All posts tagged "FBI"
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3.1KCrime and ScandalThe Boston Irish Gang Wars Terrify a City
When a group of hoodlums decided to rent a cottage on Salisbury Beach for a Labor Day party in 1961, they set...
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11.0KArts and LeisurePaul Robeson Moves To Enfield, Conn.
In 1941, the most famous black man in the world moved with his wife and son to a 12-room Colonial house in...
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7.0KMassachusettsTop FDR Advisor Isador Lubin Accused of Pro-Soviet Views
When Isador Lubin walked out of the Federal Trade Commission building in Washington, D.C., on March 16, 1950, he must have been...
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7.6K3MassachusettsTimothy Leary Gets the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act Overturned
Timothy Leary found out just how screwy America’s cannabis laws were when he got busted for violating the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act....
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12.5K6Crime and ScandalThe Brady Gang in Bangor – The End of the Road for America’s Most Wanted
In October 1937, the FBI’s public enemy number one – bankrobber and murderer Al Brady – came to Bangor, Maine, with his...
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7.3K1New HampshireThe Spy Who Came In To The Bretton Woods Conference
As World War II was ending, 730 delegates from 44 nations converged on the Mount Washington Hotel for the Bretton Woods Conference. They...
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