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Botanist Robert Fortune traveled to China and stole trade secrets of the tea industry, discovering a fraud in the process
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Abraham Lincoln, True Crime Writer
While practicing law in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln defended a man in a highly unusual case and later recounted the mystery as a short story
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A reporter follows the lucrative, illicit and heartrending trade in stolen wild animals deep into Ecuador’s rain forest
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As demand for its antiquities soars, the West African country is losing its most prized artifacts to illegal sellers and smugglers
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The Irresistible Bonnie Parker
A pistol-wielding, cigar-chomping bank robber hams it up shortly before she and Clyde Barrow met their violent end
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Forensic anthropologists at the National Museum of Natural History find answers to a colonial cold case
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Rewriting History in Great Britain
Recently uncovered documents in the British archives reveal dark secrets from World War II. One problem: they are forgeries
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Colombia Dispatch 9: The Story of Medellin
The Colombian city of Medellin is synonymous with the drug trade, but city leaders are hoping to keep the peace by building up communities
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Eastern State Penitentiary: A Prison With a Past
Philadelphia set the stage for prison reform not only in Pennsylvania, but also the world over
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Leopold and Loeb’s Criminal Minds
In defense of murderers Leopold and Loeb, attorney Clarence Darrow thwarted a nation’s call for vengeance
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On the Job: Courtroom Sketch Artist
Decades of depicting defendants, witnesses and judges have given Andy Austin a unique perspective on Chicago
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Ten of the most incredible art heists of the modern era
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How a Civil War buff’s chance discovery led to a sting, a raid and a victory against traffickers in stolen historical documents
A librarian’s sleuthing turns up a crime with at least 100 victims
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A Brief History of Scotland Yard
Investigating London’s famous police force and some of its most infamous cases
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The Pinkerton Detective Agency chased down some of America’s most notorious criminals
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A former guard’s inside look at America’s most famous prison
The chief of the FBI’s organized crime unit on the history of La Cosa Nostra
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The Proceedings of the Old Bailey is an epic chronicle of crime and vice in early London. Now anyone can search all 52 million words
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