Crime and Scandal
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7.3K1Bar 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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7.8KSix 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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8.8KThe Pittsfield Streetcar Driver Who Nearly Killed Teddy Roosevelt
The United States came close to losing two presidents within a year after a Pittsfield streetcar driver nearly killed President Theodore Roosevelt....
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9.0KThe Murder of Jim Fisk, Vermont’s Robber Baron
Jubilee Jim Fisk liked to live large – too large for his own good. He rose from humble beginnings in Vermont to...
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14.3K2Boston Corners, The Naughty Town That Massachusetts Lost to New York
Look closely at a map of Massachusetts and you’ll notice the southwestern corner doesn’t square off. It’s as if someone chopped off...
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6.6KA Senator’s Son and the Murder of School Teacher Marietta Ball
On July 24, 1874, a Friday, Marietta Ball – a school teacher in St. Albans, Vt. – left school at 3:30 in...
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