Crime and Scandal
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37.3K8The Cover-Up of the Connecticut Witch Hysteria of 1647-63
Witch hysteria took hold in Connecticut 45 years before Salem, Mass., began its own orgy of witch killing, On May 26, 1647,...
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21.8K4Boston Tong Wars Explode in 1907 Chinatown Massacre
As evening arrived in Boston on August 2, 1907, Chinatown merchants began closing their shops and laundries for the day. Breaking through...
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32.6K10Murder on the Titanic: Rhode Island Survivor Never Forgot
The chance to board the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic was too great a thrill to pass up for the adventurous...
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11.2K1Newport Pirate Charles Gibbs: 10 Stories We Never Knew
Newport pirate Charles Gibbs, hanged in 1831 in New York, was undoubtedly a nasty piece of work. As some historians pointed out,...
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9.9K2Connecticut 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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5.0KNew York to York Harbor — The Poison Pen Scandal Unfolds (Pt. 2)
The following is the second in a two-part series about the York Harbor Poison Pen Scandal. To read the first part,click here....
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