Crime and Scandal
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53.2KThe Mayflower Love Children: Elinor, Jasper, Richard and Mary More
For centuries, historians thought the four young More children who arrived on the Mayflower were homeless orphans. Not until 1959 did a...
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8.7KThe Nutshell Studies: Frances Glessner Lee and the Dollhouses of Death
In 1929, a depressed, divorced 51-year-old society matron decided to take up murder as a hobby. Frances Glessner Lee had just closed...
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8.5KSix Stops From the People’s Guide to Greater Boston
One of our favorite books of 2020 is the People’s Guide to Greater Boston, a tour guide that goes beyond the usual...
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3.9KTavern Tales: Stories from Boston’s Colonial Taverns
Murder, affairs, brawls and politics! They all had a home in Boston’s colonial taverns. Taverns provided vital services in colonial times. Strangers...
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6.2KO.B. Clark: In 1863 The World’s Master Forger Targets Vermont . . . and Regrets It
O.B. Clark showed up in Rutland, Vermont early in 1863. He had cattle on his mind. A stranger, Clark obtained use of...
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5.5KA Lynching in Maine: What Happened to James Cullen
A lynching in Maine is an unusual thing. Throughout New England, lynching was extremely rare. Most lynching occurred in states in the...
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