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Monday, April 14, 2025
A review of PBS’s “The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln”
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“Don’t know the manners of good society, eh? Well, I guess I know enough to turn you inside out, old gal – you sockdologizing old man-trap!...
Thursday, May 23, 2024
A review of PBS’s “Bonnie & Clyde” (American Experience)
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It’s strange that people romanticize Bonnie & Clyde, since they murdered 11 people (or more) … It’s strange that people romanticize Bonn...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
A review of PBS’s “The Perfect Crime” (American Experience)
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Leopold and Loeb had committed the “perfect crime” … or had they? In 1924, one of the most infamous murders in American history was committ...
Monday, July 10, 2023
The most serious crimes that anyone can commit (according to Blackstone)
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“Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offence of taking away that life , which is...
Monday, November 19, 2018
A review of PBS's “Murder of a President” (James A. Garfield)
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“I conceived of the idea of removing the President four weeks ago. Not a soul knew of my purpose. I conceived the idea myself. I read the...
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