Crime and Scandal
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8.3KThe 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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8.6KThe 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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13.9K2Boston 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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6.4KA 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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7.8K1Adam Worth, the Dandy Who Stole Georgiana From J.P. Morgan
In 1876, a British dandy whose real name was Adam Worth stole Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, from Junius Morgan, who planned...
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12.7KHartford’s Sex Workers of 1913: An Intimate Portrait
In 1913, a juicy report on Hartford’s 200 sex workers came into such demand that the city quickly ran out of copies....
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