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Crime & Punishment

Where Wagner Got His Bloody Rubber Boots

by J. Dennis Robinson

A strange Victorian ad leads to 5 Market Street in Portsmouth

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Murder at the Home of NH’s Founder

by J. Dennis Robinson

In 1628, an English celebrity was assassinated at the home of NH founder, John Mason.

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“Reefer Madness” Closed Civic Cinema in 1947

by Vintage Pics

Originally titled "Tell Your Children," this melodrama was funded by a religious group

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The Coroner’s Team Arrives at the Smuttynose Murder Scene in 1873

by J. Dennis Robinson

Behind the horrific scene on a dark winter night on an empty, isolated island

Read moreThe Coroner’s Team Arrives at the Smuttynose Murder Scene in 1873

Blood Science on Trial in 1873

by J. Dennis Robinson

Fish or human corpuscles? The Smuttynose murder was early CSI

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Judge Woodbury Langdon, Impeached in 1790

by Vintage Pics

Impeached because he failed to show up for work

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The Murder House on Smuttynose Island Is Long Gone

by Vintage Pics

Hope this clears up a longstanding confusion-- but probably not

Read moreThe Murder House on Smuttynose Island Is Long Gone

Jesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero

by J. Dennis Robinson

Murdering rebel resurrected as sympathetic cinema protagonist

Read moreJesse James: From Outlaw to Make-Believe Movie Hero

Did Dog Whistle Postcards Lure Red Light Customers?

by Vintage Pics

Promoting Portsmouth's underbelly trade

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Four Tree Island Saloon Hosts Illegal Lottery in 1889

by J. Dennis Robinson

Police waited on the NH shore to scoop up Massachusetts gamblers

Read moreFour Tree Island Saloon Hosts Illegal Lottery in 1889

The Bordello Behind Seven Guys in a Boat

by Vintage Pics

See the Four Tree Island bordello owned by Charles Gray

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The Sleepwalking Murder of Sally Cochran

by J. Dennis Robinson

Abraham Prescott was not guilty of murder, he claimed, because he was asleep at the time.

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