J.P. Marquand mastered two literary genres. As author of a 1930s detective series centering on the international crime-solving detective Mr. Moto, he...
So many people died on the gallows in New England that you may well have walked over a spot where someone met...
Emma Goldman could have made a fortune from her ice cream parlor in Worcester, Mass. It was 1892, and she was a...
Before the Italian-American community (much to the chagrin of many) was branded as the face of organized crime, Irish Americans had their...
Virtually the entire town of Hampton, N.H., believed Eunice Cole was a witch. Town officials hauled her into court to face charges...
In 1643, Londoners were worried about the well-being of street children. So they developed a scheme to improve the children’s lot in...