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    Agatha Christie, Alfred Hitchcock, and other greats who found inspiration in real crimes.

    February 21, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Last Passenger

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    "The storm only gathered strength during the short trip to Paddington. Lenox felt keenly for poor William Elliott, the raw-faced young groom, just seventeen, who sat atop the box of the carriage with the reins and whip in hand."

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    February 18, 2020  By Heather Chavez
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