Crime & Scandal
More than a decade before Jack the Ripper butchered at least five prostitutes, half a dozen children and teenagers were killed, mutilated and sometimes raped …
Arts & Leisure
Hollywood icon James Cagney took a break from the demands of movie-making in 1936 and bought an antique house and 200 acres on Martha’s Vineyard. …
Politics & Military
Nothing cheered Abigail Adams so much as a wedding. During her lifetime of difficulty and sadness, she needed cheering. Her husband was often absent, a …
Business & Labor
For many years, oceans of Aqua Velva after-shave lotion poured out of the J.B. Williams Co. factory in Glastonbury, Conn., and into grandpa’s medicine cabinet. …
Religion & Social Movements
By 1912, social reformer Jacob Riis had spent more than 30 years giving a voice to some of New York City’s most vulnerable citizens using …
Science & Nature
Depending on your point of view, the beaver is a nuisance rodent that destroys property or a charming woodland creature that combats global warming. Beavers …
