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  • The Lynching of Laura and L. D. Nelson: A Crime Without Justice

    (referred to by the Ledger as Mary and L. W. Hundreds of people from Okemah and the western part of the county went to view the scene. Klein published that Charley had been part of the lynching mob, but without referring to the interview

  • Audrey Munson: The Rise and Fall of Americas First Supermodel

    She appeared in shows like The Boy and the Girl, The Girl and the Wizard, Girlies and La Belle Parée. The pair lived in modest rented rooms, but Audrey’s reputation inside the art world was enormous. She is part of the architecture of a nation. Her life was full of shadows. Her fame vanished.

  • The Last Men Hanged for Sodomy in England:The tragic story of James Pratt and John Smith, 1835

    His landlord later testified that Bonill received regular visits from men, often in pairs. Their execution marked an ending of sorts, but their legacy has become part of a much larger story about

  • Inside Brian Wilson’s Longest Battle: Control, Care, and Dr Eugene Landy

    He later argued that the appearance was never meant to succeed on its own, but as part of a long process Part of Landy’s philosophy involved isolating Brian from the Beach Boys themselves. Journals kept by songwriter Gary Usher during collaborations with Brian depicted him as a near captive

  • “This Machine Kills Fascists”The Life and Music of Woody Guthrie

    The pair hosted a daily two-hour slot on KFVD, a progressive radio station run by Frank Burke. Initially, they opposed U.S. involvement in World War II, echoing the Communist Party line. Whether or not he ever carried a Party card remains unclear, but his FBI file identified him as a communist I believe in this Way…This is the Christian Way and it is already on a big part of the earth and it will

  • Alice Cooper and the Most Unexpected Address Book in Rock History

    They met at a Frank Sinatra birthday party while duetting on Lydia the Tattooed Lady. He began calling him “Coop,” borrowing the nickname he had once used for Gary Cooper. is tempting to argue that Alice Cooper accidentally wandered into history’s most interesting dinner parties

  • Thelma Todd and the Hollywood Death That Refuses to Be Explained

    for chaos, and Hal Roach Studios built an entire series around that quality starting in 1931, first pairing The Trocadero, the Ex-Husband, and a Locked Door On the night of December 14, Todd attended a party at a.m., showman Sid Grauman called Roland West at Todd's request to let him know she was leaving the party

  • The Pit Brow Lasses: The Women Who Fought Parliament to Keep Their Jobs

    They weren't asking for better pay or shorter hours. Twice the Work for Half the Pay For all the outrage about their trousers, nobody in Parliament seemed complaints, the maximum a woman could expect had crept up to two shillings a day, still nowhere close to parity minded feminists like Josephine Butler warned that banning the work outright, rather than fixing the pay The Vicar of Pemberton, Harry Mitchell, and Margaret Park, the Mayoress of Wigan, helped lead a public

  • Jackie Coogan: From Charlie Chaplin’s Sidekick to Uncle Fester – The Bittersweet Life of a Hollywood Pioneer

    Captivated by Coogan’s expressive face and natural mimicry, Chaplin cast him in a small part in A Day devout Catholic, Coogan maintained ties with the Catholic Motion Picture Guild and the Good Shepherd Parish He later married Flower Parry, with whom he had his first child, John Anthony Coogan.

  • Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt: The Gilded Age Millionaire Who Died a Hero

    The woman in question was Mary Agnes O’Brien Ruiz, the wife of a Cuban diplomat. His wealth and social standing made travel between New York and Europe a frequent part of his routine His wife, Margaret Emerson Vanderbilt, and their children remained behind at the Vanderbilt Hotel on Park

  • The Real Story Of Tommy DeSimone — The Psychotic Gangster Behind Joe Pesci’s ‘Goodfellas’ Character

    detailed genealogical account has him born Thomas James DeSimone on 6 June 1946 in the South Ozone Park He picked up the nickname Two-Gun Tommy for his habit of carrying a pair of pistols, and even away from Robert McMahon, the same McMahon who'd tipped off the Air France job over a decade earlier, all took part Angela's brother Joseph "The Barber" Spione, was murdered not long after, reportedly for refusing to take part Gotti crew had nothing to do with DeSimone's death at all, and that Burke himself killed DeSimone as part

  • Bricks, Bars and Bobbies: The Story of Manchester’s Newton Street Police Station

    In this image from 1893 the imressive hat of Mary Elizabeth Smith makes her looks more like she is going Perhaps the hat formed part of the evidence for her latest arrest?

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