During the Gilded Age, the working girls of Boston had to contend not just with low pay but with reputations as immoral...
Ray Patriarca ruled as the New England mob boss for 25 years from his Coin-O-Matic “vending business” on Atwell’s Avenue in Providence....
When Barre, Vt., police in 1919 first saw the naked body of Lucina Broadwell in a vacant lot, they immediately suspected her...
In 1875, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts abolished the state police department. It was only 10 years old, the first state police force...
In 1913, a juicy report on Hartford’s 200 sex workers came into such demand that the city quickly ran out of copies....
Irish landmarks commemorate the history of Irish immigrants in places you might not expect throughout New England. There’s more to Irish-American history...