Crime and Scandal
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9.1K2Connecticut Methodist Camp Meeting Leads to Murder (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part, click here. Methodist Camp Meetings were key to...
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4.6KNew York to York Harbor — The Poison Pen Scandal Unfolds (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series. To read the first part,click here. Allen Ryan was a predatory capitalist to...
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9.5K11Methodists vs. Millgirls in the Murder Trial of the Century (Pt. 1)
Everyone agrees on one thing about the Methodists and the mill girl: On December 21, 1832, Sarah Cornell was found dead. A...
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14.2K6York Harbor Captivated by 1923 Poison Pen Scandal
For a few days in 1923, the entire world focused on York Harbor as home to the love nest that figured in...
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12.9K8The Shocking Theft of the Sacred Cod, an Amazing Fish Tale
A brazen theft of the sacred cod in 1933 by Harvard students sent the Commonwealth reeling for a few wild days. State...
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