All posts tagged "spies"
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9.5K1MassachusettsMarvin Makinen, The Spy Who Got Left on the Cutting Room Floor
The 2015 Tom Hanks film Bridge of Spies tells the dramatic story of Bill Donovan, an insurance lawyer called on to defend...
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16.5K2MassachusettsPrudence Cummings Wright, Patriot Militia Commander, Captures 2 British Spies
During those confusing, intense first weeks of the American Revolution, Prudence Cummings Wright organized a ladies group — to capture Loyalist spies...
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14.9K2Crime and ScandalWho Killed William Dean? A Tale of Spies, Swindlers and Politicians
In August of 1918, someone murdered Dr. William Dean. His killer or killers tied up his body and submerged it in a...
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20.0K2ConnecticutRichard Bissell – The Connecticut Yankee Behind the Bay of Pigs
In 1959 the CIA named Richard Bissell its deputy director for plans. The agency had made an unusual selection. Bissell replaced Frank...
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7.0K2Politics and MilitaryIn 1777 a Deadly Fog of War Swept Across Vermont and Claimed John Irish
On a hot summer day, July 27, 1777, John Irish, a Quaker farmer, had just finished threshing his wheat and was mowing...
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22.5K8ConnecticutThe Capture of Nathan Hale, a Hidden History Surfaces After 224 Years
More than two centuries after Nathan Hale was hanged, a sharp-eyed librarian discovered the hidden truth about his capture. Nathan Hale has...
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