The Murder House on Smuttynose Island Is Long Gone
Hope this clears up a longstanding confusion-- but probably not
Jesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero
Murdering rebel resurrected as sympathetic cinema protagonist
Did Dog Whistle Postcards Lure Red Light Customers?
Promoting Portsmouth's underbelly trade
Four Tree Island Saloon Hosts Illegal Lottery in 1889
Police waited on the NH shore to scoop up Massachusetts gamblers
The Bordello Behind Seven Guys in a Boat
See the Four Tree Island bordello owned by Charles Gray
The Sleepwalking Murder of Sally Cochran
Abraham Prescott was not guilty of murder, he claimed, because he was asleep at the time.
How Maine Killed the Death Penalty
Wavering at first, Mainers ended capital punishment in 1887
The Murder Testimony of Maren Hontvet
A transcript of the very words that hanged Louis Wagner
Taft, Graft, and a Bull Moose in 1912
Politics and prostitutes in Portsmouth
Why Louis Wagner Was Definitely the Smuttynose Slayer
Long before writing the book, I was a missionary for fact over fiction.
“Weight of Water” Film Bombed, But is Still Worth Watching
The 1873 Smuttynose murders were too complex for the novel or film
Red Lights on Water Street
It is a familiar chapter in cities across the nation at the dawn of the 20th century