In the spring of 1964, four months after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Jacqueline Kennedy sat down with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. at her Georgetown home in Washington. She was 34 years old, a widow with two small children, and the most recognized woman in the world. Over seven sessions and more than … Read more
The story of Bonnie and Clyde has been told many times, but Hollywood has always left out the most brutal chapter. The death of Buck Barrow, Clyde’s older brother, took ten agonizing days. It did not happen in a dramatic shootout with a clean ending. It happened slowly, in a rusting amusement park, with his … Read more
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre is one of the most famous crimes in American history. It has been recreated in dozens of films, usually as a dramatic firefight between rival gangsters. The reality was very different. It was not a battle. It was a cold, systematic execution of unarmed men who believed they were under … Read more
In the spring of 1964, just four months after President John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Jacqueline Kennedy sat down with historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr. in her Georgetown home. She was 34 years old, a widow with two small children, and the most recognized woman in the world. Over seven sessions and more than eight … Read more
In the autumn of 1889, Margaret Ashworth, a 31-year-old seamstress in Salem, Massachusetts, began experiencing something deeply unsettling. Renowned throughout Essex County for her wedding dresses, Margaret worked from a small shop on Federal Street, a building that had stood since 1703. But that September, after accepting a commission from young Cordelia Winters, strange things … Read more
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow has been told many times, but there is one detail Hollywood has never shown you. It is the detail they buried under the beret and the wheat field. During the last seven months of her life, through every shootout, every bank robbery, and the biggest manhunt in … Read more
In the spring of 1933, Dillard Darby was a mortician living in Ruston, Louisiana. He was having lunch at the Brooks Boarding House when he looked out the window and saw a man get into his brand-new Ford V8 and drive away. Darby had left the keys in the ignition, and the car was only … Read more
In the summer of 1970, a romance began at Royal Ascot between Princess Anne and Andrew Parker Bowles, a dashing officer in the Household Cavalry. He was 30, charming, and widely considered the most eligible man in their circle. She was 19, sharp, fearless, and already one of the best riders in the country. The … Read more
In the autumn of 1944, somewhere in the English countryside, a group of German officers sat down to dinner in a grand country house that had been stripped of its furniture and filled with filing cabinets and recording equipment. The tablecloths were white linen. The wine was sufficient. The conversation flowed easily among men who … Read more
In the fall of 1941, Washington was a city bracing for war. The United States had not yet entered the conflict, but the capital was already flooded with military contractors, intelligence operatives, and ambitious politicians. It was the perfect environment for a woman like Inga Arvad. She was a Danish journalist with a remarkable past. … Read more