeared on the syndicated version of the quiz show What's My Line?, with contestants attempting to guess her occupation. By this point, she had had 2 unsuccessful marriages and given birth to two sons, both of whom she gave up when her life began to unravel. In 1977, while living with Ryan, Cogan began to show signs of mental illness and she was eventually committed to a mental hospital by her parents.

Collapse In the late 1960s, Cogan's life began to unravel. She had two failed marriages, one of which produced two children. After showing increasing signs of being unable to cope with her failed relationships, she left her two children with her parents and moved to Texas for four years. Upon returning to New York City, she was unable to reclaim her children. She also claimed to have Extra Sensory Perception. The New York Times reported that the arrangement was short-lived as Cogan returned to Central Park five weeks later.