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Back to SearchOscar Wilde, From Literary Genius to Social Outcast (Part Two)
In March of 1895, Oscar Wilde enjoyed fame and fortune as one of Britain’s foremost literary figures. Only four months later he was inprisoned for the crime of “gross indecency,” convicted of violat…
Published on 3 years, 1 month ago
Philippe Petit, The Man On Wire (Part One)
On August 7, 1974, a twenty-five year old man named Philippe Petit walked across a 200 foot wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, 1,350 feet above the ground, something that even th…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Philippe Petit, The Man On Wire (Part Two)
On August 7, 1974, a twenty-five year old man named Philippe Petit walked across a 200 foot wire between the twin towers of the World Trade Center, 1,350 feet above the ground, something that even th…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Truman Capote, Dick Hickock, Perry Smith and In Cold Blood (Part One)
On November 14, 1959, two petty criminals, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, crossed Kansas, murdered the Clutter family in the tiny hamlet of Holcomb, Kansas and unwittingly enabled a New York City writ…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Truman Capote, Dick Hickock, Perry Smith and In Cold Blood (Part Two)
On November 14, 1959, two petty criminals, Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, crossed Kansas, murdered the Clutter family in the tiny hamlet of Holcomb, Kansas and unwittingly enabled a New York City writ…
Published on 3 years, 2 months ago
Operation Anthropoid and the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich (Part One)
In 1942, the Czech government in exile decided to parachute two commandos into the former Czechoslovakia to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, considered the most brutal and sinister Nazi in Occupied Eur…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Operation Anthropoid and the Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich (Part Two)
In 1942, the Czech government in exile decided to parachute two commandos into the former Czechoslovakia to assassinate Reinhard Heydrich, considered the most brutal and sinister Nazi in Occupied Eu…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Kempton Bunton and the Theft of Goya’s Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (Part One)
In 1961, an unemployed cab driver, Kempton Bunton, pulled off one of the most remarkable art thefts of the 20th century. Or did he?
Kempton Bunton, 1965Bunton’s mother named him Kempton Cannon Bunt…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Kempton Bunton and the Theft of Goya’s Portrait of the Duke of Wellington (Part Two)
In 1961, an unemployed cab driver, Kempton Bunton, pulled off one of the most remarkable art thefts of the 20th century. Or did he?
Kempton Bunton, entering court in 1965Although Bunton was initial…
Published on 3 years, 4 months ago
Al Capone, the Real Scarface (Part One)
In 1929, Al Capone was worth an inflation adjusted 1.5 billion dollars.
Al Capone as a child with his motherOn January 17, 1899, Alphonse Gabriel Capone became the fourth child born into this family…
Published on 3 years, 5 months ago