Crime and Scandal
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14.9K8The Tragic Love Affair of Unfortunate Hannah Robinson
Hannah Robinson, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy colonial planter, set off one of the greatest scandals of colonial America when she...
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18.8K8Queen Lill Made Vermont Famous – for Booze and Broads
Today, Vermont tourists are the skiers, leaf peepers, summer visitors and outdoorsmen who come north for the state’s picture-postcard natural beauty and...
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40.4K12The Great Brinks Robbery of 1950: Not Quite the Perfect Crime
The Great Brinks Robbery was the biggest armed robbery in U.S. history at the time. Thieves vanished after stealing $2.7 million, leaving few...
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25.4K17The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
On Jan. 15, 1919, an enormous molasses storage tank burst in Boston’s North End, and a 25-foot-high molasses flood surged through the streets...
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24.6K7Horatio Alger and the 100-Year-Old Secret
Horatio Alger wrote rags-to-riches stories about poor boys who succeed through hard work, often helped by a wealthy benefactor with a guilty...
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26.9K29Emma Snodgrass, Arrested for Wearing Pants
Emma Snodgrass created a sensation in 1852 by showing up in Boston wearing pants. She was mocked, arrested and sent home to...
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