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The Day They Jailed The Babe

The Day They Jailed The Babe

How a penchant for speed and a daylong jail stint sidelined the sports world's biggest star.

By Dean Jobb | December 23, 2025

Ziegfeld’s Folly: The Actress, the Showman, and the Mystery of the Missing Jewels

Ziegfeld’s Folly: The Actress, the Showman, and the Mystery of the Missing Jewels

Dean Jobb on a classic show business heist.

By Dean Jobb | November 19, 2025

The Life and Times of Gaston Means, one of the Greatest Rogues in American History

The Life and Times of Gaston Means, one of the Greatest Rogues in American History

Detective, swindler, accused killer, spy. Jazz Age con man Gaston Means was all of the above. And when the son of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh was kidnapped in 1932, he concocted his most audacious fraud.

By Dean Jobb | November 14, 2024

Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat

Unravelling the Mystery of Agatha Christie’s Country Retreat

Christie called it "the loveliest place in the world.”

By Dean Jobb | July 22, 2024

The Jewel Thief and the Prince of Wales

The Jewel Thief and the Prince of Wales

One night in 1924, a charismatic thief took the Crown Prince on an unforgettable tour of Prohibition New York City.

By Dean Jobb | June 25, 2024

‘I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You’: The Con Artist Who Peddled the Brooklyn Bridge

‘I’ve Got a Bridge to Sell You’: The Con Artist Who Peddled the Brooklyn Bridge

Dean Jobb on John McCarthy, the "last of the old-time crooks."

By Dean Jobb | April 15, 2024

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Delusions of Grandeur: The Scandalous Crime of a Los Angeles Millionaire

By Dean Jobb | December 15, 2023

When a Dispute Over the Pronunciation of ‘Newfoundland’ Turned Deadly

By Dean Jobb | October 2, 2023

The ‘Bogus Priest’ and the Murdered President

By Dean Jobb | April 28, 2023

Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay

Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay

Was it an accident...or the first case of "aerial murder"?

By Dean Jobb | March 27, 2023

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's

The Strange Real-Life Mystery Behind Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat"

Fact meets fiction in Poe’s classic story of a murderer.

By Dean Jobb | February 13, 2023

The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History

The Ponzi of Paris: The Greatest, Wildest Confidence Artist in French History

Marthe Hanau was a savvy woman at the head of a financial empire. She wasn't going to be taken down without a fight.

By Dean Jobb | December 3, 2021

In Victorian London, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Was a New Kind of Killer

In Victorian London, Dr. Thomas Neill Cream Was a New Kind of Killer

Jack the Ripper wasn't the only serial killer stalking the city's vulnerable. In Lambeth, there was Dr. Cream.

By Dean Jobb | July 15, 2021

“They Wanted Something for Nothing”: The Many Cons of the Yellow Kid

“They Wanted Something for Nothing”: The Many Cons of the Yellow Kid

He was America's "greatest con man," self-proclaimed and widely celebrated. But what was the real story of Joseph Weil?

By Dean Jobb | June 15, 2021

I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

I'm Alone: How One Canadian Rumrunner Defied the U.S. Coast Guard and Sparked an International Scandal

The Sinking of the I'm Alone

By Dean Jobb | March 25, 2021

Henry More Smith: Canada's Forgotten Confidence Man and Escape Artist

Henry More Smith: Canada's Forgotten Confidence Man and Escape Artist

The possibly true and all-but-forgotten story of a one-man crime wave.

By Dean Jobb | January 6, 2021

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