Crime and Scandal
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4.6K1A Fake Priest Gets a New England Mob Boss Out of Prison
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
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10.1KArchduke Leopold, the Connecticut Factory Worker Who Might Have Been King
Archduke Leopold of Austria, Prince of Tuscany, spent most of his life in exile trying to chase down money — at least...
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8.4KThe Murder of Mary Bean, Pregnant Mill Girl
One spring day in Saco, Maine, Osgood Stevens, 14, was having trouble clearing debris from Woodbury Brook. He couldn’t dislodge a whitewashed...
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5.0KThe New London Race Riots of 1919 Follow a Pandemic
The New London race riots broke out in 1919, a season of violence throughout the United States known as the Red Summer....
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5.1K1Miracle on Scituate Reservoir: The Pilgrim Airlines Fiery Emergency Landing
Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458, a regional commuter airline founded in 1962, left LaGuardia airport bound eventually for Boston on what should have...
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6.4KArsenic and Old Lace: Not Funny to the Man Who Brought a Serial Killer to Justice
On Jan. 10, 1941, Hartford State’s Attorney Hugh Alcorn attended the opening night of the Broadway play, Arsenic and Old Lace. The...
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