All posts tagged "bigamy"
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11.4KMassachusettsRichard More, The Pilgrim Saint Who Sinned a Lot
Richard More was just six years old when his embittered legal – but not biological – father packed him off to the...
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14.7KConnecticutJohn C. Colt, Samuel Colt’s “Bad” Brother, Commits a Macabre Murder
Too bad John Colt didn’t use one of his brother Sam’s revolvers to kill Samuel Adams in 1841. If he had, Samuel...
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13.2KCrime and ScandalThe Hypnotized Bride of 1908 – Madelon Kenmore Looker Coburn Le Compte
In 1908, police in New Hampshire drew up a complaint against Madelon Kenmore, a woman they knew as Madelon Coburn. The charge...
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23.5KCrime and ScandalIn 1795 Dr. Elisha Phelps Takes a Wife – Or Two
In 1795, Abigail Wheelock looked out the window of her house in Hanover, N.H., to see Suky Eastman stepping out the back...
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21.4K1Crime and ScandalPuritan Justice and the Case of Ruth Read (aka Rebekah Rogers)
At first glance, it’s hard to imagine William Read running afoul of Puritan justice. But his second wife, Ruth Read, caused his...
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