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498 results found for "paris"

  • The Horror of Newgate Prison

    This macabre fusion of entertainment and punishment remained part of London’s social calendar well into St Sepulchre’s Church – Newgate Execution Bell Catalogue Reference: Parish Record SPSEP/CH/45Documented in the parish archives relating to its use before executions. 14.

  • Hans Schmidt: The Only Catholic Priest Executed in the United States

    He wrapped her remains in pillowcases and newspapers, tying heavy stones to them before throwing the parts John’s Parish in Louisville—the same church where Schmidt had worked.

  • 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

  • Texas Ranger Frank Hamer and the Bloody End of Bonnie and Clyde

    Despite the low pay—$180 a month—Hamer agreed, enticed by the promise of a share of the reward money Their camp was situated on a hilltop near the Dexfield Amusement Park. A Bloody End in Louisiana Hamer formed a posse that included Bienville Parish Sheriff Henderson Jordan The official report by parish coroner J. L.

  • 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?

  • The Beast of Jersey: Edward Paisnel and the Masked Terror Who Haunted an Island

    It was a place where farmers left their tractors by the roadside, children cycled through parishes without But in March 1958, a twenty-year-old woman was walking home from a bus stop in the parish of Trinity year, Jersey police had a problem they couldn’t explain, a predator who struck seemingly at random, in parishes

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