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    The Exploits and Exploitation of Indian Street Magic, Jadoo

    Harini Nagendra on the tradition of Jadoo and its complex relationship with Western magic

    May 1, 2024  By Harini Nagendra
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    What a Series of Killings in Rural Georgia Revealed About Early 20th-Century America

    Earl Swift on the Continuing Regime of Racial Terror in the Post-Civil War American South

    April 29, 2024  By Earl Swift
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    How the CIA Set Up Shop in Miami – And Immediately Started Plotting to Kill Castro

    Fidel Castro quickly became the primary target for Miami's small but enterprising CIA outpost.

    April 23, 2024  By Vince Houghton and Eric Driggs
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    The Los Angeles Wine World's Enduring Murder Mystery

    During Prohibition, wine production was booming, when one of the city's biggest wine makers went missing.

    April 19, 2024  By James T. Bartlett
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    Megan Campisi on the Wild Tales of Allan Pinkerton

    Pinkerton's true crime stories offer a fascinating glimpse into the past.

    April 16, 2024  By Megan Campisi
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    ‘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."

    April 15, 2024  By Dean Jobb
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    Rena Pederson on Dallas's Elusive, High Society Jewel Thief

    The thief planned burglaries around the city's social season and seemed to know exactly who had the jewels worth stealing.

    April 10, 2024  By Kevin Canfield
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    Real Life Crimes That Are Stranger Than Fiction

    Emily Bain Murphy on crimes that have fascinated, horrified, and inspired throughout the ages.

    March 28, 2024  By Emily Bain Murphy
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    Writer, Woman, Playwright, Spy: How Espionage Influenced Aphra Behn’s Writing

    Valorie Castellanos Clark on the Covert Quests of the First Woman to Make a Living Writing in English

    March 18, 2024  By Valorie Castellanos Clark
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    Looking Back on the 90s-Era Satanic Panic In a New Age of Conspiracy Theories

    On the "toxic Puritan cycle" that causes ordinary people to either embrace outlandish ideas or pathologize those who do

    March 15, 2024  By Maggie Thrash
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