Crime and Scandal
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2.5KBathsheba Spooner, Hanged for Murder—Or For Her Loyalist Father?
In March of 1778, a traveler brought strange news to Sandwich, Mass., about an unnatural murder in Brookfield. A woman had hired...
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4.7KMelvil Dewey, the Womanizing OCD Librarian who Organized the Olympics
Melvil Dewey had an obsession with the number 10. He slept 10 hours, wrote 10-page letters and created the Dewey Decimal System...
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2.6KBenedict Arnold’s Treason Unmasked to Washington—in Arnold’s Own House
George Washington learned about Benedict Arnold’s treason while staying at Benedict Arnold’s house near West Point. He wondered why Arnold, his best...
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4.4KThe Worst Train Wreck in New Hampshire History – The 1907 Canaan Disaster
The worst train wreck in New Hampshire history started in the predawn hours of September 15, 1907. The Quebec Express gently pulled...
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4.4KGreenwich’s Americus Club – Seven Fast Facts About the Resort For Rascals
William “Boss” Tweed, notorious New York politician, built the Americus Club in Greenwich, Conn., as a summer retreat. From the 1850s to...
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