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Cornfield Point: Old Saybrook’s Forgotten Scenic Alcove

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Lydia Sherman: The Derby Poisoner

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The Living Actually Haunted Many Connecticut Taverns – Who Knew?

Gerald MacGuire and the Plot to Overthrow Franklin Roosevelt

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Gerald Chapman: America’s First “Public Enemy Number One”

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Monument to Hero of the Greenwich Police Department – Who Knew?

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Financing a Free Puerto Rico: The Great Wells Fargo Heist of 1983

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Murder on the Map: The Mysterious Death of Captain George M. Colvocoresses

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The Amistad

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John Brown: A Portrait of Violent Abolitionism

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A Different Look at the Amistad Trial: The Teenager Who Helped Save the Mende Captives

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Richard Reihl: The Hate Crime That Became a Turning Point for LGBTQ+ Civil Rights

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Elizabeth Bentley Born – Today in History: January 1

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First New-Gate Prisoner – Today in History: December 22

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A Most Unusual Criminal Execution in New London

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The White Pine Acts – Who Knew?

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Danbury Hangings: The Executions of Anthony and Amos

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Enforcing Law and Order in Greenwich

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Taking on the State: Griswold v. Connecticut

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    Nancy Finlay

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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The “Red Scare” in Connecticut

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Notorious New-Gate Prison

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The Deplorable History of Hartford’s Seyms Street Jail

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Connecticut Draws the Curtain on Public Executions

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Gallows Lane and the Execution of Barnett Davenport

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Alse Young Executed for Witchcraft – Today in History: May 26

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Connecticut’s Loyal Subjects: Toryism and the American Revolution

  • Writer:
    Patrick J. Mahoney

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Joseph Taborsky and the “Mad Dog Killings”

  • Town(s):
    Hartford, New Britain, West Hartford

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The Vonsiatsky Conspiracy Case

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First New-Gate Prisoner – Today in History: December 22

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The Beadle Family Murders – Today in History: December 11

Jim Morrison Arrested – Today in History: December 9

A Connecticut Nazi Spy Has a Change of Heart

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Connecticut Lawyer Prosecutes Nazi War Criminals at Nuremberg

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Witchcraft in Connecticut

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Accidental Shooting Leads to Witchcraft Conviction – Today in History: October 3

  • Town(s):
    Windsor

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Capital Punishment in Connecticut: Changing Views

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Wethersfield Prison Blues

The Shoe Box Murder Mystery

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New-Gate Prison Breakout – Today in History: May 18

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A 1947 Movie Details the Unsolved Murder of a Bridgeport Priest

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The Automatic Gallows – Today in History: June 18

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Danbury Prison Protest – Today in History: August 11

Osborn Correctional Institution

Windsor’s “Murder Factory”

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Zebulon Brockway: A Controversial Figure in Prison Reform

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