Crime and Scandal
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4.7KThe Legend of Deep River’s XYZ Bank Robber
The letters XYZ are chiseled into a small grave marker in a corner of a cemetery in Deep River, Conn. Underneath lies...
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5.9K1Sacco and Vanzetti, Guilty After All?
When a judge sentenced two Italian anarchists named Sacco and Vanzetti to die for a crime they said they didn’t commit, an...
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9.0K1The Hardscrabble Riot of 1824 Makes Providence a City
In 1824, several hundred white people tore down about 20 homes occupied by black people in a mixed neighborhood called Hardscrabble in...
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6.2KWilliam Whitney Swaps a Mistress With J.P. Morgan
Bar Harbor in its Gilded Age heyday was a place where the moneyed class could fool around without the prying eyes of...
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6.9K1Bar Harbor Babylon: Billionaires Behaving Badly in Maine’s Premier Resort
Bar Harbor Babylon, just released by Down East Books, takes you inside Maine’s premier summer resort during its heyday. What happened there...
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7.6KSix New England Places To Learn About Irish History
Outside of Ireland, New England may be one of the best places to explore Irish history. After all, many people of Irish...
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