• History

    Belle Starr: The Wild West's Forgotten Outlaw Queen

    Her exploits captured the American imagination. Then she disappeared.

    May 13, 2025  By Dane Huckelbridge
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    A Brief Survey of Crimes Committed During Voyages of Exploration

    Steph Post on murder and mayhem in the midst of discovery.

    May 6, 2025  By Steph Post
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    Tracing the Journey of World War II's Stolen and Looted Objects

    Elisabeth Dini on the Decades-Long Legal Battles to Recover Valuables and Heirlooms

    May 1, 2025  By Elisabeth Dini
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    Bodies of Evidence: Anne Soon Choi on the Life and Crimes of Controversial “Coroner to the Stars” Thomas Noguchi

    "Only in LA can a coroner become a celebrity."

    April 28, 2025  By John B. Valeri
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    America’s First Spy of World War II: Ernest Cuneo

    How A Nazi Plan to Blow up New York City Was Investigated by Churchill’s Spies at Rockefeller Center and Roosevelt's Trusted Advisor

    March 26, 2025  By Thomas Maier
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    Joshua Hammer on Victorian London and the Great Race to Solve the Mysteries of Writing

    In Hammer's new book, he chronicles an era when archaeologists were stars and the public followed the quest to decipher Assyrian script.

    March 20, 2025  By Kevin Canfield
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    The Last Days of Michael Stewart, a Young Black Artist of the East Village in the 1980s

    Read a passage from Elon Green's new book, 'The Man Nobody Killed'

    March 11, 2025  By Elon Green
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    The Murder Trial that Shook Gilded Age San Francisco

    Laura D. Fair was the talk of the booming city.

    March 11, 2025  By Gary Krist
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    The Strange, Forgotten History of Antigonish and "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"

    At a farmhouse in Nova Scotia, a seemingly supernatural phenomenon sparked reports and debates around the world.

    March 7, 2025  By Alice Henderson
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    Radha Vatsal on Writing Historical Fiction From a New Perspective

    Set in New York's Chinatown in the early 20th century, the author's new novel brings a fresh view to the city's history.

    March 4, 2025  By Scott Adlerberg
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