• Crime in History

    The Persistent Mystery of Arthur Conan Doyle's Name

    A primer to the titles and surnames of a crime fiction giant

    May 13, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    A Field Guide to the Long History of Skyjackings

    Plane hijackings have been around since the dawn of aviation. From D.B. Cooper to the PFLP, here's an overview of the different eras of our cultural fascination with airplane-takeovers.

    May 10, 2021  By Julia Sirmons
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    On the Dognapping Gangs that Terrorized Victorian London, and the Poet who Fought Back

    The tale of the most dramatic dognappinng of the 19th century, which sealed a romance and changed literary history.

    April 27, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Arthur Conan Doyle's The Sign of the Four and Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray Were Commissioned at the Same Dinner Party

    On one of literature's most productive hangouts

    April 16, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    An amazing example of life imitating art, concerning a movie about how the Loch Ness Monster isn't really the Loch Ness Monster.

    March 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    That time Sherlock Holmes appeared in an Arsène Lupin story as "Herlock Sholmès"

    When author Maurice Leblanc tried to write the great English detective into his latest Arsène Lupin story, Arthur Conan Doyle protested. Fortunately, Leblanc found a solution.

    January 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    When Poe Invented the Detective Story, he Changed the Literary World Forever

    Poe's contemporaries and forebears had a lot to say about the new genre, and his detective, the brilliant Dupin

    January 19, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Mona Lisa Wasn't Really That Famous Until It Was Stolen in 1911

    Sixty detectives hunted for the small painting, which had been swiped by a cunning Italian.

    January 12, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    In 1849, a feud between two Shakespearean actors led to a massive riot in New York City

    The New York State Militia arrived and fired into the crowd, leaving more than twenty dead and a hundred injured

    January 4, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    On the Lost Christmastime Tradition of Telling
    Ghost Stories

    A Christmas Carol is the main vestige of this pastime, but it was once one of the most hallowed ways to celebrate the winter season

    December 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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