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- [Review of Veiled Truths: The Lucian Graves Mysteries Vol. 1](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2025/04/22/review-of-veiled-truths-the-lucian-graves-mysteries-vol-1/) - Author: Lopez Publish date: 4/12/2025 Amazon: Independently published through Amazon Direct Pages: 73 Genre: Fiction, Mystery Buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/Veiled-Truths-Lucian-Graves-Mysteries/dp/B0F4XRSVPD/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1IHOPE9YC2ZQA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Hx9rh79v0nAew-di-_OEek4I-9nz2JFbqu6JNEF6bVTx960QGM29G9pgP_ZYJS9Hlize8WG9bgCEbnmk9hpSMZRK_08cpURO2Cx0BY_k0CIggmvmnnP34nGjCtcKLTSrEflBYzx0T3TFZVAVxvQnTzU5nL05J03ABdMWdOeXmfC3coIKoch-poVqNzCCKUoo2S2DFq04roI8QbnPvukDEEj5XZk671r_apgLbSGPuJw.RaCh9okwAu91D1aJZvdidvWJY_T8_CjlAcV6QXld4NE&dib_tag=se&keywords=veiled+truths&qid=1745351894&sprefix=%2Caps%2C169&sr=8-2 “…some doors once opened, do not close easily.” Three relics. Three mysteries. One man haunted by the shadows they reveal. Lucian Graves, former professor of anthropology turned private investigator, walks the line between forgotten history
- [Review of Jill: A Biography of the First Lady by Julie Pace and Darlene Superville](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2022/04/29/review-of-jill-a-biography-of-the-first-lady-by-julie-pace-and-darlene-superville/) - Authors: Julie Pace and Darlene Superville Publish date: April 19, 2022 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Jill-Biography-First-Julie-Pace/dp/0316377503/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NLPI09YYQEDI&keywords=jill+a+biography+of+the+first+lady&qid=1651269692&sprefix=jill+a+birography%2Caps%2C254&sr=8-1 Dr. Jill Biden has been described as President Joe Biden’s greatest political asset. Like many women of her generation, she holds her commitments as wife, mother, and grandmother at the center of her life. She
- [Review of Fear No Evil by James Patterson](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2021/11/29/review-of-fear-no-evil-by-james-patterson/) - Author: James Petterson Release date: November 22, 2021 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fear-No-Evil-Alex-Cross/dp/0316499145/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=james+patterson&qid=1638212199&qsid=137-0792672-2832115&sr=8-2&sres=0316499145%2C0759554269%2CB08W529Q23%2C0316499374%2C0316276626%2C0316499870%2CB09L82GKQX%2C1538752832%2C1538718855%2CB08WRNPF3M%2C1538715457%2C0316499447%2C0316540714%2C1538703556%2C1529125871%2CB08Y8ND73G%2C1538703939%2C075955434X%2C0316499773%2C1538703548 Alex Cross ventures into the rugged Montana wilderness where he will be the prey. He's not on the job, but on a personal mission—until he's attacked by two rival teams of assassins, controlled by the same mastermind who
- [Review of The Man I Knew By Jean Becker](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2021/06/07/review-of-the-man-i-knew-by-jean-becker/) - Author: Jean Becker Release Date; June 1, 2021 Publisher: Twelve Books Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/153873530X?pf_rd_r=YS3E4A928K57BB8JDSXM&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=3109eccb-9d23-4b23-bf98-44d306427980&pd_rd_w=5exMv&pd_rd_wg=NoRbD&ref_=pd_gw_unk George Herbert Walker Bush came into the US presidency as one of the most qualified candidates to assume office. But if presidential success is determined by winning reelection, Bush was unsuccessful because he failed to convince the American public to
- [Review of Murder at the Mission by Blaine Harden](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2021/04/27/review-of-murder-at-the-mission-by-blaine-harden/) - Author: Blaine Harden Release date: April 27, 20201 Publisher: Viking Buy from Amazon: Murder at the Mission: A Frontier Killing, Its Legacy of Lies, and the Taking of the American West: Harden, Blaine: 9780525561668: Amazon.com: Books In 1836, Marcus Whitman, along with a ragtag band of fellow missionaries and fur traders joined a wagon train
- [Review of Walk in my Combat Boots by James Patterson & Matt Eversmann](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2021/02/09/review-of-walk-in-my-combat-boots-by-james-patterson-matt-eversmann/) - Author(s): James Patterson & Matt Eversmann Release date: February 8, 2021 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Walk-My-Combat-Boots-Americas/dp/0316429090/ref=sr_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=james+patterson&qid=1612889025&sr=8-5 The sacrifices of service are indescribable—except by those who have made them. Their personal stories of battlefield life reveal: the goal to be ready every day, every single day, and how that can quickly descend into chaos. The realization that
- [Review of Sex with Presidents by Eleanor Herman](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2020/09/24/review-of-sex-with-presidents-by-eleanor-herman/) - Author: Eleanor Herman Release date: September 22, 2020 Publisher: William Morrow Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Presidents-Outs-White-House/dp/0062970569/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=sex+with+presidents&qid=1600979114&sr=8-2 Why are so many Americans obsessed with the sexual transgressions of their elected officials? On one level, it’s quite simple to see because it’s just another version of the old saying that sex sells; on another level, it’s just weird.
- [The Devel's Harvest by Jessica Garrison](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2020/08/22/the-devels-harvest-by-jessica-garrison/) - Author: Jessica Garrison Release date: August 4, 2020 Publisher: Hachette Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Harvest-Terrorized-Community-Californias/dp/0316455687/ref=sr_1_2?crid=38KGWH0H810L2&dchild=1&keywords=the+devil%27s+harvest+jessica+garrison&qid=1598116950&sprefix=the+devil%27s+harvest%2Caps%2C267&sr=8-2 Jose Manuel Martínez was born and raised in California and blended in easily among the farm laborers of California’s San Joaquin Valley where he lived a modest and unassuming life. But in stark contrast to the adoring and dedicated family man
- [Review of Murder in an Irish Cottage by Carlene O'Connor](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2020/02/25/review-of-murder-in-an-irish-cottage-by-carlene-oconnor/) - Author: Carlene O'Connor Release date: February 25, 2020 Publisher: Kensington Books Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Irish-Cottage-Village-Mystery/dp/1496719050/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1582666510&sr=8-2 Family is everything to Siobhán: her five siblings; her dear departed mother for whom the family business, Naomi's Bistro, is named; and now her fiancé, Macdara Flannery. So precious is her engagement that Siobhán wants to keep it just between
- [Review of The End of the Ocean by Maja Lunde](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2020/01/15/review-of-the-end-of-the-ocean-by-maja-lunde/) - Author: Maja Lunde Release date: January 14, 2020 Publisher: HarperVia Pages: 304 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/End-Ocean-Novel-Maja-Lunde/dp/006295136X/ref=sr_1_2?keywords=maja+lunde&qid=1579113673&sr=8-2 In 2017, 70-year-old Signe sets out on a hazardous voyage to cross an entire ocean in only a sailboat. She is haunted by the loss of the love of her life and is driven by a singular and all-consuming mission
- [Review of The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols by Nicholas Meyer](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2019/10/16/review-of-the-adventure-of-the-peculiar-protocols-by-nicholas-meyer/) - Author: Nicholas Meyer Release Date: October 15, 2019 Publisher: Minotaur Books, Pages: 256 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Peculiar-Protocols-Adapted-Journals/dp/1250228956/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=nicholas+meyer&qid=1571263812&sr=8-1 January 1905: famed detectives Sherlock Holmes and his associate Dr. Watson are summoned by Holmes' brother Mycroft to embark on a secret investigation. An agent of the British Secret Service has been found dead in the River Thames.
- [Review of Cold Stone Heart by Caz Frear](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2019/07/15/review-of-cold-stone-heart-by-caz-frear/) - Author: Caz Frear Release date: July 2, 2019 Publisher: Harper Collins Pages: 368 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Stone-Cold-Heart-Novel-Kinsella/dp/0062849883/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=caz+frear&qid=1563226392&s=gateway&sr=8-1 Caz Frear has done it again. The author of the critically acclaimed bestseller Sweet Little Lies (2018), has created another can’t miss summer hit with Stone Cold Heart, the sophomore edition of the Cat Kinsella detective mystery series.
- [Review of Summoned to the Thirteenth Grave by Darynda Jones](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2019/01/16/review-of-summoned-to-the-thirteenth-grave-by-darynda-jones/) - Author: Darynda Jones Release Date: January 15, 2019 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pages: 304 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Summoned-Thirteenth-Grave-Charley-Davidson/dp/125014941X?keywords=darynda+jones&qid=1547654104&sr=8-1&ref=sr_1_1 Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper extraordinaire, is pissed. She’s been kicked off the earthly plain for eternity, which is the appropriate amount of time to make a person stark raving mad. But someone’s looking out for her, and
- [Review of Children of God by Lars Petter Sveen](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/10/24/review-of-children-of-god-by-lars-petter-sveen/) - Author: Lars Petter Sveen Release Date: October 16, 2018 Publisher: Graywolf Press Pages: 256 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Children-God-Lars-Petter-Sveen/dp/1555978207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1540394413&sr=8-1&keywords=children+of+god+lars+Petter+Sveen “Jesus turned to all the others gathered there. He raised up his hands and said, Demons have occupied this land, they’re the army of darkness. A legion of them is moving across the land . . . Their
- [Review of The Other Sister by Sarah Zettel](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/08/28/review-of-the-other-sister-by-sarah-zettel/) - Author: Sarah Zettel Release date: August 28, 2018 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Pages: 380 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Other-Sister-Sarah-Zettel/dp/1538760908/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1535469171&sr=8-1&keywords=the+other+sister+by+sarah+zettel “There’s a misconception that the woods are the destination in a fairy tale. The woods are just something to get through. Scary, yes. Necessary, of course. But it’s when you finally get to the castle that the real
- [Stephen Crane was Born - November 1, 1871](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/31/stepne-crane-was-born-november-1-1871/) - This week (October 31- November 6) in English literary history – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes was published (October 31, 1892); Stephen Crane was born (November 1, 1871); Penguin Books was acquitted of obscenity charges over D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover (November 2, 1960); William Makepeace Thackeray’s The Luck of Barry
- [Review of Fare Thee Well by Joel Selvin](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/06/22/review-of-fare-thee-well-by-joel-selvin/) - Author: Joel Selvin Release date: June 19, 2018 Publisher: Da Capo Press Pages: 308 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Fare-Thee-Well-Chapter-Grateful/dp/0306903059/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1529688208&sr=8-1&keywords=joel+selvin When the Grateful Dead convened on December 7, 1995, four months after bandleader and guitarist Jerry Garcia’s death, the remaining “core four” members decided to bring their collaboration to a close. Bob Weir, Phil Lesh, Mickey Hart, and
- [Review of Autumn in Venice by Andrea di Robilant](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/06/12/review-of-autumn-in-venice-by-andrea-di-robilant/) - Author: Andrea di Robilant Release date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: AA Knopf Pages: 352 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Autumn-Venice-Ernest-Hemingway-Last/dp/1101946652/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1528837601&sr=8-1&keywords=autumn+in+venice In the fall of 1948 Ernest Hemingway and his fourth wife Mary traveled to Europe, staying in Venice for a few months. He was a year shy of his 50th birthday and hadn't published a novel in nearly
- [Review of Alone Time by Stephanie Rosenbloom](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/06/08/review-of-alone-time-by-stephanie-rosenbloom/) - Author: Stephanie Rosenbloom Release date: June 5, 2018 Publisher: Viking Books Pages: 288 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Alone-Time-Seasons-Pleasures-Solitude/dp/0399562303/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1528496205&sr=8-2&keywords=alone+time “Alone time gives us permission to pause, to relish the sensual details of the world rather than hurtling through museums and uploading photos to Instagram.” In a society that is becoming more and more distracted, many people are
- [Review of Fall of Angels by Barbara Cleverly](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/05/17/review-of-fall-of-angels-by-barbara-cleverly/) - Author: Barbara Cleverly Release date: May 15, 2018 Publisher: Soho Press Pages: 368 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Fall-Angels-Inspector-Redfyre-Mystery/dp/1616958766/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1526574328&sr=8-1&keywords=fall+of+angels Great Britain, 1923: Detective Inspector John Redfrye is a blessing to the Cambridge CID. A handsome young veteran bred among the city’s educated elite, he is no stranger to the set running its esteemed colleges and universities—a society
- [Review of The Pisces by Melissa Broder](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/05/01/review-of-the-pisces-by-melissa-broder/) - Author: Melissa Broder Release date: May 1, 2018 Publisher: Hogarth Pages: 224 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Pisces-Novel-Melissa-Broder/dp/1524761559/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525196466&sr=8-1&keywords=the+pisces For nine years Lucy has been working as a part-time librarian at a small Arizona university and struggling to complete a Ph.D. program in classic literature. She’s fraught with complexities and doubts and persistently contemplates the meaning of life,
- [Review of American by Day by Derek B. Miller](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/04/03/review-of-american-by-day-by-derek-b-miller/) - Author: Derek B. Miller Release date: April 3, 2018 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 352 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/American-Day-Derek-B-Miller/dp/1328876659/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522776333&sr=8-1&keywords=American+by+day Sigrid is in a tough place. A star investigator in Oslo, she’s been cleared of any wrongdoing after a confrontation with Kosovan immigrant turned deadly—but reading the neat report that plainly states she took the
- [Review of Paris in Stride: An Insider's Walking Guide](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/03/30/review-of-paris-in-stride-an-insiders-walking-guide/) - Authors: Jessie Kanelos Weiner and Sarah Moroz Release date: March 27, 2018 Publisher: Rizzoli Books Pages: 176 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Paris-Stride-Insiders-Walking-Guide/dp/0847861252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1522427790&sr=8-1&keywords=Paris+in+stride&dpID=61lMhZPIkSL&preST=_SY344_BO1,204,203,200_QL70_&dpSrc=srch It is hard to go wrong in Paris, one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Paris in Stride: An Insiders Walking Guide is an attractively illustrated and easy to follow guided stroll
- [Review of Speed the Dawn by Philip Donlay](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/03/07/review-of-speed-the-dawn-by-philip-donlay/) - Author: Philip Donlay Release date: March 6, 2018 Publisher: Oceanview Publishing Pages: 366 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Speed-Dawn-Donovan-Nash-Thriller/dp/1608092305/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1520442974&sr=8-1&keywords=speed+the+dawn Hundreds of white-hot meteor fragments plunge toward earth near Monterey Bay, California. Huge fires ignite—dry landscape and, the sun sets, the power grid collapses and the fires grow, illuminating a nightmare created in hell itself. Donovan Nash realizes
- [Review of Bone Music by Christopher Rice](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/03/01/review-of-bone-music-by-christopher-rice/) - Author: Christopher Rice Release date: March 1, 2018 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer Pages: 450 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Music-Burning-Girl-Christopher/dp/1542048303/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519925763&sr=8-1&keywords=bone+music Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew – a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own
- [Review of The Cadaver King and the Country Dentist by Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/02/28/review-of-the-cadaver-king-and-the-country-dentist-by-radley-balko-and-tucker-carrington/) - Authors: Radley Balko and Tucker Carrington Release date: February 27, 2018 Publisher: Public Affairs Pages: 416 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Cadaver-King-Country-Dentist-Injustice/dp/161039691X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519837858&sr=8-1&keywords=Radley+Balko After two three-year old girls were raped and murdered in rural Mississippi, law enforcement pursued and convicted two innocent men, Kennedy Brewer and Levon Brooks. Together they spent a combined 30 years in prison before
- [Review of My Father's Wake by Kevin Toolis](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/02/27/review-of-my-fathers-wake-by-kevin-toolis/) - Author: Kevin Toolis Release date: February 27, 2018 Publisher: Da Capo Press Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/My-Fathers-Wake-Irish-Teach/dp/0306921464 “The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?” Edgar Allan Poe In American culture, death and mortality are often seen as taboo
- [Review of Carnegie's Maid by Marie Benedict](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/01/16/review-of-carnegies-maid-by-marie-benedict/) - Author: Marie Benedict Release date: January 16, 2018 Publisher: Source Books Pages: 288 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Carnegies-Maid-Novel-Marie-Benedict/dp/149264661X/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1516132693&sr=8-3 Clara Kelley is not who they think she is. She’s not the experienced Irish maid who was hired to work in one of Pittsburgh’s grandest households. She’s a poor farmer’s daughter with nowhere to go and nothing in
- [Review of The Woman in the Window by AJ Finn](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2018/01/03/review-of-the-woman-in-the-window-by-aj-finn/) - Author: AJ Finn Release date: January 2, 2018 Publisher: William Morrow Pages: 448 Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Window-Novel-J-Finn/dp/0062678418/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1515023133&sr=1-1&keywords=aj+finn Agoraphobia is an intense fear and anxiety of being in places where it is hard to escape, or where help might not be available. Agoraphobia usually involves fear of crowds, bridges, or of being outside alone. Suffering from this
- [Review of Unnatural Causes by Dawn Eastman](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/12/12/review-of-unnatural-causes-by-dawn-eastman/) - Author: Dawn Eastman Release date: December 12, 2017 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Pages: 288 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Unnatural-Causes-Katie-LeClair-Mystery/dp/1683313135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1513103473&sr=8-1&keywords=dawn+eastman Dr. Katie LeClair has agreed to join the small town medical practice of Emmett and Nick Hawkins in the small town of Baxter, Michigan. After years of moving, schooling, and training, she wants nothing
- [Review of Strangers in Budapest by Jessica Keener](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/11/15/review-of-strangers-in-budapest-by-jessica-keener/) - Author: Jessica Keener Release date: November 14, 2017 Publisher: Algonquin Books Pages: 352 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Strangers-Budapest-Novel-Jessica-Keener/dp/1616204974/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510768575&sr=8-1&keywords=jessica+keener Budapest is a city of ambiguities and secrets, stunningly beautiful, historic but mysterious. It is to this enigmatic place that a young American couple, Annie and Will, move with their infant son shortly after the
- [Review of American Drifter by Heather Graham and Chad Michael Murray](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/11/14/review-of-american-drifter-by-heather-graham-and-chad-michael-murray/) - Author: Heather Graham and Chad Michael Murray Release date: November 14, 2017 Publisher: Forge Books Pages: 320 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/American-Drifter-Thriller-Heather-Graham/dp/0765374870/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510699761&sr=8-1&keywords=american+drifter With images of war haunting him daily, U.S. Army veteran River Roulet cannot seem to break free of the past. Awake or asleep, it’s impossible to forget the bombs, the death, and the
- [Review of Three Days and a Life by Pierre Lemaitre](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/11/07/review-of-three-days-and-a-life-by-pierre-lemaitre/) - Author: Pierre Lemaitre Release date: November 7, 2017 Pages: 208 Publisher: Maclehose Press Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Three-Days-Life-Pierre-Lemaitre/dp/1681441780/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1510084625&sr=8-1&keywords=three+days+a+life In 1999, in the small provincial town of Beauval, France, 12-year-old Antoine Courtin accidently kills a young boy in the woods near his home. Panicked, he conceals the body and to his relief and ongoing shame, he
- [Review of The Usual Santas](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/10/24/review-of-the-usual-santas/) - Authors: Peter Lovesey, et al Publish Date: October 24, 2017 Publisher: Soho Press Pages: 416 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Usual-Santas-Collection-Christmas-Capers/dp/1616957751/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508860908&sr=8-1&keywords=the+usual+santas There's nothing like a good mix of crime and Christmas stories to get you in the holiday mood. Drawing from a remarkably diverse array of notable and celebrated authors, Soho Crime has delivered yet another
- [Review of Jane Austen: The Banker's Sister by E.J. Clery](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/10/17/review-of-jane-austen-the-bankers-sister-by-e-j-clery/) - Author: E.J. Clery Publish Date: October 17, 2017 Publisher: Biteback Pages: 400 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Jane-Austen-Bankers-Sister-Clery/dp/1785901761/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1508264627&sr=8-2 Without a doubt, every fan of English literature has read at least one of Jane Austen's celebrated novels. Her works are inextricably linked to the Regency era of British history. All six of her finished novels
- [Review of Between a Wolf and a Dog by Georgia Blain](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/10/11/review-of-between-a-wolf-and-a-dog-by-georgia-blain/) - Author: Georgia Blain Publish Date: October 10, 2017 Publisher: Scribe Pages: 272 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Between-Wolf-Dog-Georgia-Blain/dp/1925321118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1507735648&sr=8-1&keywords=georgia+blain On December 9, 2016 Australian writer Georgia Blain died from a brain tumor. Her life contained more than its share of tragedies and disappointments. In her award winning writings she examined the mundane and often over looked moments
- [Review of A Murder in Music City by Michael Bishop](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/09/05/review-of-a-murder-in-music-city-by-michael-bishop/) - Author: Michael Bishop Release Date: September 5, 2017 Publisher: Prometheus Books Pages: 330 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Music-City-Corruption-Innocent/dp/1633883450/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504644031&sr=8-1&keywords=michael+bishop “Paula Herring’s murder had been predicted for months. That the victim was a [pretty blond coed wasn’t all that surprising to authorities, especially since a number of young women in one of Nashville’s newest subdivisions had been
- [Review of Seance Infernale by Jonathan Skariton](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/08/30/review-of-seance-infernale-by-jonathan-skariton/) - Author: Jonathan Skariton Publish Date: August 30, 2017 Publisher: Knopf Pages: 304 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/S%C3%A9ance-Infernale-novel-Jonathan-Skariton/dp/1101946733/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1504130818&sr=8-1&keywords=seance+infernale Alex Whitman is a successful movie memorabilia dealer, “part archeologist, part detective” who is widely known to be able to locate any object related to the film industry. “His almost photographic memory of catalogs, locations, and
- [Review of Holding by Graham Norton](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/08/01/review-of-holding-by-graham-norton/) - Author: Graham Norton Release date: August 1, 2017 Publisher: Atria Books Pages: 272 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Holding-Novel-Graham-Norton/dp/150117326X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1501601603&sr=8-1&keywords=holding Sergeant PJ Collins was not born in Duneen, but he has been the little town’s resident police officer for more than a decade and a half. Significantly overweight, PJ uses his size as an emotional shield to
- [Review of Perish From the Earth by Jonathan F. Putnam](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/07/11/review-of-perish-from-the-earth-by-jonathan-f-putnam/) - Author: Jonathan F. Putnam Release date: July 11, 2017 Publisher: Crooked Lane Pages: 304 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Perish-Earth-Lincoln-Speed-Mystery/dp/1683311396/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499788543&sr=8-1&keywords=perish+from+the+earth “plenty of intrigue to delight mystery genre enthusiasts, enough historical accuracy to placate any history buff, and sufficient courtroom drama to satisfy any legal eagle.” Two hundred and nine years after his birth in
- [Review of Persons Unknown by Susie Steiner](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/07/06/review-of-persons-unknown-by-susie-steiner/) - Author: Susie Steiner Release date: July 4, 2017 Publisher: Random House Pages: 312 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Persons-Novel-Susie-Steiner/dp/0812998340/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1499356090&sr=8-1&keywords=susie+steiner As dusk falls, a young man staggers through a park, far from home, bleeding from a stab wound. “He’s really scared now; nervously places a hand to his chest. His shirt is wet through but it’s not
- [Review of JD Barker's The Fourth Monkey](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/06/27/review-of-jd-barkers-the-fourth-monkey/) - Author: JD Barker Release date: June 27, 2017 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 416 Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Monkey-J-D-Barker/dp/0544968840 “Hello, my friend. I am a thief, a murderer, a kidnapper. I’ve killed for fun, I’ve killed out of necessity. I have killed for hate. I have killed simply to satisfy the need that tends to
- [Review of Murder in the City: New York, 1910-1920](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/06/20/review-of-murder-in-the-city-new-york-1910-1920/) - Author: Wilfried Kaute Release date: June 13, 2017 Pages: 244 Publisher: Thomas Dunne Press Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Murder-City-New-York-1910-1920/dp/1250128692/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497996128&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=murdein+the+city%3A+New+York Why is society so fearful of crime, but also fascinated by it? Why do the details of a gruesome murder, rape, or other heinous crime hold our attention? We wonder why people kill, and we are
- [Review of "Magpie Murders" by Anthony Horowitz](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/06/12/review-of-magpie-murders-by-anthony-horowitz/) - Author: Anthony Horowitz Publish Date: June 6, 2017 Publisher: Harper Pages: 300 Genres: Fiction; Mystery, Thriller, Suspense Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Magpie-Murders-Novel-Anthony-Horowitz/dp/0062645226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497284614&sr=8-1&keywords=magpie+murders The Golden Age of detective novels is almost universally agreed to have occurred between the 1920s and 1930s. The majority of novels of that era were "whodunits" and dozens of
- [Review of "Al Capone's Beer Wars" by John J. Binder](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/06/07/review-of-al-capones-beer-wars-by-john-j-binder/) - Publish Date: June 5, 2017 Pages: 400 Publisher: Prometheus Books Buy from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Capones-Beer-Wars-Organized-Prohibition/dp/1633882853 “a wide-ranging and comprehensive interpretation of how mobsters like Al Capone and his associates came to control the criminal rackets . . .” The City of Chicago during Prohibition and the Roaring ’20s was the apex of excesses, extreme contrasts,
- [Review of Cara Black's - Murder in Saint-Germain](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/06/06/review-of-cara-blacks-murder-in-saint-germain/) - Publish Date: June 6, 2017 Pages: 336 Publisher: SoHo Press Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Saint-Germain-Aim%C3%A9e-Leduc-Investigation/dp/1616957700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496771087&sr=8-1&keywords=cara+black “a complex and seductive page-turner that will not disappoint devoted fans and casual readers of the New York Times bestselling series.” Paris, July 1999: Private investigator Aimée Leduc is walking though Saint-Germain when she is accosted by Suzanne Lesage, a
- [Review of "The Sixth Victim" by Tessa Harris](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/05/30/review-of-the-sixth-victim-by-tessa-harris/) - Publish Date: May 30, 2017 Publisher: Kensington Books Pages: 304 Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Sixth-Victim-Constance-Piper-Mystery/dp/1496706544/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1496192627&sr=8-1&keywords=Tessa+Harris The Whitechapel district of London’s East End in the latter decades of the 19th century was a popular place for immigrants and the poor working class. During the late summer and fall of 1888 its foggy lanes
- [Review of "The Scholl Case: The Deadly End of a Marriage" by Anja Reich-Osang](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/05/16/review-of-the-scholl-case-the-deadly-end-of-a-marriage-by-anja-reich-osang/) - Author: Anja Reich-Osang Release Date: May 16, 2017 Publisher: Text Publishing Pages: 208 In December 2011, a corpse was found in a forested area near Ludwigsfelde, a tiny and quiet village south of Berlin, Germany. The body was hidden between pine trees and covered with leaves. The victim was Brigitte Scholl, the 67-year-old wife of
- [Serial Killer H.H. Holmes was Executed (May 7, 1896)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/05/01/serial-killer-h-h-holmes-was-executed-may-7-1896/) - This week (May 1-7) in crime history – NBA star Jayson Williams was charged with shooting a limo driver (May 1, 2002); FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died (May 2, 1972); Exxon executive Sidney Reso was found dead after being kidnapped (May 3, 1992); -year-old Madeleine McCann vanished while on vacation with her parents in
- [Review of "Convicting Avery" by Michael D. Cicchini](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/04/04/review-of-convicting-avery-by-michael-d-cicchini/) - The review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on April 3, 2017 - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/convicting-avery-bizarre-laws-and-broken-system-behind-making-murderer The book can be purchased from Amazon through the following link - https://www.amazon.com/Convicting-Avery-Bizarre-Broken-Murderer/dp/1633882551/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1491347433&sr=8-1&keywords=convicting+avery In 2015 Netflix released the controversial documentary Making a Murderer, which explored the story of Steven Avery, a man from Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, who spent
- [Review of "The Ambulance Drivers" By James McGrath Morris](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/03/31/review-of-the-ambulance-drivers-by-james-mcgrath-morris/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on March 27, 2017 - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/ambulance-drivers Buy the book from Amazon through the following link - https://www.amazon.com/Ambulance-Drivers-Hemingway-Passos-Friendship/dp/0306823837/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490974591&sr=8-1-spell&keywords=the+ablulance+drivers “Paris represented everything their homeland was not for the generation of Americans writers like Hemingway and Dos Passos who had come of age during the Great War. An
- [Review of Murder in Plain English by Michael Arntfield & Marcel Danesi](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/03/06/review-of-murder-in-plain-english-by-michael-arntfield-marcel-danesi/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on March 6, 2017 - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/murder-plain-english Buy the book through Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Murder-Plain-English-Manifestos-Memes-Looking/dp/1633882535/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488840796&sr=8-1&keywords=murder+in+plain+english “Humans are the planet’s outliers when it comes to murder. We are, needless to say, also the only species that has the ability to document our experiences associated with murder through the
- [Review of Illusions of Justice by Jerome F. Buting](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/02/28/review-of-illusions-of-justice-by-jerome-f-buting/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on February 28, 2017 - http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/illusion Buy the book through Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Illusion-Justice-Inside-Murderer-Americas/dp/0062569317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1488301738&sr=8-1&keywords=illusions+of+justice “Yes, I believe [Steven] Avery is innocent. This is my opinion, which I know is not worth very much, but my opinion is based on an assessment of the evidence.” —Jerome F.
- [Review of Blue on Blue by Charles Campisi](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/02/07/review-of-blue-on-blue-by-charles-campisi/) - It’s often said that the police are the “thin blue line,” the fragile wall standing between the public and unrestrained anarchy and crime. But within the realm of policing there is no more despised or guarded assignment then Internal Affairs. “Their work is often misunderstood, by the public and by others cops. It is racked
- [Patty Hearst was Kidnapped (February 4, 1974)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/01/30/patty-hearst-was-kidnapped-february-4-1974/) - This week (January 30 – February 5) in crime history – Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated (January 30, 1948); Andrew Jackson narrowly escaped assassination (January 30, 1835); Prosecutors announce intention to retry Ray Buckey in the McMartin Preschool molestation case (January 31, 1990); Guy Fawkes kills himself moments before his execution (January 31, 1606); Ted Bundy
- [Brenda Spencer - "I Don't Like Mondays" (January 29, 1979)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2017/01/23/brenda-spencer-i-dont-like-mondays-january-29-1979/) - This week (January 23-29) in crime history – Emmett Till’s murderers publish confessions on Look magazine (January 24, 1956); BTK Killer sends message to Wichita television station (January 25, 2005); Charles Manson and three of his followers were convicted of multiple murders (January 25, 1971); The Mad Butcher of Cleveland claimed third victim (January 26,
- [Author Named One of the Best for 2016](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/12/29/author-named-one-of-the-best-for-2016/) - ***News Flash*** December 29, 2016 - Author Michael Thomas Barry was named one of the top 20 authors for 2016 by Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. His book In the Company of Evil Thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980 was also named one of the best books of 2016 with an honorable mention. http://writeramyshannon.wixsite.com/bookshelfreviews/top-twenty-authors
- [The Boston Belfry Murderer Claimed his First Victim - December 5, 1873](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/12/05/the-boston-belfry-murderer-claimed-his-first-victim-december-5-1873/) - This week (December 5 – 11) in crime history – Boston belfry murderer claimed first victim (December 5, 1873); The bank robbing Reno brothers were hanged (December 6, 1868); Colin Ferguson shot and killed six and wounded 19 on Long Island commuter train (December 7, 1993); John Lennon was murdered (December 8, 1980); Frank Sinatra
- [Review of "By Women Possessed: A Life of Eugene O'Neill" by Arthur and Barbara Gelb](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/12/01/review-of-by-women-possessed-by-arthur-and-barbara-gelb/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on December 1, 2016 http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/women-possessed Purchase the book at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Women-Possessed-Life-Eugene-ONeill/dp/0399159118/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480628076&sr=8-1&keywords=by+women+possessed Nobel Prize winning playwright Eugene O’Neill was a pioneer of the American theater and led the way for other literary legends such as Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee. His true legacy
- [Review of Deirdre Bair's "Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/11/17/review-of-deirdre-bairs-al-capone-his-life-legacy-and-legend/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on November 16, 2016 http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/al-capone Buy the book from Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Al-Capone-Life-Legacy-Legend/dp/0385537158/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479401479&sr=8-1&keywords=al+capone “Al Capone was a son, husband, and father who was looking for the best way to become a good provider for everyone.” Nearly seven decades after his death, what is it about Al
- [Review of Robert Masello's - The Jekyll Revelation](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/11/08/review-of-robert-masellos-the-jekyll-revelation/) - Review First appeared at the New York Journal of Books on November 8, 2016 http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/jekyll-revelation Buy the book - https://www.amazon.com/Jekyll-Revelation-Robert-Masello/dp/1503951197/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478622320&sr=8-1&keywords=robert+masello What if the terrifying legacy of Jack the Ripper and Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde were connected and somehow transported across space and time from Victorian England to present day California? The
- [Bodies were Unearthed at Sacramento Board and Care Home (November 11, 1988)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/11/07/bodies-were-unearthed-at-sacramento-board-and-care-home-november-11-1988/) - This week (November 7-13) in crime history – David Hendricks murdered his family in Bloomington, Illinois (November 7, 1983); Carol DaRonch escaped abduction by Ted Bundy (November 8, 1974); John List murdered his family then disappeared for 18 years (November 9, 1971); Louise Woodward’s murder conviction was reduced to second degree (November 10, 1997); Bodies
- [](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/11/06/4528/) - November 5, 2016 - Appeared on Investigation Discovery channel's True Nightmares series: season 2, episode 5, segment 2 - The Story of Charles Henry Schwartz http://www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/true-nightmares/
- [Review of James Patterson's - Filthy Rich](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/10/19/review-of-james-pattersons-filthy-rich/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on (October 19, 2016) http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/filthy-rich-powerful Buy the book at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Filthy-Rich-Powerful-Billionaire-Shocking/dp/0316274054/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476916468&sr=8-1&keywords=filthy+rich In February 2005, 14-year-old Mary (not her real name) was a naïve and impressionable teenager. She desperately sought out attention and wanted to make a good first impression. The money she would earn
- [Review of "Who Killed These Girls? Cold Case: The Yogurt Shop Murders"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/10/10/review-of-who-killed-these-girls-cold-case-the-yogurt-shop-murders/) - Review First appeared at The New York Journal of Books (10/10/2016) http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/ase-yogurt-shop-murders Purchase the book at Amazon - https://www.amazon.com/Who-Killed-These-Girls-Murders/dp/0307594114/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476118293&sr=8-1&keywords=beverly+lowry Seasoned homicide detectives are well aware that high-profile murder cases often attract numerous false confessions. They also know that unscrupulous officers under pressure from the media and other sources can coerce young, suggestible suspects to make
- [Mob Boss Anthony Carfano was Murdered (September 25, 1959)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/09/19/mob-boss-anthony-carfano-was-murdered-september-25-1959/) - This week (September 19-25) in crime history – The Washington Post published the Unabomber’s manifesto (September 19, 1995); President James Garfield died from gunshot wound (September 19, 1881); Benedict Arnold committed treason (September 21, 1780); The Midtown slasher claimed his first victim (September 22, 1980); Billy the Kid was arrested for the first time (September
- [Review of "Murder in the Bayou: Who Killed the Women Known as the Jeff Davis 8?"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/09/13/review-of-murder-in-the-bayou-who-killed-the-women-known-as-the-jeff-davis-8/) - Review first appeared at the New York Journal of Books on September 12, 2016 http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/murder-bayou-who-killed-women-known-jeff-davis-8 Who murdered the women known as the Jeff Davis 8? Is an unapprehended serial killer stalking the wetlands and byways of rural southern Louisiana? These are intriguing questions that have dogged law enforcement officials for nearly a decade. Located primarily
- [Review of "Existentialism and Excess" by Gary Cox](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/09/09/review-of-existentialism-and-excess-by-gary-cox/) - Review first appeared at http://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/existentialism-and-excess on September 7, 2016. “Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: With great power comes great responsibility. This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spiderman.” Actor Tobey Maguire spoke these words in the final scene of Columbia Pictures 2002 movie blockbuster
- [Sacco & Vanzetti were Executed (August 23, 1927)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/08/22/sacco-vanzetti-were-executed-august-23-1927/) - This week (August 22-28) in crime history – Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was assassinated (August 22, 1922); The Barker gang killed a Federal Reserve officer in Chicago (August 22, 1933); Sacco and Vanzetti were executed (August 23, 1927); Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik was sentenced (August 24, 2012); Old west outlaw Bill Doolin was
- [Carol Bundy Confessed Role in Sunset Slayer Murders (August 11, 1980)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/08/08/carol-bundy-confessed-role-in-sunset-slayer-murders-august-11-1980/) - This week (August 8-14) in crime history – Six German saboteurs were executed in Washington (August 8, 1942); Sharon Tate and four others were murdered by Charles Manson’s followers (August 9, 1969); The severed head of Adam Walsh was found in Florida (August 10, 1981); Son of Sam was arrested (August 10, 1977); Carol Bundy
- [Book Review of "American Heiress" by Jeffrey Toobin](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/08/02/book-review-of-american-heiress-by-jeffrey-toobin/) - On February 4, 1974, 19-year-old Patricia Campbell Hearst, a junior, majoring in art history at Cal Berkeley and heiress to the Hearst family fortune, was kidnapped by a motley group of self-proclaimed revolutionaries known as the Symbionese Liberation Army. The sensational and shocking story that unfolded over the next year and half would take many
- [Centennial Olympic Park Bombing (July 27, 1996)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/07/25/centennial-olympic-park-bombing-july-27-1996/) - This week (July 25-31) in crime history – Notorious California bandit Joaquin Murrieta was killed (July 25, 1853); Serial killer Ed Gein died (July 26, 1984); Adam Walsh was abducted (July 27, 1981); Centennial Olympic Park bombing (July 27, 1996); Son of Sam serial killer claimed first victims (July 29, 1976); Megan Kanka’s killer was
- [Review of The Hemingway Thief by Shaun Harris](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/07/18/review-of-the-hemingway-theif-by-shaun-harris/) - In early December 1922, Ernest Hemingway was in Switzerland on assignment as a correspondent for the Toronto Daily Star, covering the Lausanne Peace Conference. The journalist and editor Lincoln Steffens was also there. Apparently, Steffens was impressed with Hemingway’s writing and asked to see more. Hemingway cabled his wife, Hadley in Paris and asked her
- [US Supreme Court Struck Down Death Penalty (June 29, 1972)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/06/27/us-supreme-court-struck-down-death-penalty-june-29-1972/) - This week (June 27-July 3) in crime history – Mormon leader Joseph Smith was murdered by angry mob (June 27, 1844); Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated (June 28, 1914); US Supreme Court struck down the death penalty (June 29, 1972); NBA star Kobe Bryant was accused of rape in Colorado (July 1, 2003); President James
- [Serial Killer Melvin Rees Claimed his First Victim (June 26, 1957)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/06/20/serial-killer-melvin-rees-claimed-his-first-victim-june-26-1957/) - This week (June 20-26) in crime history – Mobster Bugsy Siegel was gunned down in Los Angeles (June 20, 1947); Would-be assassin John Hinckley, Jr. was found not guilty by reason of insanity (June 21, 1982); Mobster Whitey Bulger was arrested in Los Angeles (June 22, 2011); Mob boss John Gotti was sentenced to life
- [Hollywood Madame, Heidi Fleiss was Arrested (June 9, 1993)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/06/06/hollywood-madame-heidi-fleiss-was-arrested-june-9-1993/) - This week (June 6-12) in crime history – Civil rights activist, James H. Meredith was shot to death (June 6, 1966); Kennedy cousin, Michael Skakel was convicted on murder (June 7, 2002); James Earl Ray was arrested in London (June 8, 1968); Heidi Fleiss, the notorious Hollywood Madame was arrested (June 9, 1993); Bridget Bishop,
- [Madeleine McCann Disappeared from Portugal (May 3, 2007)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/05/02/madeleine-mccann-disappeared-from-portugal-may-3-2007/) - This week (May 2-8) in crime history – Terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was killed (May 2, 2011); Exxon executive Sidney Reso died after being kidnapped (May 3, 1992); Madeleine McCann disappeared in Portugal (May 3, 2007); Japanese war crimes trials began (May 3, 1946); Haymarket Square riots leave hundreds injured (May 4, 1886); Three
- [Lincoln Assassin John Wilkes Booth was Killed (April 26, 1865)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/04/25/lincoln-assassin-john-wilkes-booth-was-killed-april-26-1865/) - This week (April 25 - May 1) in crime history – John Wilkes Booth was killed (April 26, 1865); Andrew Cunanan began cross country killing spree (April 27, 1997); Jaycee Dugard’s kidnappers plead guilty (April 28, 2011); Mutiny on the HMS Bounty (April 28, 1789); Martin Bryant began killing spree in Australia (April 28, 1996);
- [Billy the Kid was Convicted of Murder (April 9, 1881)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/04/05/billy-the-kid-was-convicted-of-murder-april-9-1881/) - This week (April 4-10) in Crime history – Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated (April 4, 1968); Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were sentenced to death for spying (April 5, 1951); Convicted murderer Sam Sheppard died (April 6, 1970: The Rwandan Genocide began (April 7, 1994); Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph agreed to plead guilty (April 8,
- [The Yosemite Murders (March 18, 1999)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/03/14/the-yosemite-murders-march-18-1999-2/) - This week (March 14-20) in crime history – The FBI debuted the 10 most wanted list (march 14, 1950); Jack Ruby was sentenced to death (March 14, 1964); The Birmingham Six were released (March 14, 1991); Julius Caesar was assassinated (March 15, 44BC); Lastania Abarta shots her lover on the streets of Los Angeles (march
- [Rapper Notorious BIG was Shot to Death (March 9, 1997)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/03/07/rapper-notorious-big-was-shot-to-death-march-9-1997/) - This week (March 7-13) in crime history – Defense attorney’s rested in the Andrea Yates murder trial (March 7, 2002); The Lonely Hearts Kills, Martha Beck and Raymond Fernandez were executed (March 8, 1951); Old West outlaw Emmet Dalton goes to prison (March 8, 1893); Rapper Notorious B.I.G was shot to death (March 9, 1997);
- [Book Signing Event](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/02/28/book-signing-event/) - Join award winning author Michael Thomas Barry on Sunday April 17, 2016 @ Dark Delicacies Book Shop in Burbank; where he will be signing copies of his new book In the Company of Evil Thirty Years of California Crime 1950-1980 from 2:00-4:00 pm. For more information visit www.darkdel.com.
- [Malcolm X was Assassinated (February 21, 1965)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/02/15/malcolm-x-was-assassinated-february-21-1965/) - This week (February 15-21) in crime history – Chicago Eight defense attorneys were sentenced for contempt of court (February 15, 1970); Old West gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was pardoned (February 16, 1894); Union leaders were arrested in connection with the assassination of former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg (February 17, 1906); A South Korean subway train
- [Actor Sal Mineo was Murdered (February 12, 1976)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/02/08/actor-sal-mineo-was-murdered-february-12-1976-2/) - This week (February 8-14) in crime history – Nevada carried out first execution by lethal gas (February 8, 1924); Adolph Coors, heir to the Coors Brewery fortune was kidnapped (February 9, 1960); Former Boxing champ Mike Tyson was convicted of rape )February 10, 1992); Former Yugoslavia President Slobodan Milosevic’s war crimes trial began (February 12,
- [Heiress Patty Hearst was Kidnapped (February 4, 1974)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/02/01/heiress-patty-hearst-was-kidnapped-february-4-1974/) - This week (February 1 – 7) in crime history – Serial killer Ted Bundy claimed his second victim (February 1, 1974); King Carlos I of Portugal was assassinated (February 1, 1908); Hollywood director William Desmond Taylor was found shot to death (February 2, 1922); Barnett Davenport committed mass murder in Connecticut (February 3, 1780); Old
- [The Vampire of Sacramento Claimed His Final Victims (January 27, 1978)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/01/25/the-vampire-of-sacramento-claimed-his-final-victims-january-27-1978/) - This week (January 25-31) in crime history – The BTK Killer sent message to Kansas TV station (January 25, 2005); Charles Manson and three followers were convicted of murder (January 25, 1971); The Mad Butcher of Cleveland claimed his third victim (January 26, 1936); Richard Chase, The Vampire of Sacramento claimed his final victims (January
- [Alger Hiss was Convicted of Perjury (January 21, 1950)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/01/18/4393/) - This week (January 18-24) in crime history – Washington DC mayor Marion Barry was arrested on drug charges (January 18, 1990); Nazi Klaus Barbie, the Butcher of Lyons was arrested in Bolivia (January 19, 1983); Notorious World War II traitor, Tokyo Rose was pardoned by President Ford (January 19, 1977); NFL Pro football player and
- [Albert Fish, the Infamous "Moon Maniac" was Executed (January 16, 1936)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/01/11/albert-fish-the-infamous-moon-maniac-was-executed-january-16-1936/) - This week (January 11-17) in crime history – Joran van der Sloot confessed to murder in Peru (January 11, 2012); Arthur “Doc” Barker was killed while attempting to escape Alcatraz (January 13, 1939); Old West lawman Wyatt Earp died (January 13, 1929); America’s most notorious traitor Benedict Arnold was born (January 14, 1741); Isle Koch,
- [Hillside Strangler - Angelo Buono was Sentenced (January 9, 1984)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2016/01/04/4381/) - This week (January 4-10) in crime history – The Boston Strangler claimed his final victim (January 4, 1964), United Mine Workers Union leader Jock Yablonski and his family were found murdered (January 5, 1970), Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked (January 6, 1994), Six-year-old Suzanne Degnan was kidnapped from her home in Chicago (January 7,
- [Lynette Squeaky Fromme was Sentenced (December 17, 1975)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/12/14/lynette-squeaky-fromme-was-sentenced-december-17-1975/) - This week (December 14-20) in crime history – Mass shooting at Newtown, Connecticut elementary school (December 14, 2012); Nazi Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for war crimes (December 15, 1961); Federal Judge Robert Vance was killed by terrorist bomb (December 16, 1989); Lynette Squeaky Fromme was sentenced for attempting to assassinate President Ford (December
- [Bernie Madoff was Arrested (December 11, 2008)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/12/07/bernie-madoff-was-arrested-december-11-2008/) - This week (December 7-13) in crime history – Colin Ferguson killed six and wounded 19 on a Long Island commuter train (December 7, 1993); First execution by lethal injection in Texas (December 7, 1982); John Lennon was murdered (December 8, 1980); Frank Sinatra Jr., was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe (December 10, 1963); Bernie Madoff was
- [Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer was Murdered in Prison (November 28, 1994)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/11/23/serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-was-murdered-in-prison-november-28-1994/) - This week (November 23-29) in crime history – Robert Stroud, the Birdman of Alcatraz was released from solitary confinement (November 23, 1959); Billy the Kid was born (November 23, 1859); Ira member Thomas McMahon was sentenced for murdering Lord Louis Mountbatten (November 23, 1979); Jack Ruby killed Lee Harvey Oswald (November 24, 1963); Author and
- [Review of "In the Company of Evil Thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/11/18/review-of-in-the-company-of-evil-thirty-years-of-california-crime-1950-1980/) - Reviewed by Chris Fischer for Readers' Favorite In an absolutely great entry in the genre of true crime, In the Company of Evil: Thirty Years of California Crime, 1950-1980 by Michael Thomas Barry is a fantastic composite of some of the most notorious and interesting cases in California in the time period. In truly chilling
- [Patty Hearst was Released on Bail Pending Appeal (November 19, 1976)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/11/16/patty-hearst-was-released-on-bail-pending-appeal-november-19-1976/) - This week (November 16-22) in crime history – Serial killer Ed Gein murdered his final victim (November 16, 1957); Washington DC sniper John Muhammad was convicted (November 17, 2004); Socialite Barbara Baekeland was murdered by her son (November 17, 1972); Murder and mass suicide at Jonestown (November 18, 1978); Patty Hearst was released on bail
- [Death House of Sacramento: Dorothea Puente (November 11, 1988)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/11/09/death-house-of-sacramento-dorothea-puente-november-11-1988/) - This week (November 9-15) in crime history – John List murdered his family then disappeared (November 9, 1971); Louise Woodward, a British au pair had her murder conviction reduced to manslaughter (November 10, 1997); Corpse is unearthed at elder care home owned by Dorothea Puente (November 11, 1988); Scott Peterson was convicted of the murder
- [Serial Killer Ted Bundy Botched an Abduction (November 8, 1974)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/11/02/serial-killer-ted-bundy-botched-an-abduction-november-8-1974/) - This week (November 2-8) in crime history – Gwendolyn Graham was sentenced for the murder of 5 nursing home residents in Michigan (November 2, 1989); South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated (November 2, 1963); Serial killer Bobby Joe Long kidnapped his last victim (November 3, 1984); Black Bart robbed his last stagecoach (November
- [Mob Boss John Gotti was Born (October 27, 1940)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/10/26/mob-boss-john-gotti-was-born-october-27-1940/) - This week (October 26 – November 1) in crime history – Betty Ferreri killed her abusive husband in Los Angeles (October 26, 1948); Mob boss John Gotti was born (October 27, 1940); Music legend Chuck Berry’s trial for violation of the Mann Act began (October 28, 1961); Crime novelist and journalist Dominic Dunne was born
- [Susan Smith Murdered Her Children (October 25, 1994)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/10/19/susan-smith-murdered-her-children-october-25-1994/) - This week (October 19-25) in crime history – John DeLorean was arrested for drug dealing (October 19, 1982); 2 Live Crew members were acquitted of obscenity charges (October 20, 1990); A bomb exploded at the LA Times building (October 21, 1910); Olympian Oscar Pistorius was sentenced for murdering his girlfriend (October 21, 2014); Pretty Boy
- [Joseph Harris "Goes Postal" in New Jersey (October 10, 1991)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/10/05/joseph-harris-goes-postal-in-new-jersey-october-10-1991/) - This week (October 5 -11) in crime history – The Dalton gang attempted final bank robbery (October 5, 1892); Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was assassinated (October 6, 1981); The Reno brothers committed first train robbery in the U.S. (October 6, 1866); Terrorists hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro (October 7, 1985); Mobster Roger Touhy
- [Benedict Arnold Committed Treason (September 21, 1780)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/09/21/benedict-arnold-committed-treason-september-21-1780/) - This week (September 21-27) in crime history – Benedict Arnold committed treason (September 21, 1780); The Midtown Stabber claimed first victim (September 22, 1980); President Ford escaped second assassination attempt (September 22, 1975); Billy the Kid was arrested for first time (September 23, 1875); Chicago 7 trail began (September 24, 1969); Mobster Anthony Carfano was
- [Stephen King Published Two Novels on the Same Day (September 24, 1996)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/09/18/stephen-king-published-two-novels-on-the-same-day-september-24-1996/) - This week (September 18-24) in literary history – Aldous Huxley was hired a schoolmaster at Eaton (September 18, 1917); Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay was published (September 19, 2000); Upton Sinclair was born (September 20, 1878); H.G. Wells was born (September 21, 1866); Playwright Ben Jonson was arrested for manslaughter (September
- [The Lonely Hearts Killer was Executed (September 18, 1959)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/09/14/the-lonely-hearts-killer-was-executed-september-18-1959/) - This week (September 14-20) in crime history – President William McKinley succumbed to wounds suffered in assassination (September 14, 1901); Bomb explodes at Birmingham church killing four girls (September 15, 1963); Aaron Alexis kills a dozen people in shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington D.C. (September 16, 2103); The Lonely Hearts Killer was
- [John Steinbeck was Awarded the Medal of Freedom (September 14, 1964)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/09/11/john-steinbeck-was-awarded-the-medal-of-freedom-september-14-1964/) - This week (September 11-17) in literary history – Katherine Anne Porter’s Flowering Judas was published (September 11, 1930); Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning eloped (September 12, 1846); Novelist Robert McCloskey was born (September 14, 1964); John Steinbeck was awarded the Medal of Freedom (September 14, 1964); Agatha Christie was born (September 15, 1890); Novelist James
- [Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme Attempted to Assassinate President Ford (September 5, 1975)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/31/lynette-squeaky-fromme-attempted-to-assassinate-president-ford-september-5-1975/) - This week (August 31 – September 6) in crime history – Jack the Ripper claimed first victim (August 31, 1888); Serial killer Richard Ramirez was captured (September 1, 1985); Former Vice-President Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason (September 1, 1807); United Nation court hands down first conviction in the Rwandan Genocide (September 2, 1998); Hostage
- [Poet Robert Frost Traveled to the Soviet Union on Goodwill Mission (August 29, 1962)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/28/poet-robert-frost-traveled-to-the-soviet-union-on-goodwill-mission-august-29-1962/) - This week (August 28 – September 3) in literary history – Canadian novelist Robertson Davies was born (August 28, 1913); Robert Frost traveled to the Soviet Union on a good will mission (August 29, 1962); Novelist Henry James returned to the U.S. after two decades abroad (August 30, 1904); Armenian American novelist William Saroyan was
- [Theodore Dreiser was Born (August 27, 1871)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/21/theodore-dreiser-was-born-august-27-1871/) - This week (August 21-28) in literary history – Christopher Robin Milne, son of A.A. Milne was born (August 21, 1920); Novelist E. Annie Proulx was born (August 22, 1935); Novelist Edgar Lee Masters was born (August 23, 1869); Novelist A.S. Byatt was born (August 24, 1936); The film version of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard
- [The Menendez Brothers Murdered Their Parents (August 20, 1989)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/17/the-menendez-brothers-murdered-their-parents-august-20-1989/) - This week (August 17-23) in crime history – Old West outlaw Billy the Kid killed his first victim (August 17, 1877); Seattle Juvenile Judge Gary Little committed suicide after being implicated in a sex scandal (August 18, 1988); The West Memphis Three were released from prison (August 19, 2011); The Menendez Brothers murdered their parents
- [Novelist Jacqueline Susann was Born (August 20, 1918)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/14/novelist-jacqueline-susann-was-born-august-20-1918/) - This week (August 14-20) in literary history – Richard Henry Dana set sail from Boston (August 14, 1834); Novelist Edna Ferber was born (August 15, 1887); Poet Charles Bukowski was born (August 16, 1920); George Orwell’s Animal Farm was published (August 17, 1946); Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita was published in the United States (August 18, 1958);
- [Carol Bundy Confessed Role in Sunset Slayer Case (August 11, 1980)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/10/carol-bundy-confessed-role-in-sunset-slayer-case-august-11-1980/) - This week (August 10-16) in crime history – The severed head of Adam Walsh, son of TV personality John Walsh was discovered (August 10, 1981); Carol Bundy confessed her role in the Sunset Slayer case (August 11, 1980); Alcatraz Federal Prison opened (August 11, 1934); Jonesboro School massacre shooter plead guilty (August 11, 1998); Yosemite
- [Virginia Woolf Married Leonard Woolf (August 10, 1912)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/07/virginia-woolf-married-leonard-woolf-august-10-1912/) - This week (August 7-13) in literary history – Henry Fielding falls ill and travels to Lisbon (August 7, 1754); John Keats returns from walking tour of the Lake Districts (August 8, 1818: Henry David Thoreau published “Walden” (August 9, 1854); Virginia Woolf married Leonard Woolf (August 10, 1912); Novelist Alex Haley was born (August 11,
- [The Manson Family Murder Spree Began (August 9, 1969)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/08/03/the-manson-family-murder-spree-began-august-9-1969/) - This week (August 3-9) in crime history – U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss was accused of spying for the Soviet Union (August 3, 1948); Lizzie Borden allegedly murdered her parents (August 4, 1892); Marie Noe was charged with killing her eight children (August 5, 1998); Mobster Dutch Schultz was born (August 6, 1902); Auburn
- [John Dillinger was Killed (July 22, 1934)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/20/john-dillinger-was-killed-july-22-1934/) - This week (July 20-26) in crime history – Serial killer Alton Coleman and Debra Brown were captured in Illinois (July 20, 1984); James Holmes killed 12 and wounded 70 other at a Colorado movie theater (July 20, 2012); The Scopes Monkey Trial ends with a conviction (July 21, 1925); Terrorists attempted to bomb the London
- [Ernest Hemingway was Born (July 21, 1899)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/17/ernest-hemingway-was-born-july-21-1899/) - This week (July 17-23) in literary history – Erle Stanley Gardner was born (July 17, 1889); Hunter S. Thompson was born (July 18, 1929); Irish novelist Frank McCourt died (July 19, 2009); Emile Zola fled France (July 19, 1898); Ernest Hemingway was born (July 21, 1899); J.K. Rowling published Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- [The San Ysidro Massacre (July 18, 1984)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/13/the-san-ysidro-massacre-july-18-1984/) - This week (July 13-20) in crime history – Ruth Ellis was convicted of murder and would later be the last woman executed in Great Britain (July 13, 1955); Billy the Kid was shot to death (July 14, 1881); Richard Speck murdered eight nurses in Chicago (July 14, 1966); John Walker Lindh, The American Taliban pleaded
- [E.B. White was Born (July 11, 1899)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/10/e-b-white-was-born-july-11-1899/) - This week (July 10-16) in literary history – Short story writer Alice Munro was born (July 10, 1931); E.B. White was born (July 11, 1899); Geoffrey Chaucer was appointed Chief Clerk of the king’s works (July 12, 1389); William Wordsworth visited Tintern Abbey (July 14, 1811); Novelist Iris Murdoch was born (July 15, 1919); J.D.
- [The Moors Murders Began (July 12, 1963)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/06/the-moors-murders-began-july-12-1963/) - This week (July 6-12) in crime history - July 6, 1946 - Former mob boss George “Bugs” Moran was arrested in Kentucky; July 7, 1865 - Mary Surratt and three others were executed for Abraham Lincoln’s assassination; July 8, 1898 - Soapy Smith, notorious conman was murdered; July 8, 1960 - U-2 pilot Francis Gary
- [Ernest Hemingway was Wounded During World War I (July 8, 1918)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/07/03/ernest-hemingway-was-wounded-during-world-war-i-july-8-1918-2/) - This week (July 3-9) in literary history – MFK Fisher was born (July 3, 1908); First edition of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass was published (July 4, 1855); George Bernard Shaw quit his job at the telephone company (July 5, 1880); Mark Twain began reporting in Virginia City (July 6, 1862); Literary character Dr. John
- [Ohio Murder Case Inspired Hit TV Show (July 4, 1954)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/29/ohio-murder-inspired-hit-tv-show-july-4-1954/) - This week (June 29-July 5) in crime history – U.S. Supreme Court struck down the death penalty (June 29, 1972); Night of the Long Knives (June 30, 1934); Old West gunfighter Clay Allison was killed (July 1, 1887); NBA star Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual misconduct (July 1, 2003); President James A. Garfield was
- [Pearl Buck was Born (June 26, 1892)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/26/pearl-buck-was-born-june-26-1892/) - This week (June 26 – July 2) in literary history – Pearl Buck was born (June 26, 1892); First Newbery Medal for Children’s literature was awarded (June 27, 1922); Alice McDermott was born (June 27, 1953); Robert Louis Stevenson sets sail for the South Pacific (June 28, 1888); Western writer Emerson Hough was born (June
- [Novelist Michael Shaara was Born (June 23, 1923)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/19/novelist-michael-shaara-was-born-june-23-1923/) - This week (June 19-25) in literary history – Nathanael West published A Cool Million (June 19, 1934); Playwright Lillian Hellman was born (June 20, 1905); Arthur Miller defied Congress and refused to name suspected Communists (June 21, 1956); Novelist Dan Brown was born (June 22, 1964); Novelist Michael Shaara was born (June 23, 1923); Novelist
- [Mobster Bugsy Siegel was Shot and Killed (June 20, 1947)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/15/mobster-bugsy-siegel-was-shot-and-killed-june-20-1947/) - This week (June 15-21) in crime history – Police search the Aruba home of Joran van der Sloot in connection with disappearance of Natalie Holloway (June 15, 205); Kathleen Soliah aka Sara Jane Olsen a former member of the Symbionese Liberation Army was arrested (June 16, 1999); Watergate burglars were arrested (June 17, 1972); O.J.
- [Mobster Henry Hill was Born (June 11, 1943)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/08/mobster-henry-hill-was-born-june-11-1943/) - This week (June 8-14) in crime history – James Earl Ray was arrested in London for Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (June 8, 1968); Heidi Fleiss “The Hollywood Madame” was arrested in Los Angeles (June 9, 1993); Bridget Bishop was the first victim hanged in the Salem Witchcraft Trials (June 10, 1692); Mobster Henry
- [George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" was Published (June 6, 1949)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/05/george-orwells-nineteen-eighty-four-was-published-june-6-1949/) - This week (June 5-11) in literary history – Novelist Ken Follett was born (June 5, 1949); Ray Bradbury died (June 5, 2012); George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four was published (June 6, 1949); Novelist Louise Erdrich was born (June 7, 1954); Thomas Paine died (June 8, 1809); Crime novelist Patricia Cornwell was born (June 9, 1956); Leo
- [Serial Killer Leonard Lake was Arrested (June 2, 1985)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/06/01/serial-killer-leonard-lake-was-arrested-june-2-1985/) - This week (June 1-7) in crime history – Benedict Arnold was court-martialed (June 1, 1779); Opening statements began in the trial of Scott Peterson (June 1, 2004); Timothy McVeigh was convicted for the Oklahoma City Bombing (June 2, 1997); Serial Killer Leonard Lake was arrested (June 2, 1985); Joran van der Sloot was arrested for
- [Walt Whitman was Born (May 31, 1819)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/29/walt-whitman-was-born-may-31-1819/) - This week (May 29 – June 4) in literary history – Author T.H. White was born (May 29, 1906); Playwright Christopher Marlowe was killed in a pub fight (May 30, 1593); Walt Whitman was born (May 31, 1819); Samuel Taylor Coleridge published “The Friend” (June 1, 1809); Allen Ginsberg wrote the poem “Lysergic Acid” (June
- [Novelist Dashiell Hammett was Born (May 27, 1894)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/22/novelist-dashiell-hammett-was-born-may-27-1894/) - This week (May 22-28) in literary history – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born (May 22, 1859); New York Public Library was dedicated (May 23, 1911); Margret Fuller was born (May 23, 1810); Russian poet Joseph Brodsky was born (May 24, 1940); Thomas Mann was inspired to write Death in Venice after a visit to
- [John Wayne was Born (May 26, 1907)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/20/john-wayne-was-born-may-26-1907/) - This week (May 20-26) in Hollywood history – Winning starring Paul Newman was released (May 22, 1969); Joan Collins was born (May 23, 1933); Thelma and Louise was released (May 24, 1991); Sex, Lies and Videotape was well received at the Cannes Film Festival (May 24, 1989); Star Wars was released (May 25, 1977); John
- [Bonnie and Clyde were Killed in Police Shootout (May23, 1934)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/18/bonnie-and-clyde-were-killed-in-police-shootout-may23-1934/) - This week (May 18-24) in crime history – Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished (May 18, 1926); Irish playwright Oscar Wilde was released from prison (May 19, 1897); Mary Kay Letourneau married her victim (May 20, 2005); Bobbie Franks was abducted by Leopold and Loeb (May 21, 1924); Amy Fisher was arrested for shooting her lover’s
- [Stream of Consciousness Writing Pioneer, Dorothy Richardson was Born (May 17, 1873)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/15/stream-of-consciousness-writing-pioneer-dorothy-richardson-was-born-may-17-1873/) - This week (May 15-21) in literary history – Novelist Katherine Anne Porter was born (May 15, 1890); Voltaire was imprisoned in the Bastille for attacking politics and religion (May 16, 1717); Dorothy Richardson, a pioneer of “stream of consciousness” writing was born (May 17, 1873); Playwright Christopher Marlowe was accused of heresy (May 18, 1593);
- [LAPD Raided the Hideout of the SLA - May 17, 1974](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/12/lapd-raided-the-hideout-of-the-sla-may-17-1974/) - This week (May 11-17) in crime history – Marie Besnards’ husbands body was exhumed in connection to her serial poisoning case (May 11, 1949); Trial of former Nazi Klaus Barbie began (May 11, 1987); Body of the Lindbergh baby was found (May 12, 1932); Pope John Paul II was shot (May 13, 1981); Three-year-old June
- [William Faulkner's "Go Down, Moses" was Published - May 11, 1942](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/08/william-faulkners-go-down-moses-was-published-may-11-1942/) - This week (May 8-14) in literary history – American poet Phillis Wheatley was born (May 8, 1753); J.M. Barrie was born (May 9, 1860); Ernest Hemingway and Pauline Pfeiffer were married (May 10, 1927); Final volumes of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones were published (May 10, 1749); William Faulkner’s short story collection, Go Down, Moses was
- [Former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro was Assassinated - May 9, 1978](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/04/former-italian-prime-minister-aldo-moro-was-assassinated-may-9-1978/) - This week (May 4-10) in crime history – The Haymarket Riot (May 4, 1886); The remains of navy veteran William McGuire were found in a suit case near Virginia Beach (May 5, 2004); Ohio kidnap victims were rescued from the home of Ariel Castro (May 6, 2013); Old West hangman George Maledon died (May 6,
- [Sophia Loren Won Best Actress Oscar - April 9, 1962](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/08/4181/) - This week (April 8-14) in Hollywood history – Sophia Loren won best actress Oscar for Two Women (April 9, 1962); Charlie Chaplin was awarded an honorary Oscar (April 10, 1972); First 3-D movie House of Wax premiered (April 10, 1953); Cher won best actress Oscar for Moonstruck (April 11, 1988); First silent movie palace opened
- [John Steinbeck Won the Pulitzer Prize (May 6, 1940)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/05/01/john-steinbeck-won-the-pulitzer-prize-may-6-1940/) - This week (May 1-7) in literary history – Joseph Heller was born (May 1, 1923); Manuscript of Conversations at Midnight by Edna St. Vincent Millay were destroyed in hotel fire (May 2, 1936); Western author Andy Adams was born (May 3, 1859); Lord Byron swam across the Hellespont Strait in Turkey (May 3, 1810); Norman
- [Madeleine McCann Vanished in Portugal - May 3, 2007](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/27/madeleine-mccann-vanished-in-portugal-may-3-2007/) - This week (April 27-May 3) in crime history – Andrew Cunanan began cross country killing spree (April 27, 1997); Jaycee Dugard’s kidnappers plead guilty (April 28, 2011); Mutiny on the HMS Bounty (April 28, 1789); Martin Bryant began killing spree in Australia (April 28, 1996); Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was executed (April 28, 1945);
- [The Sacco and Vanzetti Case - April 15, 1920](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/13/the-sacco-and-vanzetti-case-april-15-1920/) - This week (April 13-19) in crime history – Serial killer Christopher Wilder shot himself to death to avoid capture (April 13, 1984); Old West outlaw Butch Cassidy was born (April 13, 1866); President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theater (April 14, 1865); The Sacco and Vanzetti Case (April 15, 1920); Boston Marathon bombing (April
- [O. Henry Published "The Four Million" - April 10, 1906](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/10/o-henry-published-the-four-million-april-10-1906/) - This week (April 10-16) in literary history – O. Henry published the short story collection The Four Million (April 10, 1906); Dorothy Parker resigned as drama critic for The New Yorker (April 11, 1931); Scott Turow was born (April 12, 1949); Eudora Welty was born (April 13, 1907); English novelist Jeffrey Archer was born (April
- [Madame LaLaurie's Torture Chamber was Discovered - April 10, 1834](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/06/madame-lalauries-torture-chamber-was-discovered-april-10-1834/) - This week (April 6-12) in crime history – Sam Sheppard died (April 6, 1970); Oscar Wilde was arrested (April 6, 1895); Rwandan genocide began (April 7, 1994); Olympic bomber Eric Rudolph pleaded guilty (April 8, 2005); Billy the Kid was convicted of murder (April 9, 1881); Chicago 8 pleaded not guilty (April 9, 1969); Delphine
- [Maya Angelou was Born - April 4, 1928](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/04/03/maya-angelou-was-born-april-4-1928/) - This week (April 3- 9) in literary history – The ACLU announced that it would defend Allen Ginsberg’s Howl against obscenity charges (April 3, 1955); Maya Angelou was born (April 4, 1928); Charles Darwin sent first three chapters of Origin of Species to publisher (April 5, 1859); Oscar Wilde was arrested (April 6, 1895); William
- [First Female Judge in U.S. History Died - April 2, 1902](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/30/first-female-judge-in-u-s-history-died-april-2-1902/) - This week (March 3- April 5) in crime history – President Ronald Reagan was shot (March 30, 1981); Acquittal in the Manhattan Well Mystery case (April 1, 1800); Mob boss John Gotti was convicted of murder and racketeering (April 2, 1992); Esther Morris the first female judge in U.S. history died (April 2, 1902); Outlaw
- [Anna Sewell was Born - March 30. 1836](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/27/anna-sewell-was-born-march-30-1836/) - This week (March 27- April 2) in literary history – Poet Louis Simpson was born (March 27, 1923); Novelist Mario Vargas Llosa was born (March 28, 1936); Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin were married (March 29, 1797); Novelist Anna Sewell was born (March 30, 1820); Charles Dickens published first installment of The Pickwick Papers (March
- [The Mad Bomber Struck in New York City - March 29, 1951](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/23/the-mad-bomber-struck-in-new-york-city-march-29-1951/) - This week (March 23-29) in crime history – Chilean Ambassador to the U.S. Orlando Letelier’s assassins were sentenced (March 23, 1979); Mexican Presidential candidate Luis Donaldo Colosio was assassinated (March 23, 1994); The Jonesboro Arkansas School shooting (March 24, 1998); The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the Scottsboro Case (March 25, 1932); King Faisal of
- [The Yosemite Murders - March 18, 1999](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/16/the-yosemite-murders-march-18-1999/) - This week (March 16-23) in crime history – Lastania Abarta shot and killed her former lover in Los Angeles (March 16, 1881); Robert Blake was acquitted of murder (March 16, 2005); Judge Roy Bean died (March 16, 1903); Raymond Clark II pleaded guilty to the murder of a Yale University grad student (March 17, 2011);
- [Nathaniel Hawthorne Published "The Scarlett Letter" - March 16, 1850](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/13/nathaniel-hawthorne-published-the-scarlett-letter-march-16-1850/) - This week (March 13-19) in literary history – Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts opened in London (March 13, 1891); Sylvia Beach was born (March 14, 1887); Max Brand published his first novel (March 14, 1919); Nathaniel Hawthorne published The Scarlett Letter (March 16, 1850); Novelist Paul Green was born (March 17, 1894); John Updike was born (March
- [Readers' Favorite Review of "America's Literary Legends"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/10/readers-favorite-review-of-americas-literary-legends/) - What is it that makes a great writer? A great work of literature? When asked this question, perhaps the first name that comes to mind is Shakespeare. But he was not the only great and it might be argued by Shakespearean scholars that perhaps his words were not his own. Besides, there are a lot
- [FBI Debuted the "Ten Most Wanted List" - March 14, 1950](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/09/fbi-debuted-the-ten-most-wanted-list-march-14-1950/) - This week (March 9-15) in crime history – Rapper Notorious BIG was shot and killed (March 9, 1997); James Earl Ray pleaded guilty to assassinating Martin Luther King Jr. (March 10, 1969); Dr. David Gunn was shot and killed at his abortion clinic (March 10, 1993); Terrorists bombed train in Madrid, Spain (March 11, 2004);
- [Jack Kerouac was Born - March 12, 1922](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/06/jack-kerouac-was-born-march-12-1922/) - This week (March 6-12) in literary history – Pearl Buck died (March 6, 1973); Louisa May Alcott died (March 6, 1888); Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born (March 6, 1806); Ayn Rand died (March 6, 1982); Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born (March 6, 1928); Robert Frost published the poem “Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening
- [Charlie Chaplin's Body was Stolen - March 2, 1978](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/03/02/charlie-chaplins-body-was-stolen-march-2-1978/) - This week (March 2 – 8) in crime history – Charlie Chaplin’s body was stolen (March 2, 1978); Congress banned sending obscene material through the mail (March 3, 1873); LAPD officers are videotaped beating Rodney King (March 3, 1991); Louis “Lepke” Buchalter was executed (March 4, 1944); Martha Stewart was released from prison (March 4,
- [Theodor Seuss Geisel was Born - March 2, 1904](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/27/theodor-suess-geisel-was-born-march-2-1904/) - This week (February 27 – March 5) in literary history – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published “The Valley of Fear” (February 27, 1915); Novelist Ben Hecht was born (February 28, 1894); E.M. Forster travelled to India for second time (March 1, 1921); Theodor Geisel was born (March 2, 1904); Poet James Merrill was born (March
- [Shirley Temple Received New Contract from Studio - February 27, 1936](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/25/shirley-temple-received-new-contract-from-studio-february-27-1936/) - This week (February 25 – March 3) in Hollywood history – Zeppo Marx was born (February 25, 1901); Jack Haley married Florence McFadden ( February 25, 1921); Mary Astor married Kenneth Hawks (February 26, 1928); Shirley Temple singed contract with 20th Century Fox studios (February 27, 1936); Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert win Oscars (February
- [The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping - March 1, 1932](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/23/the-lindbergh-baby-kidnapping-march-1-1932/) - This week (February 23 – March 1) in crime history – Abraham Lincoln avoided assassination attempt (February 23, 1861); Jean Harris was convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower (February 24, 1981); Actor Robert Mitchum was released from jail after serving sentence for drug possession (February 25, 1949); World Trade Center in New York City was
- [Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes - February 25, 1956](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/20/sylvia-plath-met-ted-hughes-february-25-1956/) - This week (February 20-26) in literary history – Poet Dylan Thomas arrived in New York for first U.S. readings (February 20, 1950); Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was born (February 22, 1892); Johann von Goethe died (February 22, 1832); Poet John Keats died (February 23, 1821); Novelist James Herriot died (February 23, 1995); Wilhelm Grimm
- [Greta Garbo Made her U.S. Film Debut - February 24, 1938](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/18/greta-garbo-made-her-u-s-film-debut-february-24-1938/) - This week (February 18-24) in Hollywood history – Winners of the first Academy Awards were announced (February 18, 1929); Lee Marvin was born (February 19, 1924); Bob Hope married Dolores Reade (February 19, 1934); Elizabeth Taylor married Michael Wilding (February 21, 1952); Ann Sheridan was born (February 21, 1915); Greta Garbo made her U.S. film
- [Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was Released from Prison - February 16, 1894](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/16/gunslinger-john-wesley-hardin-was-released-from-prison-february-16-1894/) - This week (February 16-22) in crime history – Old west gunslinger John Wesley Hardin was released from prison (February 16, 1894); Union leaders are arrested in connection with the assassination of former Idaho governor Frank Steuenberg (February 17, 1906); Arsonists sets fire to South Korean subway train killing nearly 200 (February 18, 2003); Green River
- [Actor Sal Mineo was Murdered - February 12, 1976](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/09/actor-sal-mineo-was-murdered-february-12-1976/) - This week (February 9-15) in crime history – Adolph Coors III, grandson of the Coor’s founder was kidnapped and murdered (February 9, 1960); Former Boxing Champion Mike Tyson was convicted of rape (February 10, 1992); Nelson Mandela was released from prison (February 11, 1990); Radical Emma Goldman was arrested for distributing birth control information (February
- [John Steinbeck's "Of Mice and Men" was Published - February 6, 1937](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/06/john-steinbecks-of-mice-and-men-was-published-february-6-1937/) - This week (February 6-12) in literary history – John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men was published (February 6, 1937); Charles Dickens’ Sketches by Boz was published (February 7, 1836); Charles Dickens was born (February 7, 1812); Ann Radcliff died (February 7, 1823); Emile Zola was charged with libel and brought to trial (February 7, 1898);
- [Old West Outlaw Belle Starr was Murdered - February 3, 1889](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/02/02/old-west-outlaw-belle-starr-was-murdered-february-3-1889/) - This week (February 2-8) in crime history – Film director William Desmond Taylor was murdered (February 2, 1922); Details of the FBI’s ABSCAM operation were revealed to the public (February 2, 1980); Barnett Davenport committed mass murder in Revolutionary era Connecticut (February 3, 1780); Outlaw Belle Starr was murdered (February 3, 1889); Patty Hearst was
- [Zane Grey was Born - January 31, 1872](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/30/zane-grey-was-born-january-31-1872/) - This week (January 30-February 5) in literary history – Frank Nelson Doubleday died (January 30, 1934); Zane Grey was born (January 31, 1872); A.A. Milne died (January 31, 1956); Lord Byron’s The Corsair was published (February 1, 1814); Mary Shelley died (February 1, 1851); Alexandre Dumas married Ida Ferrier (February 1, 1840); James Joyce was
- [Gene Kelly Died - February 2, 1996](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/28/4092/) - This week (January 28-February 3) in Hollywood history – Gloria Swanson married Henri de la Falaise (January 28, 1925); Paul Newman married Joanne Woodward (January 29, 1958); Elizabeth Taylor divorced Conrad Hilton Jr. (January 29, 1951); W.C. Fields was born (January 29, 1880); Victor Mature was born (January 29, 1913); Gene Hackman was born (January
- [Vampire of Sacramento Claimed Final Victims - January 27, 1978](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/26/vampire-of-sacramento-claimed-final-victims-january-27-1978/) - This week (January 26-February 1) in crime history – The Mad Butcher of Cleveland claimed third victim (January 26, 1936); The Vampire of Sacramento claimed final victims (January 27, 1978): Charles Starkweather and his teenage girlfriend kill three during their murderous crime spree (January 28, 1958); Brenda Spencer kills two and injures none in San
- [J.D. Salinger Died - January 27, 2010](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/23/j-d-salinger-died-january-27-2010/) - This week (January 23-29) in Literary history – Nobel Prize winner Derek Walcott was born (January 23, 1930); Edith Wharton was born (January 24, 1862); Virginia Woolf was born (January 25, 1882); Robert Burns was born (January 25, 1759); Oscar Wilde’s “Duchess of Padua” premiered in New York City (January 26, 1891); Dante was exiled
- [Charles Manson was Convicted of Murder - January 25, 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/19/charles-manson-was-convicted-of-murder-january-25-1971/) - This week (January 19-25) in crime history – President Ford pardoned Tokyo Rose (January 19, 1977); Klaus Barbie, “The Butcher of Lyons” was arrested in Bolivia (January 19, 1983); Iran Hostage Crisis ended (January 20, 1981); Carl “Alfalfa” Switzer was shot and killed (January 21, 1959); Alger Hiss was convicted of perjury (January 21, 1950);
- [Edgar Allan Poe was Born - January 19, 1809](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/16/edgar-allan-poe-was-born-january-19-1809/) - This week (January 16-11) in English literary history – Anne Bronte was born (January 17, 1820); Benjamin Franklin was born (January 17, 1706); A.A. Milne was born (January 18, 1882); Rudyard Kipling married Carrie Balestier (January 18, 1893); Rudyard Kipling died (January 18, 1936); Edgar Allan Poe was born (January 19, 1809); Robert Frost read
- [Carole Lombard Died in Plane Crash - January 16, 1942](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/14/carole-lombard-died-in-plane-crash-january-16-1942/) - This week (January14-20) in Hollywood History – Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio (January 14, 1954); Hal Roach was born (January 14, 1892); Ray Bolger died (January 15, 1987); Carole Lombard died in plane crash (January 16, 1942); John Wayne married Esperanza Baur (January 17, 1946); Oliver Hardy was born (January 18, 1892); Cary Grant was
- [Doc Barker was Killed While Escaping from Alcatraz - January 13, 1939](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/12/doc-barker-was-killed-while-escaping-from-alcatraz-january-13-1939/) - This week (January 12-18) in crime history – Malcolm X’s daughter was arrested for conspiracy to kill Louis Farrakhan (January 12, 1995); Doc Barker was killed while attempting to escape prison (January 13, 1939); Old West lawman Wyatt Earp died (January 13, 1929); Notorious traitor Benedict Arnold was born (January 14, 1741); Bill Cosby’s son
- [Jack London was Born - January 12, 1876](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/09/jack-london-was-born-january-12-1876/) - This week (January 9-15) in English literary history – Virginia Woolf bought home in the Bloomsbury section of London (January 9, 1924); Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett began corresponding (January 10, 1845); Sinclair Lewis died (January 10, 1951); Edmund Burke was born (January 12, 1729); Jack London was born (January 12, 1876); Agatha Christie died
- [Mary Pickford Married Owen Moore - January 7, 1911](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/07/mary-pickford-married-owen-moore-january-7-1911/) - This week (January 7-13) in Hollywood history – Mary Pickford married Owen Moore (January 7, 1911); William Randolph Hearst bans all advertising for Citizen Kane (January 8, 1941); Arthur Lake died (January 9, 1987); Ray Bolger was born (January 10, 1904); Ava Gardner married Mickey Rooney (January 10, 1942); Charlie Chaplin’s assets were frozen during
- [Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono was Sentenced to Prison - January 9, 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/05/hillside-strangler-angelo-buono-was-sentenced-to-prison-january-9-1984/) - This week (January 5-11) in crime history – United Mine Worker’s murders (January 5, 1970); Ice skater Nancy Kerrigan was attacked (January 6, 994); Suzanne Degnan was kidnapped from her Chicago area home (January 7, 1946); Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot (January 8, 2011); Hillside Strangler Angelo Buono was sentenced to life in prison (January
- [Stephen Crane Survived Shipwreck - January 2, 1897](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2015/01/02/stephen-crane-survived-shipwreck-january-2-1897/) - This week (January 2-8) in English literary history – Stephen Crane survived shipwreck (January 2, 1897); Herman Melville set sail for the South Pacific (January 3, 1841); J.R.R. Tolkien was born (January 3, 1892); T.S. Eliot died (January 4, 1965); John Gardner won the National Critics Circle Award (January 5, 1977); Harriet Beecher married Calvin
- ["Literary Legends of the British Isles" honored at 2014 London Book Festival ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/30/literary-legends-of-the-british-isles-honored-at-2014-london-book-festival/) - December 30, 2014 - London Book Festival named Literary Legends of the British Isles as the (2014 runner-up finalist) in the biography/ autobiography/ memoir category Purchase the book from Amazon through the following link - http://www.amazon.com/Literary-Legends-British-Isles-Writers/dp/0764344382/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1419962964&sr=8-1&keywords=michael+thomas+barry
- [Boston Strangler Committed Final Murder - January 4, 1964](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/29/boston-strangler-committed-final-murder-january-4-1964/) - This week (December 29-January 4) in crime history – London’s “Railway Rapists” commits first murder (December 29, 1985); Rasputin was murdered (December 30, 1916); John Salvi goes on murderous rampage at two Massachusetts abortion clinics (December 30, 1994); Subway Vigilante Bernie Goetz surrendered to police (December 31, 1984); Real “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” murder (January
- [James Joyce's "Portait of the Artist as a Young Man" was Published - December 26, 1916](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/26/james-joyces-portait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-man-was-published-december-26-1916/) - This week (December 26-January 1) in English literary history – William Shakespeare’s King Lear was performed at the court of King James I (December 26, 1606); Charles Lamb died (December 27, 1834); J.M. Barrie’s play Peter Pan opened in London (December 27, 1904); John Steinbeck married Elaine Anderson (December 28, 1950); Theodore Dreiser died (December
- [John Wayne Gacy Confessed to Dozens of Murders in Suburban Chicago - December 22, 1978](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/22/john-wayne-gacy-confessed-to-dozens-of-murders-in-suburban-chicago-december-22-1978/) - This week (December 22-28) in crime history – Serial killer John Wayne Gacy confessed to killing over two dozen men and young boys (December 22, 1978); Bernie Goetz shot four black men in the New York Subway (December 22, 1984); French officer Alfred Dreyfus was convicted of treason (December 22, 1894); Japanese Premier Hideki Tojo
- [Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was Published - December 19, 1843](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/19/charles-dickens-a-christmas-carol-was-published-december-19-1843/) - This week (December 19-25) in English literary history – Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published (December 19, 1843); Emily Bronte died (December 19, 1848); Robert Frost married Elinor White (December 19, 1895); Poor Richards Almanac was published (December 19, 1732); Thomas Paine’s essay “American Crisis” was published (December 19, 1776); John Steinbeck died (December
- [Darryl Zanuck Died - December 22, 1979](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/17/darryl-zanuck-died-december-22-1979/) - This week (December 17-23) in Hollywood history – Jennifer Jones died (December 17, 2009); Dana Andrews died (December 17, 1992); Thomas Mitchell died (December 17, 1962); Betty Grable was born (December 18, 1916); Irene Dunne was born (December 20, 1898); Clark Gable married Ricky Anne Loew-Beer (December 20, 1949); Walt Disney’s Snow White and the
- [Socialite Sunnu von Bulow was Found Unconscious - December 21, 1980](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/15/socialite-sunnu-von-bulow-was-found-unconscious-december-21-1980/) - This week (December 15-21) in crime history – Singer John Brown began serving prison term for assault and other crimes (December 15, 1988); Adolf Eichmann was sentenced to death for war crimes (December 15, 1961); Federal Judge Robert Vance was killed by mail bomb (December 16, 1989); Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme was sentenced to life in
- ["Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" Opened in Theaters - December 12, 1967](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/10/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-opened-in-theaters-december-12-1967/) - This week (December 10-16) in Hollywood history – Victor McLaglen was born (December 10, 1886); Douglas Fairbanks Sr. died (December 12, 1939); Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner opened in theaters (December 12, 1967); Frank Sinatra was born (December 12, 1915); Anne Baxter died (December 12, 1985); Dick Van Dyke was born (December 13, 1925); Christopher
- [John Lennon was Murdered - December 8, 1980](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/08/john-lennon-was-murdered-december-8-1980/) - This week (December 8-14) in crime history – John Lennon was murdered (December 8, 1980); Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped (December 10, 1963); Bernie Madoff was arrested for masterminding a Ponzi scheme (December 11, 2008); Singer Sam Cooke was shot and killed (December 11, 1964); Leona Helmsley was sentenced for tax fraud (December 12, 1989);
- [Warren Beatty's "Reds" Premiered - December 4, 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/03/warren-beattys-reds-premiered-december-4-1981/) - This week (December 3-9) in Hollywood history – Silent film actress Clara Bow married politician Rex Bell (December 3, 1931); Warren Beatty’s Red’s premiered (December 4, 1981); Elizabeth Taylor married John Warner (December 4, 1976); Walt Disney was born (December 5, 1901); Director Otto Preminger was born (December 5, 1901); Actress Agnes Moorehead was born
- [Boston Belfry Murderer Claimed First Victim - December 5, 1873](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/12/01/boston-belfry-murderer-claimed-first-victim-december-5-1873/) - This week (December 1-7) in crime history – Russian revolutionary Sergey Kirov was murdered (December 1, 1934); Defense presents case in the Hamptons Murder trial (December 1, 2004); Rape trial of William Kennedy Smith began (December 2, 1991); John Brown was hanged for treason (December 2, 1859); Five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappeared from Christmas party (December
- [Actress Natalie Wood Drowned - November 29, 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/26/actress-natalie-wood-drowned-november-29-1981/) - This week (November 26-December 2) in Hollywood history – Charlie Chaplin married Lita Grey in Mexico (November 26, 1924); Casablanca premiered in New York (November 26, 1942); Bruce Lee was born (November 27, 1940); Director Kathryn Bigelow was born (November 27, 1951); Actress Gloria Grahame was born (November 28, 1923); Natalie Wood drowned (November 29,
- [DB Cooper Hijacked Plane then Disappeared - November 24, 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/24/db-cooper-hijacked-plane-then-disappeared-november-24-1971/) - This week (November 24-30) in crime history – Jack Ruby kills Lee Harvey Oswald (November 24, 1963); FBI crime lab opened (November 24, 1932); DB Cooper hijacked plane then disappeared (November 24, 1971); Vigilantes in San Jose, California lynch two suspected murders (November 26, 1933); Great Diamond Hoax was exposed (November 26, 1872); Harvey Milk
- [Nuremberg War Crime Trials Began - November 20, 1945](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/17/nurembeeg-war-crime-trials-began-november-20-1945/) - This week (November 17-23) in crime history – Wealthy socialite Barbara Baekland was stabbed to death in London (November 17, 1972); D.C. Sniper John Muhammad was convicted (November 17, 2003); Mass suicide at Jonestown (November 18, 1978); Arrest warrant issued for Michael Jackson (November 18, 2003); Patty Hearst was released on bail (November 18, 1976);
- [Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" was Published - November 14, 1851](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/14/herman-melvilles-moby-dick-was-published-november-14-1851/) - This week (November 14 – 20) in English literary history – Herman Melville’s Moby Dick was published (November 14, 1851); Charles Dickens published the final chapters of A Tale of Two Cities in All the Year Round (November 15, 1859); Annie Proulx’s The Shipping News wins National Book Award (November 17, 1993); Poet Allen Tate
- [Serial Killer Ed Gein Claimed Final Victim - November 16, 1957](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/10/serial-killer-ed-gein-claimed-final-victim-november-16-1957/) - This week (November 10 – 16) in crime history – British au pair Louise Woodward’s murder sentence was reduced to involuntary manslaughter in death of Mathew Eappen (November 10, 1997); Police find first of six bodies buried in the yard of elder care home owner Dorthea Puente in Sacramento, California (November 11, 1988); Scott Peterson
- [Louisa May Alcott Published First Short Story - November 11, 1852](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/07/louisa-may-alcott-published-first-short-story-november-11-1852/) - This week (November 7 – November 13) in English literary history – Margaret Mitchell was born (November 8, 1900); Bram Stoker was born (November 8, 1847); Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five was burned (November 10, 1973); Louisa May Alcott published her first short story (November 11, 1852); Robert Louis Stevenson was born (November 13, 1850). Highlighted Story
- [John List Murdered his Family then Disappeared for 18 Years - November 9, 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/11/03/john-list-murdered-his-family-then-disappeared-for-18-years-november-9-1971/) - This week (November 3 - November 9) in crime history – Serial killer Bobby Joe Long abducts victim who will lead to his arrest (November 3, 1984); Famed gambler Arnold Rothstein was shot & killed in New York (November 4, 1928); Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated (November 4, 1995); U.S. Army Major Nidal
- [Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India was Assassinated - October 31, 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/27/indira-gandhi-prime-minister-of-india-was-assassinated-october-31-1984/) - This week (October 27-November 2) in crime history – Mob boss John Gotti was born (October 27, 1940); Legendary Rock n’ Roll icon Chuck Berry goes on trial for Mann Act violations (October 28, 1961); Dominick Dunne was born (October 29, 1925); President William McKinley’s assassin was excecuted (October 29, 1901); Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister
- [Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility" was Published - October 30, 1811](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/24/jane-austens-sense-and-sensibility-was-published-october-30-1811/) - This week (October 24-31) in English literary history – Henry Fielding became justice of the peace (October 25, 1748); Henry James and Edith Wharton begin corresponding (October 26, 1900); Sylvia Plath was born (October 27, 1932); George Bernard Shaw’s “Mrs. Warren’s Profession” was performed on New York (October 28, 1905); Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility”
- [Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd was Killed by FBI Agents (October 22, 1934)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/20/charles-pretty-boy-floyd-was-killed-by-fbi-agents-october-22-1934/) - This week (October 20-26) in crime history – Members of the rap group 2 Live Crew were acquitted of obscenity charges (October 20, 1990); Pretty Boy Floyd was killed by FBI agents (October 22, 1934); Dr. Barnett Slepian was shot to death by anti-abortion radicals (October 23, 1998); Chenchen rebels take 700 hostages at Moscow
- [New York Times Best Selling Author Dean Koontz Comments on Upcoming Book](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/13/dean-koontz-comments-on-upcoming-book/) - September 19, 2014 - New York Times #1 Best Selling author Dean Koontz commented on my upcoming book America's Literary Legends: The Lives a& Burial Places of 50 Great Writers. "This delectable compendium of authors'' lives and final resting places is highly entertaining, informative, and beautifully illustrated. Although it deals with literary celebrity, in
- [Al Capone was Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion (October 17, 1931)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/13/al-capone-was-sentenced-to-prison-for-tax-evasion-october-17-1931/) - This week (October 13-19) in crime history – Palestinian terrorists hijacked a Lufthansa airliner (October 13, 1977); Amityville murder trial began (October 14, 1975); Pierre Laval, the Vichy leader of Nazi-occupied France was executed (October 15, 1945); Exotic dancer turned spy, Mata Hari was executed (October 15, 1917); Mass shooting at Luby’s Cafeteria in Kileen,
- [Allen Ginsberg Reads "Howl" for the First Time (October 7, 1955)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/07/allen-ginsberg-reads-howl-for-the-first-time-october-7-1955/) - On this date in American literary history – October 7, 1955, poet Alan Ginsberg reads his poem "Howl" at a poetry reading at Six Gallery in San Francisco. The poem was an immediate success that rocked the Beat literary world and set the tone for confessional poetry of the 1960s and later. Ginsberg was born
- [Stephen Crane Published "The Red Badge of Courage" (October 3, 1895)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/10/03/stephen-crane-published-the-red-badge-of-courage-october-3-1895/) - On this date in American literary history – October 3, 1895, Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage was published in book form. The story of a young man's experience of battle was the first American novel to portray the Civil War from the ordinary soldier's point of view. The tale originally appeared as a
- [Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women" was Published (September 30, 1868)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/30/louisa-may-alcotts-little-women-was-published-september-30-1868/) - On this date in American literary history – September 30, 1868, the first volume of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women was published. The novel will become Alcott's first bestseller and a beloved children's classic. Like the fictional Jo March, Alcott was the second of four daughters. She was born in Pennsylvania but spent most of
- [Amanda Knox's Murder Conviction was Overturned (October 3, 2011)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/29/amanda-knoxs-murder-conviction-was-overturned-october-3-2011/) - This week (September 29 - October 5) in crime history – Cyanide laced Tylenol kills six in Chicago (September 29, 1982); Polly Klaas was abducted from her home in California (October 1, 1993); Suicide bomber strikes in Bali (October 1, 2005); Nazi war criminals were sentenced at Nuremberg (October 1, 1946); British Major John Andre
- [William Faulkner was Born (September 25, 1897)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/25/william-faulkner-was-born-september-25-1897/) - On this date in American literary history – September 25, 1897, William Faulkner was born near Oxford, Mississippi. Faulkner's father was the business manager of the University of Mississippi, and his mother was a literary woman who encouraged Faulkner and his three brothers to read. Faulkner was a good student but lost interest in studies
- [New York Times Best Selling Author Comments on Upcoming Book](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/23/new-york-times-best-selling-author-comments-on-upcoming-book/) - September 19, 2014 - New York Times #1 Best Selling Author Dean Koontz comments on my next book - America's Literary Legends: The Lives & Burial Places of 50 Great Writers. "This delectable compendium of authors' lives and final resting places is highly entertaining., informative, and beautifully illustrated. Although it deals with literary celebrity, in a
- [Mobster Anthony Carfano was Murdered (September 25, 1959)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/21/mobster-anthony-carfano-was-murdered-september-25-1959/) - This week (September 22-29) in crime history – Mid-town Slasher claims first victim (September 22, 1980); President Gerald Ford survives second assassination attempt (September 22, 1875); Outlaw Billy the Kid was arrested for the first time (September 23, 1875); Chicago Seven go on trial (September 24, 1969); Mobster Anthony Carfano was murdered (September 25, 1959);
- [Lonely Hearts Killer Harvey Glatman was Executed (September 18, 1959)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/15/lonely-hearts-killer-harvey-glatman-was-executed-september-18-1959/) - On this week (September 15-21) in crime history – Bombing of the 16th Avenue Baptist Church in Bombing kills four children (September 15, 1963); Gunman kills 12 in shooting rampage at the Navy Yard in Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2013); Lonely Hearts Killer Harvey Glatman was executed (September 18, 1959); Patty Hearst was captured (September
- [Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas Became Life Partners (September 9, 1910) ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/09/gertrude-stein-and-alice-b-toklas-became-life-partners-september-9-1910/) - On this date in American literary history – September 9, 1910, Alice B. Toklas becomes the lifetime house mate of Gertrude Stein. Stein, who shared a house with her brother Leo for many years, met Toklas in 1907. Toklas began staying with Stein and Leo in Paris in 1909, then moved in permanently in 1910.
- [Senator Huey Long was Shot (September 8, 1935)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/08/senator-huey-long-was-shot-september-8-1935/) - This week (September 8-14) in crime history – Senator Huey Long was shot (September 8, 1935); Boston police department went on strike (September 9, 1919); Serial killing couple Gerald Gallego and Charlene Williams met for the first time (September 10, 1977); Silent film actor Fatty Arbuckle was arrested for murder (September 11, 1921); Tyco International
- [Henry David Thoreau Returned from Walden Pond (September 6, 1847)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/06/henry-david-thoreau-returned-from-walden-pond-september-6-1847/) - On this date in American literary history – September 6, 1847, Henry David Thoreau moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts, after living for two years in a shack he built himself on Walden Pond. Thoreau graduated from Harvard and started a school with his brother. But in 1839, he
- [Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was Published (September 5, 1957)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/05/jack-kerouacs-on-the-road-was-published-september-5-1957/) - On this date in American literary history – September 5, 1957, Jack Kerouac’s On the Road was published. The novel chronicles the cross-country wanderings of a Kerouac-like hero, Sal Paradise, and his pal Dean Moriarty, and their free-ranging encounters with drugs, free love, and the budding counterculture. The book, which Kerouac wrote in just three
- [Readers Favorite Announces Winners of 2014 Book Awards](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/01/readers-favorite-announces-winners-of-2014-book-awards/) - September 1, 2014 - Readers Favorite announces that Literary Legends of the British Isles was awarded a gold medal in the historical-nonfiction category. https://readersfavorite.com/2014-award-contest-winners.htm
- [President Gerald Ford Survived Assassination Attempt (September 5, 1975)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/09/01/president-gerald-ford-survived-assassination-attempt-september-5-1975/) - This week (September 1-7) in crime history: Aaron Burr was acquitted of treason (September 1, 1807); Jean-Paul Akayesu was found guilty of genocide in Rwanda (September 2, 1998); Russian school siege ends in bloody shootout (September 3, 2004); Columbian rebels attack military base (September 4, 1996); Israeli athletes were taken hostage at the Munich Olympics
- [Robert Frost Traveled to the Soviet Union (August 29, 1962)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/29/robert-frost-traveled-to-the-soviet-union-august-29-1962/) - On this date in American literary history – August 29, 1962, poet Robert Frost leaves for the Soviet Union. The goodwill tour is sponsored by the U.S. State Department in an effort to thaw Cold War relations. Frost's poetry has established his international reputation as American's unofficial poet laureate. While his best work appeared in
- [Novelist Theodore Dreiser was Born (August 27, 1871)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/27/novelist-theodore-dreiser-was-born-august-27-1871/) - On this date in American literary history – August 27, 1871, Theodore Dreiser, whose book Sister Carrie helped change the direction of American literature, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Starting in his early teens, Dreiser supported himself through menial jobs. A sympathetic teacher helped him get into Indiana University, but he stayed only one
- [Watt Pad Features "Literary Legends of the British Isles"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/26/watt-pad-features-literary-legends-of-the-british-isles/) - August 26, 2014 - Wattpad begins serial feature on "Literary Legends of the British Isles." A new story will be added every Friday. Click link to join - http://www.wattpad.com/60284234-literary-legends-of-the-british-isles-irish
- [Ralph Waldo Emerson Met Thomas Carlyle (August 26, 1838)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/26/ralph-waldo-emerson-met-thomas-carlyle-august-26-1838/) - On this day in American literary history – August 26, 1838, Ralph Waldo Emerson was first introduced to influential British writer Thomas Carlyle, with whom he would correspond for nearly four decades. Carlyle and the writing of the English romantic poets would have a great influence on Emerson's work. He was born on May
- [Jack the Ripper Claimed First Victim (August 31, 1888)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/25/jack-the-ripper-calimed-first-victim-august-31-1888/) - This week (August 25-31) in crime history: Outlaw Bill Dollin was killed (August 25, 1896); Jenifer Levin was found dead in New York’s Central Park (August 26, 1986); NFL superstar Michael Vick plead guilty to dogfighting (August 27, 2007); Lord Louis Mountbatten was killed by an IRA bomb (August 27, 1979); Polygamist Mormon leader Warren
- [Menendez Brothers Murder Their Parents (August 20, 1989)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/18/menendez-brothers-murder-their-parents-august-20-1989/) - This Week (August 18-24) in Crime History: U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was sentenced to prison for spying on the Soviet Union (August 19, 1960); West Memphis Three were released from prison after serving 18 years for murder (August 19, 2011); Menendez brothers murder their parents (August 20, 1989); Leon Trotsky was assassinated in Mexico
- [Novelist Richard Henry Dana Began his Two Year Sea Adventure (August 14, 1834)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/14/novelist-richard-henry-dana-began-his-two-year-sea-adventure-august-14-1834/) - On this date in American literary history – August 14, 1834, 19-year-old Richard Henry Dana, author of Two Years Before the Mast, began his two year adventure as a seaman. Dana was born on August 1, 1815 in Cambridge, Massachusetts and as a young man enrolled at Harvard, but a case of the measles in
- [Terrorist Carlos the Jackal was Captured (August 14, 1994)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/08/11/terrorist-carlos-the-jackal-was-captured-august-14-1994/) - This week (August 11-17) in crime history – First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz (August 11, 1934); Sunset Slayer accomplice Carol Bundy confessed (August 11, 1980); Jonesboro School Massacre shooters were found guilty (August 11, 1998); Charlie Wilson, part of the gang that pulled off the 1963 Great Train Robbery in England escaped prison (August
- [Douglas "Wrongway" Corrigan Takes Off from New York on Historic Flight (July 17, 1938)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/17/douglas-wrongway-corrigan-takes-off-from-new-york-on-historic-flight-july-17-1938/) - On July 17, 1938, Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan, the last of the early adventure seeking aviators, took off from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, New York, on a flight that would finally win him a place in aviation history. Eleven years earlier, American Charles A. Lindbergh had become an international celebrity with his solo nonstop
- [J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye" was Published (July 16, 1951)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/16/j-d-salingers-catcher-in-the-rye-was-published-july-16-1951/) - On this date in American literary history – July 16, 1951, J.D. Salinger's only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published. The book, about a confused teenager disillusioned by the adult world, was an instant hit and is mandatory reading in many high schools. The 31-year-old Salinger had worked on the novel for a
- [Richard Speck Murdered 8 Nurses in Chicago (July 14, 1966)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/14/richard-speck-murdered-8-nurses-in-chicago-july-14-1966/) - What happened during this week (July 14-20) in crime history – Billy the Kid was shot to death by Pat Garrett (July 14, 1881); Richard Speck murdered 8 student nurses in Chicago (July14, 1966); Old west gunslinger Johnny Ringo was found dead (July 14, 1882); John Christie, one of England’s most notorious killers was executed
- [Pearl Buck was Born (July 26, 1892)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/26/3786/) - On this date in American literary history – June 26, 1892, Nobel Prize-winning author Pearl Buck was born in West Virginia. Her parents were on furlough from their missionary work and soon returned to China, where Buck lived for many years. Ad a child she learned to speak Chinese before English. She returned to the
- [Author E.B. White was Born (July 11, 1899)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/11/author-e-b-white-was-born-july-11-1899/) - On this date in American literary history – July 11, 1899, author E.B. White, was born in Mount Vernon, New York. White, a longtime contributor to The New Yorker magazine who was known for his graceful, witty prose, also updated and expanded The Elements of Style, an English usage guide that remains a standard text
- [Ernest Hemingway was Wounded During World War I (July 8, 1918)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/08/ernest-hemingway-was-wounded-during-world-war-i-july-8-1918/) - On this date in American literary history – July 8, 1918, Ernest Hemingway was seriously wounded while carrying a companion to safety on the Austro-Italian front during World War I. Hemingway was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. After the war, he married Hadley Richardson and they moved to Paris, where they met other
- [Wild Bill Hickok Established his Reputation as a Gun Fighter (July 12, 1861)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/07/wild-bill-hickok-established-his-reputation-as-a-gun-fighter-july-12-1861/) - What happened on this week July 14-20, in crime history. Mary Surratt and the other Lincoln assassination conspirators were executed (July 7, 1865); Terrorists attack the London transit system (July 7, 2005); Warren Earp, the youngest of the famous gun fighting brothers was murdered in Wilcox, Arizona (July 7, 1900); Francis Gary Powers was charged
- [Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" was Published - 1855](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/07/04/walt-whitmans-leaves-of-grass-was-published-1855/) - On this date in American literary history – July 4, 1855, Walt Whitman's first edition of Leaves of Grass was published. Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, and raised in Brooklyn. He left school at the age of 14 to become a journeyman printer and later worked as a teacher, journalist, editor, and
- [Maragret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" was Published - 1936](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/30/maragret-mitchells-gone-with-the-wind-was-published-1936/) - On this date in American literary history – June 30, 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind, was published. The book caused a sensation in Atlanta and went on to sell millions of copies throughout the world. While the book drew some criticism for its romanticized view of the Old South and its slaveholding elite,
- [Dr. Sam Sheppard was Accused of Murdering his Wife (July 4, 1954)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/30/dr-sam-sheppard-was-accused-of-murdering-his-wife-july-4-1954/) - What happened on this week June 30-July 6 in crime history: NBA star Kobe Bryant was accused of sexual assault (July 1, 2003); old west gunslinger Clay Allison died in freak wagon accident (July 1, 1887); President James A. Garfield was shot (July 2, 1881); Martha Ann Johnson was arrested for killing her four children
- [Archduke Franz Ferdinand was Assassinated (June 28, 1914)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/23/archduke-franz-ferdinand-was-assassinated-june-28-1914/) - This week in crime history – June 23-29: Klaus Fuchs, Soviet spy was released from a British prison (June 23, 1959); Yale professor David Gelernter was injured by a bomb sent by the Unabomber (June 24, 1993); Congress passes the Mann Act (June 25, 1910); Serial killer Melvin Rees claims another victim (June 26, 1957);
- [How many more tragedies must we endure before stricter gun control laws are enacted? A Call to Action ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/18/how-many-more-tragedies-must-we-endure-before-stricter-gun-control-laws-are-enacted-a-call-to-action/) - How many more tragedies must we endure before stricter gun control laws are enacted? Since the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting on December 14, 2013 which took the lives of 20 children and 6 adult school workers there have been 74 school shootings in the United States and our politicians have done nothing to stop the epidemic.
- [Mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was Shot to Death (June 20, 1947)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/16/mobster-benjamin-bugsy-siegel-was-shot-to-death-june-20-1947/) - What happened on this week in crime history, June 16 – June 22; SLA member Kathleen Ann Soliah was arrested after 20 years on the run (June 16, 1999); Watergate burglars were arrested (June 17, 1972); O.J. Simpson was arrested after his infamous slow speed Bronco chase (June 17, 1994); radio talk show host Alan
- [Harriet Beecher Stowe was Born - 1811](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/14/harriet-beecher-stowe-was-born-1811/) - On this date in American literary history – June 14, 1811, Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, was born in Litchfield, Connecticut. She was the seventh child of Congregationalist minister Lyman Beecher. Stowe studied at private schools in Connecticut and worked as a teacher in Hartford for five years until her father moved
- [Hollywood Madame Heidi Fleiss was Arrested - 1993](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/09/hollywood-madame-heidi-fleiss-was-arrested-1993/) - This week in crime history- Heidi Fleiss, the “Hollywood Madam” was arrested (June 9, 1993); first Salem witch trial hangings (June 10, 1692); mobster Henry Hill was born (June 11, 1943); Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were murdered (June 12, 1994); Medgar Evers was assassinated (June 12, 1963); Miranda Rights were established (June 13,
- [Novelist Larry McMurtry was Born - 1936](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/03/novelists-larry-mcmurtry-was-born-1936/) - On this date in American literary history – June 3, 1936, novelist Larry McMurtry was born in Wichita Falls, Texas. McMurtry was raised by his grandparents, first-generation pioneers who settled Archer City, Texas. He read nothing but drugstore paperbacks growing up, attended Rice University in Houston, where he became a voracious reader of literature. He
- [Senator Robert F. Kennedy was Shot - June 5, 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/06/02/senator-robert-f-kennedy-was-shot-june-5-1968/) - What happened on this week in crime history June 2-8; Serial Killer Leonard Lake was arrested (June 2, 1985; Joran van der Sloot was arrested for murder in Chile (June 3, 2010); Jonathan Pollard admits to selling military secrets to Israel (June 4, 1986); Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot in Los Angeles (June 5,
- [Poet Walt Whitman was Born - 1819](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/31/poet-walt-whitman-was-born-1819/) - On This date in American literary history – May 31, 1819, poet Walt Whitman was born in West Hills, Long Island, New York. Although Whitman loved music and books, he left school at the age of 14 to become a journeyman printer. Later, he worked as a teacher, journalist, editor, carpenter, and held various other
- [John Steinbeck's "Tortilla Flat" was Published - 1935](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/28/john-steinbecks-tortilla-flat-was-published-1935/) - On this date in American literary history – May 28, 1935, John Steinbeck's, Tortilla Flat, was published. Steinbeck, a native Californian, had studied writing intermittently at Stanford between 1920 and 1925, but never graduated. He moved to New York City and worked as a journalist while writing his first two novels, which were not successful.
- [Scott Peterson's Murder Trial Began (June 1, 2004)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/27/scott-petersons-murder-trial-began-june-1-2004/) - This week in crime history - May 27-June 1; Explorer Jedediah Smith was murdered by Comanche’s on the Santa Fe Trail (May 27, 1831); Writer R. Foster Winans’ conviction for securities fraud was upheld on appeal (May 28, 1986); Actor Woody Harrelson’s father arrested for murder (May 29, 1979); The son of Time Warner Chairman
- [First Academy Award Ceremony was held - 1929](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/16/first-academy-award-ceremony-was-held-1929/) - What happened on this date in Hollywood history – May 16, 1929, the first Academy Awards ceremony is held. The awards banquet took place in the Blossom Room of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Some 270 people attended, and tickets cost $5 each. After a long dinner, complete with numerous speeches, Douglas Fairbanks, the president of
- [Pope John Paul II was Shot - 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/12/pope-john-paul-ii-was-shot-1981/) - What happened during this week in crime history: May 12 – Body of Lindbergh baby was discovered (1932); May 13 – Pope John Paul II was shot (1981); May 15 – Second Vigilante Committee was formed in San Francisco (1856); May 16 – Voltaire was imprisoned at the Bastille (1717); May 17 – Police raid
- [2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Results](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/05/10/2014-next-generation-indie-books-awards-results/) - May 10, 2014 - Literary Legends of the British Isles: The Lives and Burial Places of 50 Great Writers was named a finalist in the 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, autobiography/ biography category www.indiebookawards.com
- [Old West Lawman Burton Mossman was Born - 1867](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/30/old-west-lawman-burton-mossman-was-born-1867/) - On this date in crime history – April 30, 1867, western lawman Burton C. Mossman was born in Aurora, Illinois. Little is known about Mossman's childhood in Illinois, though he apparently learned to be self-reliant and resourceful at a young age. When he was 21, he left home and moved to Mexico, where he quickly
- [Mutiny on the HMS Bounty - 1789](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/28/mutiny-on-the-hms-bounty-1789-2/) - On this date in crime history – April 28, 1789, the HMS Bounty was seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the Bounty set course for Tubuai south of Tahiti. In December 1787,
- [George "Baby Face" Nelson Kills FBI Agent - 1934](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/22/3696/) - On this date in crime history – April 22, 1934, George "Baby Face" Nelson kills Special Agent W. Carter Baum during an FBI raid in northern Wisconsin. Nelson was holed up with notorious bank robber John Dillinger's gang at the Little Bohemia resort but didn't follow the planned escape route. As he was stealing a car
- [](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/16/3692/) - On this date in Hollywood history - April 16, 1889, Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin was born in London, England. Chaplin was one of the most financially successful stars of early Hollywood, was introduced to the stage when he was five. The son of London music hall entertainers, young Chaplin was watching a show starring his
- [](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/16/3690/) - On this date in crime history – April 16, 1881, western lawman Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle in the streets of Dodge City, Kansas. William Barclay "Bat" Masterson had made a living with his gun from a young age. In his early 20s, he worked as a buffalo hunter, and an army scout
- [Greta Grabo Died - 1990](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/15/greta-grabo-died-1990/) - On this date in Hollywood history – April 15, 1990, Greta Garbo died at the age of 84, in New York City. Born Greta Gustaffson, Garbo grew up in poverty in Stockholm, working in a barber shop and later in a department store to help support her family after her father died. From 1922 to
- [](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/15/3686/) - On this date in crime history – April 15, 1920 a paymaster and a security guard are killed during a mid-afternoon armed robbery of a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Out of this crime grew one of the most famous trials in American history and a landmark case in forensic crime detection. Both Fred Parmenter
- [It's a Tie - Katharine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand Win Best Actress Oscars - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/14/its-a-tie-katharine-hepburn-and-barbra-streisand-win-best-actress-oscars-1969/) - On this date in Hollywood history – April 14, 1969, the 41st annual Academy Awards are broadcast live to a television audience in 37 nations. It was the first time the awards had been televised worldwide, as well as the first Oscar ceremony to be held in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles
- [](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/14/3681/) - On this date in crime history – April 14, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln was shot by actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater. After shooting the president Booth shouted, "Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!) The South is avenged," as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback. Lincoln died the next morning.
- [The Black Widow - Louise Peete was Executed - 1947](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/11/the-black-widow-louise-peete-was-executed-1947/) - On this date in crime history – April 11, 1947, Louise Peete, the infamous Black Widow was executed at San Quentin Prison. She was born in 1883 in Bienville, Louisiana. Her family was relatively wealthy, and she received an expensive education, but she was expelled from school for inappropriate behavior. In 1903, she married a
- [About the Author](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/09/about-the-author/) - Michael Thomas Barry is the critically acclaimed author of five books that include Final Resting Places Orange County’s Dead & Famous (2010); Fade to Black Graveside Memories of Hollywood Greats 1927-1950 (2011); Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949 (2012); Great Britain’s Royal Tombs: The Lives & Burial Places of British Monarchs
- [Mob Boss John Gotti was Found Guilty of Murder & Racketeering - 1992](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/04/02/mob-boss-john-gotti-was-found-guilty-of-murder-racketeering-1992/) - On this date in crime history - April 2, 1992, mob boss John Gotti, nicknamed “The Teflon Don,” was found guilty of 13 counts of murder and racketeering charges. In the wake of the conviction, the assistant director of the FBI’s New York office, James Fox, was quoted as saying, “The don is covered in
- [Mexican-American Pop Star Selena was Murdered - 1995](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/31/mexican-american-pop-star-selena-was-murdered-1995/) - On this date in in crime history – March 31, 1995, Mexican-American pop star Selena was shot and killed by her former fan club president. She was born Selena Quintanilla-Perez in Lake Jackson, Texas on April 16. 1971. Selena grew up in Corpus Christi, Texas, where she began her musical career. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla
- [Guilty Verdict in the My Lai Massacre Case - 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/29/guilty-verdict-in-the-my-lai-massacre-case-1971/) - On March 29, 1971, Lt. William L. Calley is found guilty of premeditated murder by a U.S. Army court-martial at Fort Benning, Georgia. Calley, a platoon leader, had led his men in a massacre of 200 Vietnamese civilians at My Lai, including women and children on March 16, 1968. My Lai 4, was a cluster
- [Funeral is Held for Namesake of Infamous Execution Machine - 1814](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/28/funeral-is-held-for-namesake-of-infamous-execution-machine-1814/) - On March 28, 1814, the funeral of Joseph Ignance Guillotin, the namesake but not the inventor of the infamous execution device, takes place outside of Paris, France. Guillotin, a member of the General Assembly had what he felt were the purest motives for proposing the use of the device. The machine was intended to show
- [Two Jumbo Jets Collided on the Runway in the Canary islands - 1977](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/27/two-jumbo-jets-collided-on-the-runway-in-the-canary-islands-1977/) - On March 27, 1977, two 747 jumbo jets crash into each other on the runway at an airport in the Canary Islands, killing 582 passengers and crew members. Both Boeing 747s were charter jets that were not supposed to be at the Los Rodeos Airport on Santa Cruz de Tenerife that day. Both had been
- [Finger Print Technology Solves British Murder Case - 1905](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/27/finger-print-technology-solves-british-murder-case-1905/) - On March 27, 1905, neighbors discover the badly bludgeoned bodies of Thomas and Ann Farrow in their South London shop. Thomas was already dead, but Ann was still breathing, but died four days later without regaining consciousness. The brutal crime was solved using the newly developed fingerprinting technique. Only three years earlier, the first English
- [Mass Suicide or Murder? The Heaven's Gate Cult 1997](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/26/mass-suicide-or-murder-the-heavens-gate-cult-1997/) - On March 26, 1997, police enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide. The deceased were all found lying peaceably in matching dark clothes and Nike sneakers and had no noticeable signs of trauma. It was later revealed that the men
- [US Supreme Court Hands Down Decision in the Scottsboro Nine Case - 1932](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/25/us-supreme-court-hands-down-decision-in-the-scottsboro-nine-case-1932/) - On March 25, 1932, the United States Supreme Court hands down its decision in the case of Powell v. Alabama. The case arose out of the infamous Scottsboro case. Nine young black men were arrested and accused of raping two white women on train in Alabama in March 1931. The boys were fortunate to barely
- [Alcatraz Prison Closed - 1963](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/21/alcatraz-prison-closed-1963/) - On March 21, 1963, Alcatraz Prison was closed. At its peak period of use in 1950s, "The Rock” housed over 200 inmates at the maximum-security facility. Alcatraz remains an icon of American prisons for its harsh conditions and record for being inescapable. The twelve-acre rocky island, one and a half miles from San Francisco, featured
- [Mobster Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti Committed Suicide - 1943](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/19/mobster-frank-the-enforcer-nitti-committed-suicide-1943/) - On March 19, 1943, mobster Frank “The Enforcer” Nitti, one of Al Capone’s henchmen and later front man for the Chicago Outfit, committed suicide after being indicted for extorting money from Hollywood producers. Born on January 27, 1886 in Italy, Nitti came to the United States in 1893, at the age of 7. His family
- [The Yosemite Murders - 1999](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/18/the-yosemite-murders-1999/) - On March 18, 1999, Carole Sund and Silvina Pelosso are found dead in their charred rental car in a remote wooded area of Long Barn, California. The women, along with Sund's daughter Juli, had been missing since February when they were last seen alive at the Cedar Lodge near Yosemite National Park. Juli Sund's body
- [Julius Caesar was Assassinated - 44 B.C. ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/15/julius-caesar-was-assassinated-44-b-c/) - On March 15, 44 B.C., Julius Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting hall next to the Pompey’s theatre by 60 conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus and Gaius Cassius Longinus. Caesar was scheduled to leave Rome on March 18 and had appointed loyal members of his army to rule the Empire in his
- [Elizabeth Smart was Found Alive - 2003](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/12/elizabeth-smart-was-found-alive-2003/) - On March 12, 2003, 15 year-old Elizabeth Smart was found alive, nine months after being abducted from her family's home. Her alleged kidnappers, Brian David Mitchell, a drifter who the Smarts had briefly employed at their house, and his wife, Wanda Barzee, were charged with the kidnapping, as well as burglary and sexual assault. In
- [James Earl Ray Pleads Guilty to the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/10/james-earl-ray-pleads-guilty-to-the-assassination-of-martin-luther-king-jr-1969/) - On March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and was sentenced to 99 years in prison. On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee, King was fatally wounded by a sniper's bullet while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Motel Lorraine. That evening,
- [The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Began - 1951](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/06/the-trial-of-julius-and-ethel-rosenberg-began-1951/) - On March 6, 1951, the espionage trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg began in New York. The couple was accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. The Rosenberg’s, and co-defendant, Morton Sobell, were defended by the father and son team of Emanuel and Alexander Bloch. The prosecution included Roy Cohn, best known for
- [Season 7 Investigation Discovery Channel's - Deadly Women](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/05/season-7-investigation-discovery-channels-deadly-women/) - If you have on-demand TV check out my appearance on Investigation Discovery Channel's Deadly Women season 7, Brutal Brides episode 19. Where I discuss the infamous 1899 Orange County murder case involving Katie Cook. www.investigationdiscovery.com/tv-shows/deadly-women/videos/brutal-bride.htm
- [Arrest Warrant was Issued for Jim Morrison - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/05/arrest-warrant-was-issued-for-jim-morrison-1969/) - On March 5, 1969, a warrant was issued in Dade County, Florida for the arrest of Jim Morrison, lead singer of The Doors. Morrison was charged with a single felony count and three misdemeanors for his stage antics at a Miami concert a few days earlier. When Morrison first got word of the charges for
- [Mobster Louis "Lepke" Buchwalter was Executed - 1944](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/04/mobster-louis-lepke-buchwalter-was-executed-1944/) - On March 4, 1944, mobster Louis "Lepke" Buchalter, was executed at Sing Sing Prison in New York. Lepke was the leader of the country's largest crime syndicate dubbed “Murder, Inc.” throughout the 1930s. His downfall came when several members of his notorious killing squad turned states witness for the government. Buchwalter began his criminal career
- [Salem Witch Hunt Began - 1692](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/03/01/salem-witch-hunt-began-1692/) - On March 1, 1692, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, an Indian slave from Barbados, are charged with practicing witchcraft in Salem, Massachusetts. Later that same day, Tituba, possibly under coercion, confessed to the crime, encouraging the authorities to seek out more Salem witches. Trouble in the Puritan community began the month before, when nine-year-old Elizabeth Parris
- [Federal Agents Began Siege of Brach Davidian Compound of Waco - 1993](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/28/federal-agents-began-siege-of-brach-davidian-compound-of-waco-1993/) - On February 28, 1993, Federal agents raid the Branch Davidian cult compound in Waco, Texas, prompting a gun battle in which four agents and six cult members are killed. They were attempting to arrest the leader of the Branch Davidians, David Koresh, on information that the religious sect was stockpiling weapons. A nearly two-month standoff
- [Porn Producer Artie Mitchell was Shot and Killed by His Brother - 1991](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/27/porn-producer-artie-mitchell-was-shot-and-killed-by-his-brother-1991/) - On February 27, 1991, pornographer Artie Mitchell is shot to death by his brother Jim at his Marin County California, home. When police responding to a 911 call by Artie's girlfriend arrived at the house they found Jim wandering aimlessly outside carrying a .22 rifle. Artie had been shot multiple times in the chest and
- [First Bombing of the World Trade Center - 1993](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/26/first-bombing-of-the-world-trade-center-1993/) - On February 26, 1993, a bomb explodes in the parking garage beneath the World Trade Center in New York City. Six people died and 1,000 were injured by the powerful blast, which also caused the evacuation of thousands of people from the Twin Towers. Investigators at the bomb scene found a section of a van
- [Jean Harris was Convicted of Murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower - 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/24/jean-harris-was-convicted-of-murdering-dr-herman-tarnower-1981/) - On February 24, 1981, socialite Jean Harris is convicted of murdering Dr. Herman Tarnower, the author of the bestselling The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet. Harris, the headmistress of an exclusive girls' school, shot Dr. Tarnower at his Westchester County, New York home on March 10, 1980. Harris claimed that she had been trying to kill
- [Amir of Afghanistan was Assassinated - 1919](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/20/amir-of-afghanistan-was-assassinated-1919/) - On February 20, 1919, Habibullah Khan, the leader of Afghanistan who struggled to keep his country neutral in World War I was assassinated. Habibullah had succeeded his father, Abd-ar-Rahman, as amir in 1901 and immediately began to bring much-needed reforms and modernization to his country. Located between British-held India and Russia, Afghanistan had in the
- [Green River Killer, Gary Leon Ridgway Pleads Guilty to 49th Murder - 2011](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/18/green-river-killer-gary-leon-ridgway-pleads-guilty-to-49th-murder-2011/) - On February 18, 2011, Green River serial killer Gary Leon Ridgway pleads guilty to the murder of his 49th victim, 20 year-old Rebecca Marrero. Marrero’s remains were found in December 2010, decades after she was murdered, and left in a ravine near Auburn, Washington. After entering his guilty plea, Ridgway received his 49th life sentence
- [America's First Trial of the Century - 1906](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/17/americas-first-trial-of-the-century-1906/) - On February 17, 1906, union leaders Bill Hayward, Charles Moyer, and George Pettibone are taken into custody by Idaho authorities and the Pinkerton Detective Agency. They are put on a special train in Denver, Colorado, but the officials had no legal right to arrest the three union executives in Colorado. Idaho had resorted to this
- [The St. Valentine's Day Massacre - 1929](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/14/the-st-valentines-day-massacre-1929/) - On February 14, 1929, four men dressed as police officers enter gangster Bugs Moran's headquarters on North Clark Street in Chicago, line seven of Moran's henchmen against a wall, and shoot them to death. The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, as it is now called, was the culmination of a gang war between arch rivals Al
- [Actor Sal Mineo was Stabbed to Death - 1976](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/12/actor-sal-mineo-was-stabbed-to-death-1976/) - On February 12, 1976, actor Sal Mineo is stabbed to death in Hollywood, California. Mineo was parking his car behind his apartment when neighbors heard his cries for help. Some described a white man with brown hair fleeing the scene. By the time they reached Mineo, he was almost dead from a deep wound to
- [Emma Goldman, Emma Goldman was arrested for advocating birth control 1916, American anarchists, Alexander Berkman, women's rights advocates, what happened on this date in crime history, ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/11/emma-goldman-emma-goldman-was-arrested-for-advocating-birth-control-1916-american-anarchists-alexander-berkman-womens-rights-advocates-what-happened-on-this-date-in-crime-history/) - On February 11, 1916, Emma Goldman, a crusader for women's rights and social justice, is arrested in New York City for lecturing and distributing materials about birth control. She was accused of violating the Comstock Act of 1873, which made it a federal offense to distribute contraceptive devices and information through the mail or across
- [Dalton Gang Attempted First Train Robbery - 1891](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/06/dalton-gang-attempted-first-train-robbery-1891/) - On February 6, 1891, the Dalton Gang attempted their first train robbery near Alila, California. Bob, Emmett, and Grat Dalton were only three of Lewis and Adeleine Dalton's 10 sons. The brothers grew up on a succession of Oklahoma and Kansas homesteads during the post-Civil War period, when the region was awash in violence lingering
- [Patty Hearst was Kidnapped - 1974](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/02/04/patty-hearst-was-kidnapped-1974/) - On February 4, 1974, Patricia Hearst, the 19-year-old granddaughter of publishing icon William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped from her Berkeley, California apartment. Stephen Weed, Hearst's fiancé, was beaten unconscious by the two abductors. Soon, a ransom demand came from the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), a radical activist group led by Donald DeFreeze. DeFreeze had formed
- [Guy Fawkes Jumps to his death Just Prior to Execution - 1606](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/31/guy-fawkes-jumps-to-his-death-just-prior-to-execution-1606/) - On January 31, 1606, Guy Fawkes, a chief conspirator in the plot to blow up the British Parliament building, jumps to his death moments before his execution for treason in London. On the eve of a general parliamentary session scheduled for November 5, 1605, Sir Thomas Knyvet, a justice of the peace, found Guy Fawkes
- [First Attempted Assassination of U.S. President - 1835](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/30/first-attempted-assassination-of-u-s-president-1835/) - On January 30, 1835, Andrew Jackson becomes the first American president to experience an assassination attempt. Richard Lawrence, an unemployed house painter, approached Jackson as he left a congressional funeral held in the House chamber of the Capitol building and shot at him, but his gun misfired. A furious 67-year-old Jackson confronted his attacker, clubbing
- [Brenda Spencer "I Don't Like Mondays" - 1979](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/29/brenda-spencer-i-dont-like-mondays-1979/) - On January 29, 1979, Brenda Spencer kills two men and wounds nine children as they enter the Grover Cleveland Elementary School in San Diego. Spencer blazed away with rifle shots from her home directly across the street from the school. After 20 minutes of shooting, police surrounded Spencer's home for six hours before she surrendered.
- [Teenage Spree Killers Strike in the Heartland - 1958](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/28/teenage-spree-killers-strike-in-the-heartland-1958/) - On January 28, 1958, Charles Starkweather, a high-school dropout from Lincoln, Nebraska, and his teenage girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate, kill a Lincoln businessman, his wife and their maid, as part of a murderous crime spree that began a week earlier and would ultimately leave 11 people dead. The killer couple’s deadly road trip, which generated
- [Former Child Star was Shot and Killed - 1959](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/21/former-child-star-was-shot-and-killed-1959/) - On January 21, 1959, Carl Dean Switzer, the actor who as a child played "Alfalfa" in the Our Gang comedy film series, dies at age 31 in a fight, allegedly about money, in a Mission Hills, California, home. Alfalfa, the freckle-faced boy with a warbling singing voice and a cowlick protruding from the top of
- [Notorious Serial Killer Albert Fish "The Moon maniac" was Executed - 1936](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/16/notorious-serial-killer-albert-fish-the-moon-maniac-was-executed-1936/) - On January 16, 1936, Albert Fish is executed at Sing Sing prison in New York. The "Moon Maniac" was one of America's most notorious and disturbed killers. Authorities believe that Fish killed as many as 10 children and then ate their remains. Fish went to the electric chair with great anticipation, telling guards, "It will
- [Outlaw Frank James was Born - 1843](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2014/01/10/outlaw-frank-james-was-born-1843/) - On January 10, 1843, outlaw Frank James, the older brother of Jesse, was born in Clay County, Missouri. Frank and Jesse James were both legends in their own time, though Jesse is better remembered today because of his more dramatically violent death. The two Missouri brothers drifted into a life of crime after serving in
- [Author makes TV Appearance on Investigation Discovery Channel](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/12/30/author-makes-tv-appearance-on-investigation-discovery-channel/) - Author & columnist Michael Thomas Barry makes his basic cable TV debut on Investigation Discovery (ID) channel’s Deadly Women series, season 7, episode “Brutal Bride” on Friday January 3, 2013 @ 9:00 PM ET/PT (Check your local listings). Where he discusses the sensational 1899 Orange County murder case involving Katie Cook. The author has written
- [Rasputin was Murdered - 1916](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/12/30/rasputin-was-murdered-1916/) - On December 30, 1916, Rasputin, a self-fashioned Russian holy man, is murdered by Russian nobles eager to end his sway over the royal family. Rasputin won the favor of Czar Nicholas II and Czarina Alexandra through his ability to stop the bleeding of their hemophiliac son, Alexei. Although the Siberian-born peasant was widely criticized for
- [Boston Belfry Murderer Claims First Victim - 1873](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/12/05/boston-belfry-murderer-claims-first-victim-1873-2/) - On December 5, 1873, Bridget Landregan is found beaten and strangled to death in the Boston suburb of Dorchester. According to witnesses, a man in black clothes and a flowing cape attempted to sexually assault the dead girl before running away. In 1874, a man fitting the same description clubbed another young girl, Mary Sullivan,
- [Nuremberg War Crimes Trial Began - 1945](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/11/20/nuremberg-war-crimes-trial-began-1945/) - On November 20, 1945, the Nuremberg war crimes trial begins. Following Germany's defeat in World War II, Winston Churchill planned to shoot top German and Nazi military leaders without a trial, but Henry Stimson, the U.S. Secretary of War, pushed President Roosevelt to consider holding an international court trial. Since the trial did not begin
- [Franklin "Buckskin" Leslie shoots and kills Billy Claiborne on the streets of Tombstone - 1882](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/11/14/franklin-buckskin-leslie-shoots-and-kills-billy-claiborne-on-the-streets-of-tombstone-1882/) - On November 14, 1882, gunslinger Franklin "Buckskin" Leslie shoots Billy Claiborne dead in the streets of Tombstone, Arizona. The town of Tombstone is best known today as the site of the infamous shootout at the O.K. Corral. In the 1880s, however, Tombstone was home to many gunmen who never achieved the enduring fame of Wyatt
- [Japanese War Criminals were Sentenced - 1948](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/11/12/japanese-war-criminals-were-sentenced-1948/) - On November 12, 1948, an international war crimes tribunal in Tokyo passes death sentences on seven Japanese military and government officials, including General Hideki Tojo, who served as premier of Japan from 1941 to 1944. The trials lasted 30 months with all 25 Japanese defendants being found guilty of various war crimes. In addition to
- [The Gunpowder Plot was Foiled - 1605](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/11/05/the-gunpowder-plot-was-foiled-1605/) - On November 5, 1605, King James I of England learns that a plot to blow-up Parliament has been foiled. Only hours before he was scheduled to attend a general parliamentary session. At about midnight on the night of November 4-5, Guy Fawkes was found lurking in a cellar under the Parliament building and after a
- [Rapper Jam Master Jay was shot and killed - 2002](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/30/rapper-jam-master-jay-was-shot-and-killed-2002/) - On October 30, 2002, influential rap pioneer, Jason William Mizell was murdered. He is better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, who was a founding member of the hip hop group Run-DMC. During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. was one of the biggest hip-hop groups in the world and is credited with helping rap music
- [President William McKilney's assassin was executed - 1901](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/29/president-william-mckilneys-assassin-was-executed-1901/) - On October 29, 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York. Czolgosz had shot McKinley on September 6, 1901; the president succumbed to his wounds eight days later. McKinley was shaking hands in a reception line at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York,
- [Sexual assualt charges were dismissed against sportscaster Marv Albert - 1997](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/24/sexual-assualt-charges-were-dismissed-against-sportscaster-marv-albert-1997/) - On October 24, 1997, all sexual assault charges are dismissed against Marv Albert, after the sportscaster agrees to get counseling and stays out of trouble for a year. According to Vanessa Perhach, Albert had invited her to his room in the Ritz Carlton Hotel on February 12, 1997, after announcing an NBA game. He then
- [Old West gunslinger Tom Horn was hanged - 1903](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/22/old-west-gunslinger-tom-horn-was-hanged-1903/) - On October 22, 1903, infamous hired killer, Tom Horn was hanged for having allegedly murdered Willie Nickell, the 14-year-old son of a southern Wyoming sheep rancher. Some historians have since questioned whether Horn really killed the boy, pointing out that the jury convicted him solely on the basis of a drunken confession that Horn supposedly
- [John Lennon & Yoko Ono were arrested on drug charges - 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/18/john-lennon-yoko-ono-were-arrested-on-drug-charges-1968/) - On October 18, 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drug possession at their home near Montagu Square in London, England. The arrests came at a tempestuous time for the couple. Only days earlier, an announcement was made that Ono was pregnant, creating a scandal because both Lennon and Ono were still married
- [Texas Rangers were established - 1835](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/17/texas-rangers-were-established-1835/) - On October 17, 1835, Texans approve a resolution to create the Texas Rangers, a corps of armed and mounted lawmen designed to guard the frontier between the Brazos and Trinity Rivers. In the midst of their revolt against Mexico, Texan leaders felt they needed a semi-official force of armed men who would defend the isolated
- [Mata Hari was executed - 1917](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/15/mata-hari-was-executed-1917/) - On October 15, 1917, exotic dancer Mata Hari was executed by a French firing squad for the crime of espionage. She was born Margueretha Gertruida Zelle in a small town in northern Holland and formerly married to a captain in the Dutch army; Mata Hari had performed in Paris as a dancer since 1903. She
- [Amityville murder trial began - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/14/amityville-murder-trial-began-1975/) - On October 14, 1975, the murder trial of Ronald DeFeo Jr. began. Defoe was accused of killings his parents and four siblings in their Amityville, New York home. The family’s house was later said to be haunted and served as the inspiration for the Amityville Horror book and movies. On the evening of November 13,
- [Chicago area bootlegger Roger Touhy escapes from prison - 1942](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/09/chicago-area-bootlegger-roger-touhy-escapes-from-prison-1942/) - On October 9, 1942, notorious Chicago area bootlegger Roger "The Terrible" Touhy escapes from Statesville Prison by climbing the guard's tower. Touhy, who had been framed for kidnapping by his bootlegging rivals, was serving a 99-year sentence for a crime he did not commit. The son of a police officer, Touhy had served in the
- [British poet & novelist Radclyffe Hall died - 1943](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/07/british-poet-novelist-radclyffe-hall-died-1943/) - British author and poet Radclyffe Hall died on October 7, 1943 in London, England. She is best known for her controversial novel The Well of Loneliness (1928), which created a scandal and was banned for a time in Britain for its discussion of lesbianism. She was born Marguerite Radclyffe Hall on August 12, 1880 in
- [Mary of Modena, second wife of James II of England was born - 1658](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/05/mary-of-modena-second-wife-of-james-ii-of-england-was-born-1658/) - Mary of Modena was born on October 5, 1658 in Modena, Italy. She was the second wife of James II of England. Born a princess of the Italian Duchy of Modena, Mary is primarily remembered for the controversial birth of James Francis Edward, her only surviving son. His birth was a contributing factor to the
- [Jim Bakker was indicted on federal charges - 1988](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/04/jim-bakker-was-indicted-on-federal-charges-1988/) - On October 4, 1988, televangelist Jim Bakker was indicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud and of conspiring to defraud the public. The case against the founder of Praise the Lord (PTL) Ministries and three of his aides exploded in the media when it was revealed that Bakker had sex with former church
- [Amanda Knox's murder conviction was overturned - 2011](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/03/amanda-knoxs-murder-conviction-was-overturned-2011/) - On October 3, 2011, an Italian appeals court overturns the murder conviction of Amanda Knox, an American exchange student who two years earlier was found guilty in the 2007 murder of her British roommate, Meredith Kercher. At the time of her 2009 conviction, Knox received a 26-year prison sentence, while her ex-boyfriend, Italian college student
- [Henry III of England was born - 1207](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/10/01/henry-iii-of-england-was-born-1207/) - Henry III of England was born on October 1, 1207 at Winchester, England. He ruled England from 1216 to 1272. He succeeded his father King John at age nine, but his royal powers were controlled by regency until he reached maturity in 1234. His financial commitments to the papacy and his foreign favorites antagonized the
- [Jack the Ripper murders two victims in one night - 1888](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/30/jack-the-ripper-murders-two-victims-in-one-night-1888/) - On the early morning hours of September 30, 1888, serial killer Jack the Ripper claimed two victims in one night, Elizabeth Stride and Catherine Eddowes. Jack the Ripper is the name given to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name originated in a letter, written
- [Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills man during brawl - 1869](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/27/wild-bill-hickok-shots-and-kills-man-during-brawl-1869/) - On the early morning hours of September 27, 1869, then lawman Wild Bill Hickok (and future gunslinger) responded to a report of men brawling at a saloon in Hays, Kansas. A local ruffian named Samuel Strawhun and several friends were tearing up John Bitter's Beer Saloon when Hickok arrived and ordered the men to stop,
- [Annual Cemetery Tour - 2013](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/25/annual-cemetery-tour-2013/) - Join me at the 16th annual historical cemetery tour at Fairhaven Memorial Park in Santa Ana, California on Saturday, October 19, 2013. I will be selling and signing copies of all of my books. This years theme is "Creative Genius: Artists and Inventors in Orange County History." Visit the Santa Ana Historical Preservation website for
- [Mobster Anthony Carfano and former beauty queen were murdered - 1959](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/25/mobster-anthony-carfano-and-former-beauty-queen-were-murdered-1959/) - On September 25, 1959, mobster Anthony Carfano, known as Little Augie Pisano is shot to death in Queens, New York City on the orders of Meyer Lansky. Carfano was a Captain the Luciano Organized Crime Family. His was murdered because he refused to meet with Vito Genovese after Genovese took control of the Family in
- [Gothic novelist Horace Walpole was born - 1717](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/24/gothic-novelist-horace-walpole-was-born-1717/) - Gothic novelist and politician Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford, was born on September 24, 1717 in London, England. He was the youngest son of British Prime Minister Robert Walpole and was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge. Following his father's politics, he was a devotee of King George II. In 1764, he
- [Chicago Eight Trial began - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/23/chicago-eight-trial-began-1969/) - On September 23, 1969, the Chicago Eight trial begins. Eight antiwar activists had been arrested and charged with instigating the violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The defendants included David Dellinger of the National Mobilization Committee (NMC); Rennie Davis and Thomas Hayden of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS);
- [Benedict Arnold Commits Treason - 1780](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/21/benedict-arnold-commits-treason-1780-2/) - On September 21, 1780, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold became synonymous with the word "traitor." Arnold
- [Arthur Tudor, Prince of wales was born - 1486](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/20/arthur-tudor-prince-of-wales-was-born-1486/) - Arthur Tudor, Prince of Wales was born on September 20, 1486, his parents, Henry VII and Elizabeth of York were married in January of 1486, uniting the houses of Lancaster and York, the rivals of the Wars of the Roses. When their first child was born, he became the physical manifestation of the union of
- [President James A. Garfield died - 1881](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/19/president-james-a-garfield-died-1881/) - On September 19, 1881, President James A. Garfield succumbs to wounds inflicted by an assassin 80 days earlier. Garfield's assassin was an attorney and political office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. Guiteau was a relative stranger to the president and his administration in an era when federal positions were doled out on a "who you know" basis.
- [Actress Greta Garbo was born - 1905](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/18/actress-greta-garbo-was-born-1905/) - Actress Greta Garbo was born Greta Gustafsson on September 18, 1905 in Stockholm, Sweden. She won a bathing beauty competition at age sixteen, and then appeared in several advertising campaigns. While studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School she was discovered by film director, Mauritz Stiller. Changing her name to Greta Garbo, she starred in
- [Mormon leader Brigham Young ordered murder of alleged spy - 1845](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/16/mormon-leader-brigham-young-ordered-murder-of-alleged-spy-1845/) - On September 16, 1845, Phineas Wilcox is stabbed to death by fellow Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois, because he is believed to be a spy. The murder of Wilcox reflected the serious and often violent conflict between the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the surrounding communities. Joseph Smith, who founded the Mormon Church
- [William McKinley was assassinated - 1901](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/14/william-mckinley-was-assassinated-1901/) - On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley succumbs to gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin on September 6th. According to witnesses, McKinley's last words were those of the hymn "Nearer My God to Thee." McKinley was shaking hands in reception line at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon
- [Rapper Tupac Shakur died from wounds sustained in drive-by shooting - 1996](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/13/rapper-tupac-shakur-died-from-wounds-sustained-in-drive-by-shooting-1996/) - On September 13, 1996, rapper Tupac Shakur died from gunshot wounds suffered in a Las Vegas drive-by shooting. More than a decade after his death Tupac Shakur remains one of the most recognizable faces and voices in music. A steady stream of posthumous album releases has kept his name near the top of sales rankings.
- [Infamous serial killing duo meet for the first time - 1977](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/10/infamous-serial-killing-duo-meet-for-the-first-time-1977/) - On September 10, 1977, Charlene Williams meets Gerald Gallego at a poker club in Sacramento, California, resulting in one of the most infamous serial killing teams in American history. Before they were finally caught, the Gallegos killed and sexually assaulted at least 10 people over a two-year period. Within a week of their first encounter,
- [Attica Prison Riot - 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/09/attica-prison-riot-1971/) - On September 9, 1971, prisoners riot and seize control of the maximum-security Attica Correctional Facility near Buffalo, New York. Later that day, state police retook most of the prison, but 1,281 convicts occupied an exercise field called D Yard, where they held 39 prison guards and employees hostage for four days. After negotiations stalled, state
- [Great Britain's Royal Tombs is honored ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/09/01/great-britains-royal-tombs-is-honored/) - September 1, 2013 For Immediate Release - The results of the 2013 Readers Favorite International Book Awards were just announced and Great Britain's Royal Tombs was awarded an "Honorable Mention" in the Non-fiction Historical category.
- [Infamous "Night Stalker" serial killer is captured - 1985](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/08/31/infamous-night-stalker-serial-killer-is-captured-1985/) - On August 31, 1985, Richard Ramirez, the notorious "Night Stalker," is captured and nearly killed by a mob in East Los Angeles, California, after being recognized from a photograph shown both on television and in newspapers. Recently identified as the serial killer, Ramirez was saved from the enraged mob by police officers. During the summer
- [Actress Ingrid Bergman was born (1915) and died (1982) on this date](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/08/29/actress-ingrid-bergman-was-born-1915-and-died-1982-on-this-date/) - Academy Award winning actress Ingrid Bergman was born on August 29, 1915 in Stockholm, Sweden and died on the same date in 1982. Educated at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm, she made her film debut in Branningar (1935). Bergman established herself as one of Sweden's leading stars during the middle 1930s. American producer,
- [Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated - 1979](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/08/27/lord-louis-mountbatten-was-assassinated-1979/) - On August 27, 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten is killed when Irish Republican Army terrorists who detonate a bomb hidden on his fishing vessel Shadow V. Mountbatten, a war hero, elder statesman, and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was spending the day with his family in Donegal Bay off Ireland's northwest coast when the bomb
- [Mary Ann Nichols the first victim of serial killer Jack the Ripper was born - 1845](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/08/26/mary-ann-nichols-the-first-victim-of-serial-killer-jack-the-ripper-was-born-1845/) - The first murder victim of Jack the Ripper, Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols was born on August 26, 1845 in London. Her death has been attributed to the notorious unidentified serial killer, who is believed to have killed and mutilated five women in the Whitechapel area of London from late August to early November 1888. She
- [William Bonney aka Billy the Kid shots first victim - 1877](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/08/17/william-bonney-aka-billy-the-kid-shots-first-victim-1877/) - On August 17, 1877, Billy the Kid shoots an Arizona blacksmith who dies the next day. He would be the infamous outlaw's first victim. Just how many men Billy the Kid killed is uncertain. Billy himself reportedly once claimed he had killed 21 men-"one for every year of my life." A reliable contemporary authority estimated
- [Emily Bronte was born in 1818](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/30/emily-bronte-was-born-in-1818/) - On July 30, 1818, novelist Emily Bronte becomes the fifth-born of the six Bronte children, three of whom will grow up to write fiction. The Bronte family lived in the remote village of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors and were largely left to their own devices after the death of their mother in 1820. A
- [Author Aldous Huxley was born - 1894](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/26/author-aldous-huxley-was-born-1894/) - Author Aldous Huxley was born on July 26, 1894 in Godalming, Surrey, England. He is best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. He spent the later part of his
- [English novelist Jane Austen died - 1817](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/18/english-novelist-jane-austen-died-1817/) - Jane Austen died on July 18, 1817 in Winchester, England. She was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction, set among the landed gentry, earned her a place as one of the most widely read writers in English literature. She was born on December 16, 1775 in Hampshire, England the daughter of Cassandra Leigh
- [William Wordsworth visits Tintern Abbey - 1798](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/13/william-wordsworth-visits-tintern-abbey-1798/) - On July 13, 1798, while on a walking tour, William Wordsworth and his sister Dorothy visit a ruined church called Tintern Abbey. The ruins inspired Wordsworth's poem "Tintern Abbey," in which Wordsworth articulated some of the fundamental themes of Romantic poetry, including the restorative power of nature. The poem appeared in Lyrical Ballads, with a
- [Geoffrey Chaucer was appointed Chief Clerk by Richard II - 1389](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/12/geoffrey-chaucer-was-appointed-chief-clerk-by-richard-ii-1389/) - On July 12, 1389, King Richard II appoints Geoffrey Chaucer to the position of chief clerk of the king's works in Westminster on this day in 1389. Chaucer, the middle-class son of a wine merchant, served as a page in an aristocratic household during his teens and was associated with the aristocracy for the rest
- [Novelist Ann Radcliffe was born - 1764](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/07/09/novelist-ann-radcliffe-was-born-1764/) - English author Ann Radcliffe (nee Ann Ward) was born on July 9, 1764 in London and was a pioneer of the gothic novel. She married William Radcliffe, an editor for the English Chronicle, at Bath in 1788. To amuse herself, she began to write fiction, an avocation her husband encouraged. She published The Castles of
- [Great Britain's Royal Tombs is named finalist for book award](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/05/15/great-britains-royal-tombs-is-named-finalist-for-book-award/) - Just announced (May 14, 2013) - Great Britain's Royal Tombs is named a "finalist" in the Historical Non-Fiction and Coffee Table Book/ Photography categories of the 2013 Next Generation Indie Book Awards. www.indiebookawards.com
- [Fade to Black - wins 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/04/15/3075/) - Fade to Black Graveside Memories of Hollywood Greats, 1927-1950 is named the winner of the 2013 Beverly Hills Book Awards in Arts & Entertainment. http://www.beverlyhillsbookawards.com/2013-BHBA-Winnners-and-Finalists.htm
- [James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans" is Published - 1826](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/02/04/james-fenimore-coopers-the-last-of-the-mohicans-is-published-1826/) - On February 4, 1826, James Fenimore Cooper’s classic The Last of the Mohicans is published. One of the earliest distinctive American novels, the book is the second of the five-novel series called the "Leather-stocking Tales." Cooper was born in 1789 in New Jersey and moved the following year to the frontier in upstate New York,
- [Author Zane Grey is Born - 1872](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/01/31/author-zane-grey-is-born-1872/) - On January 31, 1872 author Zane Grey, author of Riders of the Purple Sage, is born in Zanesville, Ohio. He was the son of a successful dentist, who enjoyed a happy and solid upper-middle-class childhood, marred only by occasional fistfights with boys who teased him about his unusual first name, Pearl. (Grey later replaced it
- [Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" is Published - 1845](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/01/29/edgar-allan-poes-the-raven-is-published-1845/) - Edgar Allan Poe's famous poem "The Raven," beginning "Once upon a midnight dreary," is published on January 29, 1845 in the New York Evening Mirror. Poe's dark and macabre work reflected his own tumultuous and difficult life. Born in Boston in 1809, Poe was orphaned at age three and went to live with the family
- [Kari Moran's Book Radio Show interview - 1/12/2013](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2013/01/12/kari-morans-book-radio-show-interview-1122013/) - January 12, 2013 - Listen to my interview with Kari Moran as we discuss my newest book - Great Briatin's Royal Tombs: A Guide to the Lives & Burial Places of British Monarchs. Show #77 Chapter One - Non-Fiction. Click the link - www.thebookradioshow.com
- [John Wayne Gacy Confesses to Dozens of Murders - 1978](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/22/john-wayne-gacy-confesses-to-dozens-of-murders-1978/) - On December 22, 1978, John Wayne Gacy confesses to murdering over two dozen boys and young men and burying their bodies under his suburban Chicago home. In March 1980, Gacy was convicted of 33 sex-related murders, committed between 1972 and 1978, and given the death penalty. At the time, he was the worst serial killer
- [Carlos the Jackal - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/21/carlos-the-jackal-1975/) - On December 21, 1975, Ilich Ramírez Sánchez aka Carlos the Jackal led a six-person team in an attack of the meeting of OPEC leaders; they took more than 60 hostages and killed three: an Austrian policeman, an Iraqi OPEC employee and a member of the Libyan delegation. Carlos demanded that the Austrian authorities read a
- [The Kidnapping of Barbara Jane Mackle - 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/17/the-kidnapping-of-barbara-jane-mackle-1968/) - On December 17, 1968, Barbara Jane Mackle, a student at Emory College and the 20-year-old daughter of millionaire real-estate developer is kidnapped from the Rodeway Inn in Decatur, Georgia. Mackle was sick with the flu, and her mother had driven to the Atlanta area to take care of her daughter and then drive her daughter
- [First Armed Bank Robbery in American History - 1864](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/15/first-armed-bank-robbery-in-american-history-1864/) - Edward Green was the 32 year old postmaster of Malden, Massachusetts. He is commonly believed to have committed the first (non-war related) armed bank robbery in American history. Green had a bad drinking habit and was heavily in debt, when on December 15, 1863, he robbed the local bank. At noon he entered the bank
- [Mary Queen of Scots is Born - 1542](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/08/mary-queen-of-scots-is-born-1542/) - Mary, Queen of Scots was born on December 8, 1542 at Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland, to James V, King of Scots and Mary of Guise. She was one of the most fascinating and controversial monarchs of 16th century Europe and at the one time, she claimed the crowns of four nations - Scotland, France, England
- [Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley is born - 1545](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/07/henry-stuart-lord-darnley-is-born-1545/) - Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley was born on December 7, 1545 at Temple Newsam, Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Through his parents he had claims to both the Scottish and English thrones. He was the king consort of Scotland from 1565 until his murder at Kirk O’ Field in 1567. He was the
- [King Henry VI of England is Born - 1421](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/06/king-henry-vi-of-england-is-born-1421/) - King Henry VI of England was the only child of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, born on December 6, 1421. He married Margaret of Anjou in 1445; the union produced one son, Edward, who was killed in battle one day before Henry's execution. Henry came to the throne as an infant after the early
- [Boston Belfry Murderer Claims First Victim - 1873](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/05/boston-belfry-murderer-claims-first-victim-1873/) - On December 5, 1873, Bridget Landregan is found beaten and strangled to death in the Boston suburb of Dorchester. According to witnesses, a man in black clothes and a flowing cape attempted to sexually assault the dead girl before running away. In 1874, a man fitting the same description clubbed another young girl, Mary Sullivan,
- [Prohibition Era Mobster Dapper Dan Hogan is Murdered - 1928](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/04/prohibition-era-mobster-dapper-dan-hogan-is-murdered-1928/) - Danny "Dapper Dan" Hogan was a charismatic Irish mob boss in Saint Paul, Minnesota during Prohibition. Due to his close relationships with the officers of the deeply corrupt St. Paul Police Department, Hogan was able to act as a go between. Known as the "Smiling Peacemaker" to local police officials, Police Chief John "The Big
- [Five Year Old Melissa Brannen Disappears without a Trace - 1989](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/03/five-year-old-melissa-brannen-disappears-without-a-trace-1989/) - On December 3, 1989, five-year-old Melissa Brannen disappears without a trace from a Christmas party in Fairfax, Virginia. After interviewing everyone who had been at the party, investigators determined that Caleb Hughes had left the party at roughly the same time that Brannen was discovered missing. When detectives visited Hughes' home at 1 a.m., they
- [King Henry I of England Dies - 1135](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/12/01/king-henry-i-of-england-dies-1135/) - On December 1, 1135, Henry I of England died. He was King of England from 1100 to 1135, he was the youngest son of William the Conqueror, and succeeded his brother William II. He won the support of the Saxons by granting them a charter and marrying a Saxon princess, Edith, daughter of Malcolm III
- [Serial Killer Aileen Wuornos Abducts her First Victim - 1989](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/30/serial-killer-aileen-wuornos-abducts-her-fist-victim-1989/) - On November 30, 1989, Richard Mallory, a storeowner in Palm Harbor, Florida, is last seen taking a ride with Aileen Wuornos. The following day, his car was found abandoned in a remote area of Ormond Beach. Nearly two weeks later, his body turned up in a Daytona Beach junkyard with three bullets in his chest.
- [First Live Radio Broadcast of a Royal Wedding - 1934](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/29/first-live-radio-broadcast-of-a-royal-wedding-1934/) - On November 29, 1934, Princess Marina of Greece and Denmark marries Prince George, Duke of Kent, the fourth son of King George V and Mary of Teck. Their nuptials at Westminster Abbey are the first live radio broadcast of a royal wedding. The Duke of Kent was killed on 25 August 1942, in a plane
- [Convicted Serial Killer Jeffrey Dahmer is Beaten to Death in Prison - 1994](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/28/convicted-serial-killer-jeffrey-dahmer-is-beaten-to-death-in-prison-1994/) - On November 28, 1994, convicted serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer is beaten to death by a fellow inmate while performing cleaning duty in a bathroom at the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium in Portage, Wisconsin. During a 13-year period, Dahmer, who lived primarily in the Midwest, murdered at least 17 men. Most of these men were young,
- [British Political Activist Ross McWhirter is Killed by IRA Terrorists - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/27/british-political-activist-ross-mcwhirter-is-killed-by-ira-terrorists-1975/) - On November 27, 1975, Ross McWhirter was assassinated by two IRA terrorists. He was shot outside of his home in north London. His killers Harry Duggan and Hugh Doherty, both of whom were members of what became known as the Balcombe Street Gang were captured and charged with his and nine other murders. They were
- [The Brink's-MAT Robbery - 1983](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/26/the-brinks-mat-robbery-1983/) - On November 26, 1983, six robbers break into the Brink's-MAT warehouse at Heathrow Airport, London and steal millions in gold, diamonds and cash. At the time, it was described as "the crime of the century.” The robbers gained entry to the warehouse from security guard Anthony Black, who was in on the heist. Once inside,
- [Alleged Kennedy Assassin Lee Harvey Oswald is Shot & Killed](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/24/alleged-kennedy-assassin-lee-harvey-oswald-is-shot-killed/) - On November 24, 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, the alleged assassin of President John F. Kennedy is shot to death by Jack Ruby in the basement of the Dallas Police Department. On November 22, President Kennedy was fatally shot while riding in an open-car motorcade through the streets of downtown Dallas. Less than an hour after
- [Lord Louis Mountbatten is assassinated - 1979](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/23/lord-louis-mountbatten-is-assassinated-1979-2/) - On November 23, 1979, Thomas McMahon, a member of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), is sentenced to life imprisonment for preparing and planting the bomb that killed Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others. On August 27, 1979, Lord Mountbatten was killed when McMahon and other IRA terrorists detonated a 50-pound bomb hidden on his fishing
- [Princess Royal Victoria Adelaide is Born - 1840](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/21/princess-royal-victoria-adelaide-is-born-1840/) - Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa was born on November 21, 1840 at Buckingham Palace and was the eldest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. She was created Princess Royal of the United Kingdom in 1841. She became German Empress and Queen of Prussia by marriage to German Emperor Fredrick III in 1858. After her husband's
- [Murder & Mayhem wins another award](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/20/murder-mayhem-wins-another-award/) - November 16, 2012 - Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949 was honored as a "Finalist" in the 2012 USA Book News Best Book Awards, true crime category. http://www.usabooknews.com/2013usabestbookawards/2012usabestbookawards.html
- [Princess Elizabeth Marries Philip Mountbatten - 1947](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/20/princess-elizabeth-marries-philip-mountbatten-1947/) - On this date in 1947, Princess Elizabeth (future Queen Elizabeth II) marries Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey. Mountbatten is a distant cousin of Elizabeth’s and was prince of Greece and Denmark who renounced his titles in order to marry the English princess. The celebrations surrounding the wedding of the popular princess lifted the spirits of
- [Nell Gwyn mistress of Charles II dies (1687) & Prince Charles is born (1948)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/14/nell-gwyn-mistress-of-charles-ii-died-1687-prince-charles-is-born-1948/) - On November 14, 1687, Nell Gwyn mistress of King Charles II of Britain dies in London. She became a legend, the only royal mistress in English history to provoke popular affection. She was one of many (there were 13 in all during his lifetime), but she was the least greedy of them all. When he
- [King Edward III of England is born - 1312](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/13/king-edward-iii-of-england-is-born-1312/) - King Edward III of England was born on November 13, 1312 at Windsor Castle. He was the son of King Edward II and Isabella of France. He reigned as king of England from 1327 until his death in 1377 and is noted for his military success. Restoring royal authority after the disastrous reign of his
- [Grace Kelly is Born - 1929](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/12/grace-kelly-is-born-1929/) - Actress Grace Kelly was born on November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After embarking on an acting career in 1950, Kelly appeared in New York City theatrical productions as well as in more than forty episodes of live drama productions broadcast during the early 1950s. In October 1953, with the release of Mogambo, she became
- [King George II is born - 1683](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/10/kong-george-ii-is-born-1683/) - George II of Britain is born on November 10, 1683 in Hanover, Germany. He was the last British monarch born outside Great Britain. In 1701, his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, became second-in-line to the British throne. After her death, and that of Queen Anne, in 1714, his father George I, Elector of Hanover, inherited the
- [Edward VII is born - 1841](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/09/edward-vii-is-born-1841/) - On this date in 1841, Edward VII King of Great Britain was born. Edward was the eldest son of Queen Victoria and before his accession to the throne, served as heir apparent and held the title of Prince of Wales for longer than any of his predecessors. During the long reign of his mother, he
- [Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) Invades England - 1746](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/08/charles-edward-stuart-bonnie-prince-charlie-invades-england-1746/) - On this date in 1745 Charles Edward Stuart invaded England with an army of 5000 that would later participate in the Battle of Culloden (April 16, 1746). Born on December 31, 1720 and commonly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie or The Young Pretender, he was the second Jacobite pretender to the throne of Great Britain.
- [Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March was born - 1391](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/07/edmund-de-mortimer-5th-earl-of-march-was-born-1391/) - Edmund de Mortimer, 5th Earl of March and 7th Earl of Ulster was born on this date in 1391. In 1398 Edmund succeeded his father not only as earl of March and Ulster but as heir presumptive to the childless Richard II. In 1399 after the usurpation of the throne by the Lancastrian Henry IV,
- [Henry VI is Crowned King of England - 1429](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/06/henry-vi-is-crowned-king-of-england-1429/) - On this date in 1429, Henry VI is crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey. Henry VI was the only child of Henry V and Catherine of Valois, born on December 6, 1421. He married Margaret of Anjou in 1445; the union produced one son, Edward, who was killed in battle one day before Henry's
- [Fort Hood Shooting Rampage - 2009](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/05/fort-hood-shooting-rampage-2009/) - On this date in 2009, army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan kills 13 people and wounds 32 in a shooting rampage at Fort Hood. Early in the afternoon of November 5, Major Hasan, armed with two pistols, allegedly shouted “Allahu Akbar” (Arabic for “God is great”) and then opened fire at a crowd inside a Fort
- [Notorious Gambler Arnold Rothstein is Murdered - 1928](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/04/notorious-gambler-arnold-rothstein-is-murdered-1928/) - On this date in 1928, notorious gambler Arnold Rothstein is shot and killed during a poker game at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan. After finding Rothstein bleeding profusely at the service entrance of the hotel, police followed his trail of blood back to a suite where a group of men were playing cards. Reportedly,
- [Black Bart robs his last stagecoach - 1883](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/03/black-bart-robs-his-last-stagecoach-1883/) - On this date in 1883, notorious bandit Black Bart robs his last stagecoach. He was born Charles E. Boles around 1830 in New York. As a young man, he abandoned his family for the gold fields of California, but failed to strike it rich as a miner and turned to a life of crime. By
- [South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem is assassinated - 1963](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/02/south-vietnamese-president-ngo-dinh-diem-is-assassinated-1963/) - On this date in 1963, South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother are captured and killed by a group of soldiers. The death of Diem caused celebration among many people in South Vietnam, but also leads to political chaos in the nation. The United States subsequently became more heavily involved in Vietnam as
- [Legendary Old West Lawman Bill Tilghman is Murdered - 1924](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/11/01/legendary-old-west-lawman-bill-tilghman-is-murdered-1924/) - On this date in 1924, legendary lawman, William Tilghman is murdered. Known to both friends and enemies as "Uncle Billy," Tilghman was one of the most honest and effective lawmen of his day. Born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in 1854, Tilghman moved west when he was only 16 years old. Once there, he flirted with
- [Sherlock Holmes first appears in book form (1892) & Indira Gandhi is assassinated (1984)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/31/sherlock-holmes-first-appears-in-book-form-1892-indira-gandhi-is-assassinated-1984/) - On this date in 1892, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is published by Arthur Conan Doyle. This was the first collection of the iconic detective’s stories in book form, which Conan Doyle had been publishing in magazines since 1887. Conan Doyle was born in Scotland and studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh, where he
- [First Anti-Opium Laws Passed - 1890](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/30/first-anti-opium-laws-passed-1890/) - On this date in 1890, Oakland, California is the first city to enact a law against opium and other mind altering substances. The new regulations allowed only doctors to prescribe these drugs, which, until then, had been legal for cures or pain relief. Reflecting a general trend at the time, Oakland was only one of
- [Mafia Boss John Gotti is Born - 1940](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/27/mafia-boss-john-gotti-is-born-1940/) - On this date in 1940, crime boss John Gotti is born in the Bronx, New York. The grandson of Italian immigrants, Gotti was raised in a poor family with 13 children. Growing up, he did errands for mobsters in his East New York neighborhood, joined a gang called the Fulton-Rockaway Boys and quit school at
- [Shootout at the OK Corral (1881) & Hancock Park Murder (1947)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/26/shootout-at-the-ok-corral-1881-hancock-park-murder-1947/) - On this date in 1881, the Earp brothers face off against the Clanton-McLaury gang in a legendary shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. After silver was discovered nearby in 1877, Tombstone quickly grew into one of the richest mining towns in the Southwest. Wyatt Earp, a former Kansas lawman and his brothers, Morgan
- [Susan Smith claims to be carjacked - 1994](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/25/susan-smith-claims-to-be-carjacked-1994/) - On this date in 1994, Susan Smith reports that she was carjacked in South Carolina by a man who took her two small children in the backseat of her car. Although authorities immediately began searching for three-year-old Michael and one-year-old Alex, they could find no trace of them or of Smith's car. After nine days
- [Pretty Boy Floyd is Shot & Killed - 1934](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/22/pretty-boy-floyd-is-shot-killed-1934/) - On this date in 1934, Charles "Pretty Boy" Floyd is shot by FBI agents in a cornfield in East Liverpool, Ohio. Charles Floyd grew up in a small town in Oklahoma. When it became impossible to operate a small farm in the drought conditions of the late 1920s, Floyd tried his hand at bank robbery.
- [LA Times Building is Bombed - 1910](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/21/la-times-building-is-bombed-1910/) - On this date in 1910, a massive explosion destroys the Los Angeles Times building in the city's downtown area, killing 21 and injuring many more. Since Los Angeles Times publisher Harrison Otis, a virulent opponent of unions, believed that the bomb was directed at him, he hired the nation's premier private detective, William J. Burns,
- [John Lennon & Yoko Ono are Arrested for Drug Possession - 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/18/john-lennon-yoko-ono-are-arrested-for-drug-possession-1968/) - On this date in 1968, John Lennon and Yoko Ono are arrested for drug possession at their home near Montagu Square in London, England. The arrests came at a tempestuous time for the couple. Only days earlier, an announcement was made that Ono was pregnant, creating a scandal because both Lennon and Ono were still
- [Al Capone is Sentenced for Tax Evasion - 1931](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/17/al-capone-is-sentenced-for-tax-evasion-1931/) - Just announced - Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949 was awarded an "honorable mention" in the 2012 Halloween Book Festival in the general non-fiction category. www.halloweenbookfestival.com On this date in 1931, gangster Al Capone is sentenced to 11 years in prison for tax evasion. Alphonse Gabriel Capone was born in Brooklyn,
- [Nazi War Criminals are Executed (1946) & Luby's Massacre (1991)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/16/nazi-war-criminals-are-executed-1946-lubys-massacre-1991/) - On this date in 1946, ten high-ranking Nazi officials are executed for their crimes against humanity. Two weeks earlier, the 10 were found guilty by the International War Crimes Tribunal and sentenced to death along with two other Nazi officials. Among those condemned to die by hanging were Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi minister of foreign
- [The Amityville Murders Trial Begins - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/14/the-amityville-murders-trial-begins-1975/) - On this date in 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. goes on trial for the killings of his parents and four siblings in their Amityville, New York. On the evening of November 13, 1974, Ronald “Butch” DeFeo Jr. entered an Amityville bar and told people his parents had been shot inside their home. Several bar patrons accompanied
- [Terrorist Bombs Kill Hundreds in Bali -2002](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/12/terrorist-bombs-kill-hundreds-in-bali-2002/) - On this date in 2002, terrorist bombs kill 202 in Bali. Three bombings shatter the peace on the Indonesian island of Bali. The blasts, the work of militant Islamist terrorists, left 202 people dead and more than 200 others injured many with severe burns. The attacks shocked residents and those familiar with the mostly Hindu
- [Ridgewood New Jersey Post Office Rampage - 1991](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/10/ridgewood-new-jersey-post-office-rampage-1991/) - On this date in 1991, former U.S. postal worker Joseph Harris shoots two former co-workers to death at the post office in Ridgewood, New Jersey. The night before, Harris had killed his former supervisor, Carol Ott, with a three-foot samurai sword, and shot her fiancé, Cornelius Kasten, in their home. After a four-hour standoff with
- [Chicago Mobster Roger Touhy Escapes from Prison - 1942](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/09/chicago-mobster-roger-touhy-escapes-from-prison-1942/) - On this date in 1942, Chicago bootlegger Roger "The Terrible" Touhy escapes from prison by climbing the guard's tower. Touhy, who had been framed for kidnapping by his bootlegging rivals with the help of corrupt Chicago officials, was serving a 99-year sentence for a kidnapping he did not commit. He was recaptured a couple of
- [Terrorists Hijack the Cruise Ship Achille Lauro - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/07/terrorists-hojack-the-cruise-ship-achille-lauro-1984/) - On this date in 1985, Palestinian terrorists hijack the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro shortly after it left Alexandria, Egypt. The well-armed men, who belonged to the Popular Front for the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF), the terrorist wing of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) led by Abu Abbas, easily took control of the vessel since
- [Dalton Gang Attempts Last Bank Robbery - 1892](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/05/dalton-gang-attempts-last-bank-robbery-1892/) - On this date in 1892, the Dalton gang attempts to rob two banks simultaneously in Coffeyville, Kansas. They met stiff resistance from townspeople, who kill four of the five bandits. Grat, Bob, and Emmett Dalton turned to a life of crime when they became bored with their other career possibilities on the Western frontier. They
- [Evangelist Jim Bakker is Indicted - 1988](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/04/evangelist-jim-bakker-is-indicted-1988/) - On this date in 1988, televangelist Jim Bakker is indicted on federal charges of mail and wire fraud and of conspiring to defraud the public. The case against the founder of Praise the Lord (PTL) Ministries and three of his aides exploded in the press when it was revealed that Bakker had sex with former
- [OJ Simpson is Aquitted of Murder - 1995](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/03/oj-simpson-is-aquitted-of-murder-1995/) - On this date in 1995, O.J. Simpson is acquitted of the double murder of his estranged wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. In the epic 252-day trial, Simpson's "dream team" of lawyers employed creative and controversial methods to convince jurors that Simpson's guilt had not been proved "beyond a reasonable doubt," thus
- [Amish School Shooting - 2006](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/02/amish-school-shooting-2006/) - On this date in 2006, Charles Roberts fatally shoots five students at the West Nickel Mines Amish School in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. Charles Carl Roberts IV, a 32-year-old milk truck driver from a nearby town, entered the one-room schoolhouse at around 10:30 a.m. armed with an arsenal of weapons, ammunition, tools and other items including
- [Suicide Bombers Strike Bali - 2005](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/10/01/suicide-bombers-strike-bali-2005/) - On this date in 2005, suicide bombers strike three restaurants in two tourist areas on the Indonesian island of Bali. The bombings killed 22 people, including the bombers, and injured more than 50 others. This was the second suicide-bombing incident to rock the island in less than three years.The blasts occurred nearly simultaneously, hitting two
- [Tylenol Murders - 1982](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/29/tylenol-murders-1982/) - On this date in 1982, flight attendant Paula Prince buys a bottle of cyanide-laced Tylenol. Prince was found dead on October 1, becoming the final victim of a mysterious ailment in Chicago, Illinois. Over the previous 24 hours, six other people had suddenly died of unknown causes in northwest Chicago. After Prince's death, Richard Keyworth
- [Pompey is Murdered - 60 BC](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/28/pompey-is-murdered-60-bc/) - On this date in 60 B.C., Roman general and politician Pompey is murdered in Egypt. During his long career, Pompey displayed exceptional military talents on the battlefield. He fought in Africa and Spain, quelled the slave revolt of Spartacus, cleared the Mediterranean of pirates, and conquered Armenia, Syria, and Palestine. Appointed to organize the newly
- [1st Phil Spector Murder Trial ends in Mistrial - 2007](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/26/1st-phil-spector-murder-trial-ends-in-mistrial-2007/) - On this date in 2007, music producer Phil Spector's first trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson ends in a mistrial. On February 3, 2003, police responded to a 911 call and found the 40-year-old Clarkson dead of a gunshot wound to the mouth in the foyer of Spector's mansion in Alahambra, California. Spector,
- [Trial of the Chicago 8 Begins - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/23/trial-of-the-chicago-8-begins-1969/) - On this date in 1969, the trial of the Chicago 8 begins. They were antiwar activists charged with instigating violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention. The defendants included David Dellinger of the National Mobilization Committee (NMC); Rennie Davis and Thomas Hayden of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Abbie Hoffman and
- [Annual Tour of Historic Santa Ana Cemetery is Set for October 20, 2012, & Midtown Slayer Claims First Victim](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/22/annual-tour-of-historic-santa-ana-cemetery-is-set-for-october-20-2012-midtown-slayer-claims-first-victim/) - Come join me at the annual tour of historic Sana Ana Cemetery and Fairhaven Memorial Park on Saturday October 20, 2012 from 10-3. This year’s theme is "Ripped from the Headlines." They are using one of my stories the tragic tale of Effie Scholl, who murdered her two small children and committed suicide to avoid
- [Benedict Arnold Commits Treason - 1780](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/21/benedict-arnold-commits-treason-1780/) - On this date in 1780, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. The plot was foiled and Arnold, a former American hero, became synonymous
- [Marvin Gaye Sr. Pleads Guilty to Shooting his Son - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/20/marvin-gaye-sr-pleads-guilty-to-shooting-his-son-1984/) - On this date in 1984, Marvin Gay Sr. agrees to a plea bargain agreement that will keep him out of jail for shooting his son, singer Marvin Gaye. Originally charged with first-degree murder, Gaye's 70-year-old father agreed to plead no contest to involuntary manslaughter after an investigation into the shooting revealed that he had received
- [Serial Killer Harvey Glatman is Executed - 1959](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/18/serial-killer-harvey-glatman-is-executed-1959/) - On this date in 1959, serial killer Harvey Glatman is executed in the California gas chamber for murdering three young women in Los Angeles. Resisting all appeals to save his life, Glatman even wrote to the appeals board to say, "I only want to die." Glatman had been a smart kid. As a Boy Scout,
- [Alabama Bomb Blast Kills 4 - 1963](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/15/alabama-bomb-blast-kills-4-1963/) - On this date in 1963, a bomb explodes during Sunday morning services at the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls. With its large African-American congregation, the 16th Street Baptist Church served as a meeting place for civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King, Jr., who once called Birmingham a "symbol
- [Attica Prison Riot Ends - 1971](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/13/attica-prison-riot-ends-1971/) - On this date in 1971, a four-day riot at Attica Prison comes to a violent end as law enforcement officials open fire, killing 29 inmates and 10 hostages and injuring many more. The prison insurrection was the bloodiest in U.S. history. On the morning of September 9, 1971, a group of inmates at the Attica
- [Mountain Meadows Massacre (1857) & Actor Fatty Arbuckle is Arrested for Rape and Murder (1921)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/11/mountain-meadows-massacre-1857-actor-fatty-arbuckle-is-arrested-for-rape-and-murder-1921/) - On this date in 1857, Mormon guerillas, stoked by religious zeal and a deep resentment of decades of public abuse and federal interference, murder 120 emigrants at Mountain Meadows, Utah. Although historical accounts differ, the conflict with the wagon train of emigrants from Missouri and Arkansas apparently began when the Mormons refused to sell the
- [First DUI Arrest (1897), Crime Boss Salvatore Maranzano is Killed (1931) & Serial Killers Charlene Williams and Gerald Gallegos Meet for First Time (1977)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/10/first-dui-arrest-1897-crime-boss-salvatore-maranzano-is-killed-1931-serial-killers-charlene-williams-and-gerald-gallegos-meet-for-first-time-1977/) - On this date in 1897, a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later pled guilty and was fined 25 shillings. On this date in 1931, crime boss Salvatore Maranzano is shot and stabbed to death in New
- [Senator Huey Long is Shot - 1935](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/08/senator-huey-long-is-shot-1935/) - On this date in 1935, Senator Huey Long is shot in the Louisiana state capitol building. He died about 30 hours later. Called a demagogue by critics, the populist leader was a larger-than-life figure who boasted that he bought legislators "like sacks of potatoes, shuffled them like a deck of cards." He gave himself the
- [The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid (1876) & Rapper Tupac Shakur is Shot (1996)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/07/the-great-northfield-minnesota-raid-1876-rapper-tupac-shakur-is-shot-1996/) - On this date in 1876, while attempting a bold daytime robbery of the Northfield Minnesota bank, the James-Younger gang suddenly finds itself surrounded by angry townspeople and is nearly wiped out. The bandits began with a diversion: five of the men galloped through the center of town, hollering and shooting their pistols in the air.
- [President William McKinley is Shot - 1901](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/06/president-william-mckinley-is-shot-1901/) - On his date in 1901, President William McKinley is shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was greeting the crowd in the Temple of Music when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, stepped forward and shot the president twice at point-blank range. McKinley lived for another week before finally succumbing to a gangrene infection
- [Crazy Horse is Killed (1877), Munich Olympic Hostage Crisis (1972) & President Ford Survives Attempted Assassination (1975)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/05/crazy-horse-is-killed-1877-munich-olympic-hostage-crisis-1972-president-ford-survives-attempted-assassination-1975/) - On this date in 1877, Oglala Sioux chief Crazy Horse is fatally bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after resisting confinement in a guardhouse at Fort Robinson, Nebraska. A year earlier, Crazy Horse was among the Sioux leaders who defeated George Armstrong Custer’s Seventh Cavalry at the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana Territory. The battle,
- [Aaron Burr is Aquitted of Treason - 1807](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/09/01/aaron-burr-is-aquitted-of-treason-1807/) - On this date in 1807, Former U.S. vice president Aaron Burr is acquitted of treason for plotting to annex parts of Louisiana and Spanish territory in Mexico to be used toward the establishment of an independent republic. He was acquitted on the grounds that, though he had conspired against the United States, he was not
- [Jack the Ripper Claims First Victim (1888) & Richard Ramirez "The Night Stalker" is Captured (1985)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/31/jack-the-ripper-claims-first-victim-1888-richard-ramirez-the-night-stalker-is-captured-1985/) - On this date in 1888, prostitute Mary Ann Nichols, the first victim of London serial killer "Jack the Ripper," is found murdered and mutilated in Whitechapel's Buck's Row. The East End of London saw four more victims of the murderer during the next few months, but no suspect was ever found. In Victorian England, London's
- [Attempted Assassination of Vladimir Lenin - 1918](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/30/attempted-assassination-of-vladimir-lenin-1918/) - On this date in 1918, after speaking at a factory in Moscow, Vladimir Lenin is shot twice by Fanya Kaplan, a member of the Social Revolutionary party. Lenin was seriously wounded but survived the attack. The assassination attempt set off a wave of reprisals by the Bolsheviks against the Social Revolutionaries and other political opponents.
- [Lord Louis Mountbatten is Assassinated - 1979](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/27/lord-louis-mountbatten-is-assassinated-1979/) - On this date in 1979, Lord Louis Mountbatten was assassinated when Irish Republican Army (IRA) terrorists detonate a 50-pound bomb hidden on his fishing vessel Shadow V. Mountbatten, a war hero, elder statesman, and second cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, was spending the day with his family in Donegal Bay off Ireland's northwest coast when
- [Preppy Murder Shocks New York City - 1986](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/26/preppy-murder-shocks-new-york-city-1986/) - On this date in 1986, 18-year-old Jennifer Levin is found dead in New York City’s Central Park less than two hours after she was seen leaving a bar on the city’s Upper East Side with 19-year-old Robert Chambers. The tall, handsome Chambers was soon arrested and charged with murder. The tabloid media dubbed Chambers, who
- [Old West Outlaw Bill Doolin is Killed - 1896](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/25/old-west-outlaw-bill-doolin-is-killed-1896/) - On this date in 1896, outlaw Bill Doolin is killed by a posse at Lawson, Oklahoma. Born in Arkansas in 1858, William Doolin was never as hardened a criminal as some of his companions. He went west in 1881, finding work in Oklahoma at the big ranch of Oscar D. Halsell. Halsell took a liking
- [Mark David Chapman is Sentenced for Murdering John Lennon - 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/24/mark-david-chapman-is-sentenced-for-murdering-john-lennon-1981/) - On this date in 1981, Mark David Chapman is sentenced to 20 years to life for the murder of John Lennon, a founding member of The Beatles, one of the most successful bands in the history of popular music. On December 8, 1980, Chapman shot and killed the 40-year-old singer, songwriter and peace activist, outside
- [Sein Fein Leader Michael Collins is Assassinated (1922) & Ma Barker Gang Robs Federal Reserve Truck (1933)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/22/sein-fein-leader-michael-collins-is-kiled-1922-ma-barker-gang-robs-federal-reserve-truck-1933/) - On this date in 1922Irish revolutionary and Sinn Fein politician Michael Collins is killed in an ambush in west County Cork, Ireland. In the early part of the century, Collins joined Sinn Fein, an Irish political party dedicated to achieving independence for all Ireland. From its inception, the party became the unofficial political wing of
- [Gunslinger John Wesley Hardin is Arrested (1877) & Sacco and Vanzetti are Executed (1927)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/23/gunslinger-john-wesley-hardin-is-arrested-1877-sacco-and-vanzetti-are-executed-1927/) - On this date in 1877, Texas Ranger John Armstrong arrests gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in a Florida rail car, returning the outlaw to Texas to stand trial for murder. Three years earlier, Hardin had killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb in a small town near Austin, Texas. Webb's murder was one in a long series of
- [Trial of outlaw Frank James begins - 1883](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/21/trial-of-outlaw-frank-james-begins-1883/) - On this date in 1883, the trial of outlaw Frank James begins in Gallatin, Missouri. It was held in the city opera house in order to accommodate the crowds of spectators. After having robbed dozens of banks and trains over nearly two decades, Frank James finally turned himself in October 1882. Discouraged by the murder
- [Menendez brothers murder their parents - 1989](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/20/menendez-brothers-murder-their-parents-1989/) - On this date in 1989, Lyle and Erik Menendez shoot their parents, Jose and Kitty, to death in the den of the family's Beverly Hills, California, home. They then drove up to Mulholland Drive, where they dumped their shotguns before continuing to a local movie theater to buy tickets as an alibi. When the pair
- [Old West Outlaw Cyrus Skinner is Released from San Quentin Prison - 1853](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/18/old-west-outlaw-cyrus-skinner-is-released-from-san-quentin-prison-1853/) - On this date in 1853, Cyrus Skinner, who would later be hanged by the Montana vigilantes, ends his first stay in the California state prison at San Quentin. Skinner was typical of the thieves and killers who terrorized the gold fields of Montana in the early 1860s. Born in Ohio in 1829, Skinner began robbing
- [John DeLorean Found Not Guilty of Drug Smuggling - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/16/john-delorean-found-not-guilty-of-drug-smuggling-1984/) - On this date in 1984, John DeLorean, the founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, is found not guilty due to entrapment after being charged with smuggling drugs in an effort to raise money for his struggling company. John Zachary DeLorean was born January 6, 1925, in Detroit, and grew up in a working-class Detroit neighborhood.
- [Francis Blandy is Poisoned (1751) & Terrorist Carlos the Jackal is Captured (1994)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/14/francis-blandy-is-poisoned-1751-terrorist-carlos-the-jackal-is-captured-1994/) - On this date in 1751, Francis Blandy falls into a coma and dies in his home outside London, England. Later that night, Blandy's daughter Mary offered one of the family's servants a large sum of money to help her get to France immediately. Mary was forced to flee on her own when he refused, but
- [Alcatraz Federal Prison Opens (1934) & Carol Bundy Confesses Role in Sunset Slayer Murders (1980)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/11/alcatraz-federal-prison-opens-1934-carol-bundy-confesses-role-in-sunset-slayer-murders-1980/) - On this date in 1934, Alcatraz Federal Prison opens. The convicts--the first civilian prisoners to be housed in the new high-security penitentiary--joined a few dozen military prisoners left over from the island's days as a U.S. military prison. Alcatraz was an uninhabited seabird haven when it was explored by Spanish Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala
- [David Berkowitz is Arrested in Connection with the Son of Sam Murders - 1977](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/10/david-berkowitz-is-arrested-in-connection-with-the-son-of-sam-murders-1977/) - On this date in 1977, 24-year-old postal employee David Berkowitz is arrested and charged with being the "Son of Sam," the serial killer who terrorized New York City for more than a year, killing six young people and wounding seven others with a .44-caliber revolver. Because Berkowitz generally targeted attractive young women with long brown
- [Richard Nixon Resigns the Presidency in Wake of Watergate Scandal - 1974](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/08/richard-nixon-resigns-the-presidency-in-wake-of-watergate-scandal-1974/) - On this date in 1974, President Richard Nixon resigns in the wake of the Watergate burglary scandal. He was the first president in American history to resign. In a televised address, Nixon, flanked by his family, announced to the American public that he would step down rather than endure a Senate impeachment trial for obstruction
- [First Execution by Electric Chair - 1890](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/06/first-execution-by-electric-chair-1890/) - On this date in 1890, the first execution by electric chair is carried out against William Kemmler, who had been convicted of murdering his lover, Matilda Ziegler, with an axe. Electrocution as a humane means of execution was first suggested in 1881 by Dr. Albert Southwick, a dentist. Southwick had witnessed an elderly drunkard "painlessly"
- [Lizzie Borden's Parents are Found Murdered - 1892](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/04/lizzie-bordens-parents-are-found-murdered-1892/) - On this day in 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden are found hacked to death in their Fall River, Massachusetts, home. Andrew was discovered in a pool of blood on the living room couch, his face nearly split in two. Abby was upstairs, her head smashed to pieces; it was later determined that she was killed
- [Jose Diaz is Murdered in Los Angeles (1942), this led to the Zoot Suit Riots of 1943](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/02/jose-diaz-is-murdered-in-los-angeles-1942-this-led-to-the-zoot-suit-riots-of-1943/) - On this date in 1942, Jose Diaz is murdered, and his body is found at the Sleepy Lagoon reservoir, near Los Angeles, California. Two days later, police began to round up and arrest 22 men of Mexican descent in the Los Angeles area for conspiring to kill Diaz. Despite a lack of evidence, the 22
- [Charles Whitman Kills 14 in University of Texas Shooting Spree - 1966](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/08/01/charles-whitman-kills-14-in-university-of-texas-shooting-spree-1966/) - On this date in 1966, Charles Whitman takes a stockpile of guns and ammunition to the observatory platform atop a 300-foot tower at the University of Texas and proceeds to shoot 46 people, killing 14 people and wounding 31. A fifteenth died in 2001 because of his injuries. Whitman, who had killed both his wife
- [Jimmy Hoffa disappears - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/31/jimmy-hoffa-disappears-1975/) - After taking another few days off from writing…the blog is back!!! On this date in 1975, Jimmy Hoffa, one of the most influential American labor leaders of the 20th century, disappears in Detroit, Michigan, never to be heard from again. Though he is popularly believed to have been the victim of a Mafia hit, conclusive
- [Serial Killer Ed Gein dies - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/26/serial-killer-ed-gein-dies-1984/) - On this date in 1984, serial killer Ed Gein, infamous for skinning human corpses, dies of complications from cancer in a Wisconsin prison. Gein served as the inspiration for writer Robert Bloch's character Norman Bates in the 1959 novel "Psycho," which in 1960 was turned into a film starring Anthony Perkins and directed by Alfred
- [Joaquin Murrieta's Head is Displayed (1853) & Mata Hari is Sentenced to Death (1917)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/25/joaquin-murrietas-head-is-displayed-1853-mata-hari-is-sentenced-to-death-1917/) - The blog is back after taking a few days to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown to witness the induction of my boyhood hero Ron Santo. (The blog maybe hit or miss for a while, as I am still on vacation). On this date in 1853, notorious California bandit Joaquin Murrieta's head is
- [McDonald's Mass Shooting at San Ysidro - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/18/mcdonalds-mass-shooting-at-san-ysidro-1984/) - On this date in 1984, James Oliver Huberty opens fire in a crowded McDonald's restaurant in San Ysidro, San Diego, California killing 21 people and wounding 19 others. Minutes earlier, Huberty had left home, telling his wife, "I'm going hunting... hunting for humans." Huberty, who had a history of mental problems, lost his job in
- [Oscar Winning Actress Celeste Holm Dies at Age 95](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/16/oscar-winning-actress-celeste-holm-dies-at-age-95/) - Yesterday, July 15, 2012, one of the last remaining stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood, Celeste Holm winner of the 1947 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress died at age 95. In the summer of 2010, I was fortunate to meet Celeste and she graciously agreed to review my 2nd book. She was candid about
- [Outlaw Billy the Kid is Shot to Death (1881) & Richard Speck Murders 8 Nurses in Chicago (1966)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/14/outlaw-billy-the-kid-is-shot-to-death-1881-richard-speck-murders-8-nurses-in-chicago-1966/) - On this date in 18881, Sheriff Pat Garrett shoots Henry McCarty, popularly known as Billy the Kid, to death at the Maxwell Ranch in New Mexico. Garrett, who had been tracking the Kid for three months after the gunslinger had escaped from prison only days before his scheduled execution. Garrett received a tip that Billy
- [Jean Paul Marat is Murdered (1793) & Last Woman is Executed in Great Britain (1955)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/13/jean-paul-marat-is-murdered-1793-last-woman-is-executed-in-great-britain-1955/) - On this date in 1793, Jean Paul Marat, one of the most outspoken leaders of the French Revolution, is stabbed to death in his bath by Charlotte Corday, a Royalist sympathizer. Originally a doctor, Marat founded the journal L'Ami du Peuple in 1789, and its fiery criticism of those in power was a contributing factor
- [Wild Bill Hickok Begin His Gunslinging Career (1861) & The Moors Murders (1963)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/12/wild-bill-hickok-begin-hos-gunslinging-career-1861-the-moors-murders-1963/) - On this date in 1861, Wild Bill Hickok begins to establish his reputation as a gunfighter after he coolly shoots three men during a shootout in Nebraska. Born in Homer (later called Troy Grove), Illinois, James Butler Hickok moved to Kansas in 1855 at the age of 18. There he filed a homestead claim, took
- [Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton Duel (1804) & The Barefoot Bandit is Captured (2010)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/11/aaron-burr-and-alexander-hamilton-duel-1804-the-barefoot-bandit-is-captured-2010/) - On this date in 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shoots his long-time political antagonist Alexander Hamilton in a duel. Alexander Hamilton, born on the Caribbean island of Nevis, came to the American colonies in 1773 as a poor immigrant. (There is some controversy as to the year of his birth, but it was either
- [Gunslinger Frank Leslie Commits Murder (1889), The Scopes Monkey Trial Begins (1925) & Exxon Valdez Captain's Conviction is Overturned (1992)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/10/gunslinger-frank-leslie-commits-murder-1889-the-scopes-monkey-trial-begins-1925-exxon-valdez-captains-conviction-is-overturned-1992/) - On this date in 1889, old west gunslinger Frank “Buckskin” Leslie murders Tombstone prostitute Blonde Mollie Williams. Leslie was an ill-tempered and violent man, especially when he drank. He told conflicting stories about his early life. At times, he said he was from Texas, at other times from Kentucky. He sometimes claimed he had been
- [Mary Surratt is first woman executed by the U.S. government - 1865](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/07/mary-surratt-is-first-woman-executed-by-the-u-s-government-1865/) - On this date in 1865, Mary Surratt and three others are executed by the U.S. government for their role as conspirators in Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Surratt, who owned a tavern in Surrattsville (now Clinton), Maryland, had to convert her row house in Washington D.C., into a boardinghouse as a result of financial difficulties. Located a
- [Mobster George "Bugs" Moran is Arrested - 1946](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/06/mobster-george-bugs-moran-is-arrested-1946/) - On this date in 1946, FBI agents arrest George "Bugs" Moran, along with fellow crooks Virgil Summers and Albert Fouts, in Kentucky. Moran once one of the biggest organized crime figures in America, he had been reduced to small bank robberies by this time. He died in prison 11 years later. Bugs Moran's criminal career
- [Black Sox Trial Begins - 1921](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/05/black-sox-trial-begins-1921/) - On this date in 1921, Judge Hugo Friend denies a motion to quash the indictments against eight members of the Chicago White Sox who were accused of throwing the 1919 World Series and the trial begins with jury selection. The Chicago White Sox players, including stars Shoeless Joe Jackson, Buck Weaver, Eddie Cicotte and Claude
- [Tom Cruise is Born - 1962](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/03/tom-cruise-is-born-1962/) - On this day in 1962, actor Tom Cruise is born in Syracuse, New York. After his breakout role in the 1983 film Risky Business, Cruise went on to become one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, appearing in a long list of critically acclaimed dramas and blockbuster action movies. At age 18, Cruise made his
- [Serial Killer Martha Ann Johnson is Arrested - 1989](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/03/serial-killer-martha-ann-johnson-is-arrested-1989/) - On this date in 1989, Martha Ann Johnson is arrested in Georgia for the 1982 murder of her oldest child, Jennyann Wright, after an Atlanta newspaper initiated a new investigation into her suspicious death. Johnson's three other children had also mysteriously died between 1977 and 1982. Back in September 1977, Johnson (who was only 21
- [President James A. Garfield is Shot - 1881](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/07/02/president-james-a-garfield-is-shot-1881/) - On this date in 1881, President James A. Garfield is shot as he walks through a railroad waiting room in Washington, D.C. Garfield's assassin was an attorney and political office-seeker named Charles Guiteau. He was a relative stranger to the president and his administration in an era when federal positions were doled out on a
- [Jayne Mansfield is Killed in Car Crash (1967) & Katharine Hepburn dies (2003)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/29/jayne-mansfield-is-killed-in-car-crash-1967-katharine-hepburn-dies-2003/) - On this date in 1967, Blonde bombshell actress Jayne Mansfield is killed when the car in which she is riding strikes the rear of a trailer truck on Interstate-90 east of New Orleans, Louisiana. Mansfield had been on her way to New Orleans from Biloxi, Mississippi, where she had been performing a standing engagement at
- [Joseph Smith is Murdered - 1844](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/27/jospeh-smith-is-murdered-1844/) - On this date in 1844, Joseph Smith, the founder and leader of the Mormon religion, is murdered along with his brother Hyrum when an anti-Mormon mob breaks into a jail where they are being held in Carthage, Illinois. Born in Vermont in 1805, Smith claimed in 1823 that he had been visited by a Christian
- [Congress Passes the Mann Act - 1910](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/25/congresspasses-the-mann-act-1910/) - On this date in 1910, Congress passes the Mann Act, also known as the White Slave Traffic Act. This legislation was ostensibly aimed at keeping innocent girls from being lured into prostitution, but really offered a way to make a crime out of many kinds of consensual sexual activity. The outrage over "white slavery" began
- [Mafia Boss John Gotti is Convicted (1992) & William Bayly of New Zealand is Convicted of Murder (1934)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/23/mafia-boss-john-gotti-is-convicted-1992-william-bayly-of-new-zealand-is-convicted-of-murder-1934/) - On this date in 1992, mafia boss John Gotti is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty on 14 accounts of conspiracy to commit murder and racketeering. Moments after his sentence was read in a federal courthouse in Brooklyn, hundreds of Gotti's supporters stormed the building and overturned and smashed cars before being
- [Mobster James "Whitey" Bulger is arrested - 2011](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/22/mobster-james-whitey-bulger-is-arrested-2011/) - On this date in 2011, James “Whitey” Bulger, a violent Boston mob boss wanted for 19 murders, is arrested in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger, one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives, was arrested with his longtime companion, 60-year-old Catherine Greig, who fled Massachusetts with the gangster in late 1994, shortly before he
- [John Hinckley is Found Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity - 1982](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/21/john-hinckley-is-found-not-guilty-by-reason-of-insanity-1982/) - On this date in 1982, John W. Hinckley, Jr., who on March 30, 1981, shot President Ronald Reagan and three others outside the Washington Hilton Hotel, was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity. In the trial, Hinckley's defense attorneys argued that their client was ill with narcissistic personality disorder, citing medical
- [Mobster Bugsy Siegel is Killed - 1947](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/20/mobster-bugsy-siegel-is-killed-1947/) - On this date in 1947, Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel, the man who brought organized crime to the West Coast, is shot and killed at his girl friend, Virginia Hill’s home in Beverley Hills, California. Siegel had been talking to his associate Allen Smiley when three bullets were fired through the window and into his head, killing
- [Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are Executed - 1953](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/19/julius-ethel-rosenberg-are-executed-1953/) - On this date in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were executed. They had been convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their executions. The Rosenberg’s were the first U.S. citizens to be convicted and executed
- [Judy Garland Marries Vincente Minnelli - 1945](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/15/judy-garland-marries-vincente-minnelli-1945/) - On this date in 1945, the 23-year-old actress and singer Judy Garland marries director Vincente Minnelli, her second husband. Garland was born Frances Gumm in 1922, in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Her parents ran a movie theater, and at age three Frances joined her two older sisters in a vaudeville act called The Gumm Sisters that
- [TWA Flight 847 is Hijacked - 1985](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/14/twa-flight-847-is-hijacked-1985/) - On this date in 1985, TWA Flight 847 from Athens to Rome is hijacked by Shiite Hezbollah terrorists. The hijackers demand to know the identity of ''those with Jewish-sounding names," then forced the plane to land in Beirut, Lebanon. Once on the ground, the hijackers called for passengers with Israeli passports, but there were none.
- [Miranda Rights Established - 1966](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/13/miranda-rights-established-1966/) - On this day in 1966, the Supreme Court hands down its decision in Miranda v. Arizona, establishing the principle that all criminal suspects must be advised of their rights before interrogation. Now considered standard police procedure, "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can, and will, be used against you in court
- [Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman are Murdered - 1994](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/12/nicole-simpson-and-ron-goldman-are-murdered-1994/) - On this date in 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ron Goldman are brutally stabbed to death outside Nicole's home in Brentwood, California. In what quickly becomes one of the most highly publicized trials of the century and with overwhelming evidence against him, including a prior record of domestic violence towards Brown, O.J. Simpson became the
- [Escape from Alcatraz (1962) and John Wayne Dies (1979)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/11/escape-from-alcatraz-1962-and-john-wayne-dies-1979/) - On this date in 1962, John and Clarence Anglin and Frank Lee Morris attempt to escape from Alcatraz federal prison. The three men were never seen again, and although some believe that theirs was the only successful getaway from what was known as "The Rock," it is far more likely that they drowned in the
- [Heidi Fleiss is arrested - 1993](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/09/heidi-fleiss-is-arrested-1993/) - On this day in 1993, the now-infamous madam-to-the-stars Heidi Fleiss is arrested. In the 1980s, Fleiss’ then-boyfriend introduced her to the leading Beverly Hills madam Elizabeth (Alex) Adams, who, according to Fleiss, taught her the tricks of the trade. Before long, Fleiss started a competing business, and when Adams was arrested in 1988, Fleiss took
- [James Earl Ray is Arrested - 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/08/james-earl-ray-is-arrested-1968/) - On this date in 1968, James Earl Ray is arrested in London, England, and charged with the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. On April 4, 1968, in Memphis, King was fatally wounded by a sniper's bullet while standing on the balcony outside his second-story room at the Motel Lorraine. That evening, a Remington .30-06
- [Jean Harlow Dies - 1937](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/07/jean-harlow-dies-1937/) - On this day in 1937, actress Jean Harlow dies from kidney failure at the age of 26. Born Harlean Carpenter in Kansas City, Missouri, she moved with her mother to Los Angeles as a child after her parents separated. Harlean was an amalgam of her mother’s maiden name, Jean Harlow, which the actress later took
- [Robert Kennedy is Shot - 1968](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/05/robert-kennedy-is-shot-1968/) - On this date in 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the California presidential primary. Immediately after he announced to his cheering supporters that the country was ready to end its fractious divisions, Kennedy was shot several times by the 22-year-old Palestinian Sirhan Sirhan. He died a
- [Angelina Jolie is Born - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/04/angelina-jolie-is-born-1975/) - On this day in 1975, the Academy Award-winning actress Angelina Jolie (Voight) is born in Los Angeles, California. Jolie’s father, actor Jon Voight, had been nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for Midnight Cowboy (1969); he won the award for Coming Home (1978). Her mother, Marcheline Bertrand, was also an actress; the couple divorced when
- [Serial Killer Leonard Lake is Arrested - 1985](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/02/serial-killer-leonard-lake-is-arrested-1985/) - On this date in 1985, serial killer Leonard Lake is arrested near San Francisco, California. This ended one of the rare cases of serial killers working together. Lake and Charles Ng were responsible for a series of particularly brutal crimes against young women in California and the Pacific Northwest during the mid-1980s. Lake was a
- [Marilyn Monroe is Born - 1926](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/06/01/marilyn-monore-is-born-1926/) - On this date in 1926, Marilyn Monroe is born in Los Angeles, California. She was born Norma Jeane Mortenson, but later given her mother’s name, and baptized Norma Jeane Baker. After a tumultuous childhood in which both maternal grandparents and her mother were committed to mental institutions, Norma Jeane lived with a string of foster
- [Clint Eastwood is Born - 1930](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/31/clint-eastwood-is-born-1930/) - On this date in 1930, Clint Eastwood is born in San Francisco, California. With his father, Eastwood wandered the West Coast as a boy during the Depression. Then, after four years in the Army Special Services, Eastwood went to Hollywood, where he got his start in a string of B-movies. For eight years, Eastwood played
- [Andrew Jackson Kills Charles Dickinson in a Duel - 1806](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/30/andrew-jackson-kills-charles-dickinson-in-a-duel-1806/) - Just announced...Murder & Mayhem was an honored "runner-up finalist" in the 2012 Indie Excellence National Best Book Awards for True Crime On this day in 1806, future President Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel. The proud and volatile Jackson called for the duel after his wife Rachel was slandered as a bigamist by
- [Bob Hope is Born - 1903](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/29/bob-hope-is-born-1903/) - On this date in 1903, actor/ comedienne Bob Hope is born. One of the leading talents on the vaudeville scene by the 1930s, the London-born, American-raised Hope met his future wife (of nearly seven decades), the nightclub singer Dolores Reade, while he was performing on Broadway in the musical Roberta. They married in 1934, and
- [John Wayne is Born - 1907](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/26/john-wayne-is-born-1907/) - On this date in 1907, John Wayne, an actor who came to epitomize the American West, is born in Winterset, Iowa. Born Marion Michael Morrison, Wayne's family moved to Glendale, California, when he was six years old. As a teen, he rose at four in the morning to deliver newspapers, and after school he played
- [Star Wars is Released - 1977](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/25/star-wars-is-released-1977/) - On this date in 1977, 20th Century Fox releases George Lucas' space odyssey Star Wars. After Lucas' second feature film, American Graffiti (1973), became a hit, Fox agreed to put up $9.5 million for the writer-director's next project. After four years in production, including location shots in Tunisia and Death Valley, California, Star Wars was
- [Outlaw Henry Plummer is Elected Sheriff of Bannack, Montana - 1863](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/24/outlaw-henry-plummer-is-elected-sheriff-of-bannack-monatana-1863/) - On this date in 1863, the good citizens of Bannack, Montana, elect Henry Plummer as their new sheriff, not realizing he is a hardened outlaw who will use his office to rob and murder them. Born and reared in Maine, Plummer went west in 1852 and settled in the California gold mining town of Nevada
- [Bonnie & Clyde are Killed (1934) & Notorious Pirate Captain Kidd is Hanged (1701)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/23/bonnie-clyde-are-killed-1934-notorious-pirate-captain-kidd-is-hanged-1701/) - On this date in 1934, famed fugitives Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker are killed in a police ambush near Sailes, Louisiana. A contingent of officers from Texas and Louisiana set up along the highway, waiting for Bonnie and Clyde to appear, and then unloaded a two-minute fusillade of 167 bullets at their car, killing the
- [Murder & Mayhem is Named Winner of the 2012 International Book Awards](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/22/murder-mayhem-is-named-winner-of-the-2012-international-book-awards/) - Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949 was named the WINNER of the 2012 JPX Media International Book Awards in the Non-Fiction/ True Crime category http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2012awardannouncement.html
- [Leopold & Loeb Murder - 1924](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/21/leopold-loeb-murder-1924/) - On this date in 1924, fourteen-year-old Bobbie Franks is abducted from a Chicago, Illinois, street and killed in what later proves to be one of the most fascinating murders in American history. The killers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, were extremely wealthy and intelligent teenagers whose sole motive for killing Franks was the desire to
- [Mary Kay Letourneau Marries her Victim - 2005](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/20/mary-kay-letourneau-marries-her-victim-2005/) - On this date in 2005, ex-teacher Mary Kay Letourneau marries her former victim and the father of two of her children, Vili Fualaau. Just nine months earlier, Letourneau had been released from prison after serving a seven-and-a-half year sentence for raping Fualaau. Letourneau first met Fualaau when she was a teacher at Shorewood Elementary School,
- [Aimee Semple McPherson Vanishes - 1926](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/18/aimee-semple-mcpherson-vanishes-1926/) - On this date in 1926, Aimee Semple McPherson, a nationally known evangelist, disappears from Venice Beach in Los Angeles, California. Police dispatched planes and ships in an effort to find her, but she was nowhere to be found. Authorities later discovered that radio announcer Kenneth Ormiston, a friend of McPherson, had also vanished. McPherson was
- [1st Academy Award Ceremony is Held - 1929](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/16/1st-academy-award-ceremony-is-held-1929/) - On this day in 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out its first awards, at a dinner party for around 250 people held in the Blossom Room of the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, California. The brainchild of Louis B. Mayer, head of the powerful MGM film studio, the Academy was organized
- [Second Vilgilance Committe Formed in San Francisco - 1856](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/15/second-vilgilance-committe-formed-in-san-francisco-1856/) - On this date in 1856, angered by the shooting of a prominent journalist, San Franciscans form their second vigilance committee to combat lawlessness. The need for vigilance committees in San Francisco was obvious. Only two years after gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848, San Francisco had grown from a sleepy little village with
- [Katharine Hepburn is Born - 1907](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/12/katharine-hepburn-is-born-1907/) - On this day in 1907, actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Because of her performances in such films as The Philadelphia Story and On Golden Pond, will become one of the most celebrated actresses of the 20th century. The daughter of New England intellectuals who stressed rigorous exercise and independent thinking, Hepburn studied
- [British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval is Assassinated - 1812](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/11/british-prime-minister-spencer-perceval-is-assassinated-1812/) - On this date in 1812, Spencer Perceval, prime minister of Britain since 1809, is shot to death by demented businessman John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons. Bellingham, who was inflamed by his failure to obtain government compensation for war debts incurred in Russia, gave himself up immediately. Spencer Perceval had a
- [Joan Crawford Dies (1977) & J Edgar Hoover is Named Acting Director of FBI (1924)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/10/joan-crawford-dies-1977-j-edgar-hoover-is-named-acting-director-of-fbi-1924/) - On this date in 1977, legendary actress Joan Crawford dies at her New York City apartment. Born Lucille Fay Le Sueur (her birth year has been variously recorded as 1904 or 1908), Crawford was a nightclub dancer who broke into Broadway musicals in the Jazz Age of the 1920s. She first twisted her way into
- [Thomas Blood, better known as Captain Blood attempts to Steal the Crown Jewels in 1671](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/09/thomas-blood-better-known-as-captain-blood-attempts-to-steal-the-crown-jewels-in-1671/) - On this date in 1671, Thomas Blood, an Irish adventurer better known as "Captain Blood," is captured attempting to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. Blood, a Parliamentarian during the English Civil War, was deprived of his estate in Ireland with the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660. In 1663, he
- [Dr No Premieres - 1963](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/08/dr-no-premieres-1963/) - On this date in 1963, Dr. No premieres and moviegoers get their first look at the super-spy James Bond (codename: 007), the immortal character created by Ian Fleming in his now-famous series of novels and portrayed onscreen by the relatively unknown Scottish actor Sean Connery. Connery had acted in Repertory Theater and television and scored
- [Serial Killer H.H. Holmes is Executed (1896) & Actor Gary Cooper is Born (1901)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/07/serial-killer-h-h-holmes-is-executed-1896-actor-gary-cooper-is-born-1901/) - On this date in 1896, Dr. H. H. Holmes, one of America's first well-known serial killers, is hanged to death in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Although his criminal exploits were just as extensive and occurred during the same time period as Jack the Ripper, the Arch Fiend--as Holmes was known--has not endured in the public's memory the
- [Executioner George Maledon Dies - 1911](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/06/executioner-george-maledon-dies-1911/) - On this date in 1911, George Maledon, the man who executed at least 60 men for "Hanging Judge" Isaac Parker, dies from natural causes in Tennessee. Few men actively seek out the job of hangman and Maledon was no exception. Raised by German immigrants in Detroit, Michigan. Maledon moved to Fort Smith, Arkansas, in his
- [Haymarket Square Riot (1886) & Actress Audrey Hepburn is Born (1929)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/04/haymarket-square-riot-1886-actress-audrey-hepburn-is-born-1929/) - On this date in 1886, a bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up a labor rally at Haymarket Square in Chicago, Illinois. The police responded with wild gunfire, killing several people in the crowd and injuring dozens more. The demonstration, which drew some 1,500 Chicago workers, was organized by German-born
- [J Edgar Hoover Dies - 1972](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/02/j-edgar-hoover-dies-1972/) - On this date in 1972, after nearly five decades as director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover dies. He leaves the powerful government agency without the administrator who had been largely responsible for its existence and shape. Educated as a lawyer and a librarian, Hoover joined the Department of Justice in
- [Citizen Kane Debuts (1941) & Former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams is Indicted for Manslaughter (2002)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/05/01/citizen-kane-debuts-1941-former-nba-all-star-jayson-williams-is-indicted-for-manslaughter-2002/) - On this date in 1941, Citizen Kane, was premiered at the RKO Palace Theater. Months before its release, Orson Welles’ landmark film Citizen Kane began generating such controversy that Radio City Music Hall eventually refused to show it. By the time he began working on Citizen Kane, the 24-year-old Welles had already made a name
- [Burton Mossman Arizona Lawman is Born (1867) & First Women's Prison is Opened (1927)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/30/burton-mossman-arizona-lawman-is-born-1867-first-womens-prison-is-opened-1927/) - On this date in 1867, Burton C. Mossman, Old West Lawman and rancher is born in Aurora, Illinois. Little is known about Mossman's childhood in Illinois, though he apparently learned to be self-reliant and resourceful at a young age. When he was 21, Mossman left home and moved to Mexico, where he quickly began proving
- [Rodney King Beating Verdicts/ LA Riots - 1992](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/29/rodney-king-beating-verdicts-la-riots-1992/) - On this date in 1992, a jury of 10 whites, one Hispanic, and one Filipina in the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley acquits four police officers who had been charged with using excessive force in arresting black motorist Rodney King a year earlier. The announcement of the verdict, which enraged the black community, prompted
- [Mutiny on the HMS Bounty - 1789](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/28/mutiny-on-the-hms-bounty-1789/) - On this date in 1789, three weeks into a journey from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty is seized in a mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, the master's mate. Captain William Bligh and 18 of his loyal supporters were set adrift in a small, open boat, and the Bounty set course for Tubuai
- [Andrew Cunanan Begins a Cross Country Killing Spree - 1997](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/27/andrew-cunanan-begins-a-cross-country-killing-spree-1997/) - On this date in 1997, Andrew Cunanan kills Jeffrey Trail by beating him to death with a claw hammer in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Trail's murder set Cunanan off on a killing spree that ended in July when he killed himself on a houseboat in Miami Beach. Cunanan spent most of his adult life as the kept
- [John Wilkes Booth is Killed (1865) & 13 Year Old Mary Phagan is Murder (1913)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/26/john-wilkes-booth-is-killed-1865-13-year-old-mary-phagan-is-murder-1913/) - On this date in 1863, John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. Twenty-six-year-old Booth was one of the most famous actors in the country when he shot Lincoln during a performance at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., on the
- [Ginger Rogers Dies - 1995](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/25/ginger-rogers-dies-1995/) - On this day in 1995, the actress Ginger Rogers, best known for the 10 films she made with her dance partner Fred Astaire, dies at the age of 83. Born in Missouri, Rogers began taking dance and singing lessons as a toddler. By age five, she was appearing in commercials. At age 15, she won
- [Forensic Evidence First Used in Australia (1922) & The Jane Fonda Workout Video is Released (1982)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/24/forensic-evidence-first-used-in-australia-1922-the-jane-fonda-workout-video-is-released-1982/) - Forensic evidence is first used in a criminal case in Australia on this date in 1922. Colin Ross is hanged to death in Australia for the rape and murder of 13-year-old Alma Tirtschke. Ross was one of the first criminals in Australia to be convicted based on forensic evidence. On December 30, 1921, Tirtschke was
- [King Brian Boru of Ireland is Assassinated (1014) & Sirhan Sirhan is Sentenced to Death for the Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy (1969)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/23/king-brian-boru-of-ireland-is-assassinated-1014-sirhan-sirha-is-sentenced-to-death-for-the-assassination-of-robert-f-kennedy-1969/) - On this date in 1014, Brian Boru, the high king of Ireland, is assassinated by a group of retreating Norsemen shortly after his Irish forces defeated them. Brian, a clan prince, seized the throne of the southern Irish state of Dal Cais from its Eogharacht rulers in 963. He subjugated all of Munster, extended his
- [Ohio Passes Anti-Seduction Laws (1886), President Richard Nixon Dies (1994), & Actor Jack Nicholson is Born (1937)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/22/ohio-passes-anti-seduction-laws-1886-richard-nixon-died-1994-actor-jack-nicholson-is-born-1937/) - On this date in 1886, Ohio passes a statute that makes seduction unlawful. Covering all men over the age of 18 who worked as teachers or instructors of women, this law even prohibited men from having consensual sex with women (of any age) whom they were instructing. The penalty for disobeying this law ranged from
- [Robert Alton Harris is Executed in California - 1991](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/21/robert-alton-harris-is-executed-in-california-1991/) - On this date in 1992, Robert Alton Harris is executed in California’s gas chamber after 13 years on death row. This was California's first execution since former Chief Justice Rose Bird and two other state Supreme Court justices, Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso, had been rejected by California voters. From 1979 to 1986, the Bird
- [Edgar Allan Poe's "Murder in the Rue Morgue" First Published - 1841](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/20/edgar-allan-poes-murder-in-the-rue-morgue-first-published-1841/) - On this date in 1841, Edgar Allen Poe's story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue, first appears in Graham's Lady's and Gentleman's Magazine. The tale is generally considered to be the first detective story. The story describes the extraordinary "analytical power" used by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in Paris.
- [Oklahoma City Bombing (1995) & The Central Park Jogger Case (1989)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/19/oklahoma-city-bombing-1995-the-central-park-jogger-case-1989/) - On this date in 1995, a massive truck bomb explodes outside the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The blast collapsed the north face of the nine-story building, instantly killing more than 100 people and trapping dozens more in the rubble. Emergency crews raced to Oklahoma City from across the country, and
- [Bombing of the American Embassy in Beirut (1983) & Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier of Monaco (1956) ](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/18/bombing-of-the-american-embassy-in-beirut-1983-grace-kelly-marries-prince-rainier-of-monaco-1956/) - On this date in 1983, the U.S. embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, is almost completely destroyed by a car-bomb explosion that kills 63 people, including the suicide bomber and 17 Americans. The terrorist attack was carried out in protest of the U.S. military presence in Lebanon. In 1975, a bloody civil war erupted in Lebanon, with
- [NBC Radio Executives Wife is Brutally Murdered - 1936](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/17/nbc-radio-executives-wife-is-brutally-murdered-1936/) - After a week of tracking down every conceivable lead, police finally find the evidence they need in order to break the case of Nancy Titterton's rape-murder in New York City. Titterton, a novelist and the wife of NBC executive Lewis Titterton, was raped and strangled in her upscale home on Beekman Place on the morning
- [Charlie Chaplin is Born - 1889](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/16/charlie-chaplin-is-born-1889/) - On April 16, 1889, Charlie Chaplin is born in London. Chaplin, one of the most financially successful stars of early Hollywood, was introduced to the stage when he was five. The son of London music hall entertainers, young Chaplin was watching a show starring his mother when her voice cracked. He was quickly shuffled onto
- [Virginia Tech Shooting - 2007](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/16/virginia-tech-shooting-2007/) - On this day in 2007, in one of the deadliest shootings in U.S. history, 32 students and teachers die after being gunned down on the campus Virginia Tech by Seung Hui Cho, a student at the school who later dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. The violence began around 7:15 a.m., when Cho, a 23-year-old
- [Greta Garbo Dies - 1990](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/15/greta-garbo-dies-1990/) - On this day in 1990, the beautiful, enigmatic Swedish film star Greta Garbo dies at the age of 84, in New York City. Born Greta Gustaffson, Garbo grew up in poverty in Stockholm, working in a barber shop and later in a department store to help support her family after her father died. From 1922
- [Sacco & Vanzetti Murders - 1920](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/15/sacco-vanzetti-murders-1920/) - On this date in 1920, a paymaster and a security guard are killed during a mid-afternoon armed robbery of a shoe company in South Braintree, Massachusetts. Out of this rather unremarkable crime grew one of the most famous trials in American history and a landmark case in forensic crime detection. Both Fred Parmenter and Alessandro
- [Barbra Steisand Wins Best Actress Oscar - 1969](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/14/barbra-steisand-wins-best-actress-oscar-1969/) - On this day in 1969, the 41st annual Oscar ceremony is broadcast live around the world. It was the first time the ceremony had been televised worldwide, as well as the first Oscar ceremony to be held in the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion of the Los Angeles Music Center. Adding to the momentous nature of the
- [President Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated - 1865](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/14/president-abraham-lincoln-is-assassinated-1865/) - On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth, a famous actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War. Booth
- [Sydney Poitier Wins Oscar - 1964](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/13/sydney-poitier-wins-oscar-1964/) - On this day in 1964, Sydney Poitier becomes the first African American to win the Oscar for Best Actor, for his role as a construction worker who helps build a chapel in Lilies of the Field (1963).
- [Butch Cassidy is Born - 1866](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/13/butch-cassidy-is-born-1866/) - Butch Cassidy, the last of the great western train-robbers, is born on this day in 1866 in Beaver, Utah Territory.
- [Outlaw Jesse James is Shot to Death - 1882](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/03/outlaw-jesse-james-is-shot-to-death-1882/) - On this date in 1882, one of America's most famous criminals, Jesse James, is shot to death by fellow gang member Robert Ford, who betrayed James For 16 years, Jesse and his brother, Frank, committed robberies and murders throughout the Midwest. Detective magazines and pulp novels glamorized the James gang, turning them into mythical Robin
- [Alec Guinness & Buddy Ebsen](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/02/alec-guinness-buddy-ebsen/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Alec Guinness was born on April 2, in London. In films, Guinness was initially associated mainly with the Ealing comedies, and particularly for playing eight different characters in Kind Hearts and Coronets. In 1952, he was cast in his first romantic lead role, opposite Petula Clark in The
- [John Gotti Convicted of Murder & Racketeering - 1992](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/02/john-gotti-convicted-of-murder-racketeering-1992/) - On this date in 1992, a jury in New York finds mobster John Gotti, nicknamed the Teflon Don for his ability to elude conviction, guilty on 13 counts, including murder and racketeering. In the wake of the conviction, the assistant director of the FBI’s New York office, James Fox, was quoted as saying, “The don
- [Lon Chaney Sr. & Wallace Beery](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/01/lon-chaney-sr-wallace-beery/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Lon Chaney, Sr. was born on April 1, 1883 in Colorado Springs. Colorado. He is regarded as one of the most versatile and powerful actors of early cinema, renowned for his characterizations of tortured, often grotesque and afflicted characters, and his groundbreaking artistry with makeup. He is known
- [Marvin Gaye Shot and Killed - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/04/01/marvin-gaye-shot-and-killed-1984/) - On this date in 1984, Marvin Gaye was shot and killed by his father. He was the Prince of Motown, the soulful voice behind hits as wide-ranging as "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)" and "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)." Like his label-mate Stevie Wonder, Gaye both epitomized and outgrew the crowd-pleasing
- [The Matrix is released on this date in 1999](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/31/the-matrix-is-released-on-this-date-in-1999/) - On this day in 1999, the writing and directing sibling team of Andy and Larry Wachowski release their second film, the mind-blowing science-fiction blockbuster The Matrix. Born and raised in Chicago, the Wachowski brothers both dropped out of college and started a house-painting and construction business before they got into the film industry. They collaborated
- [Elephant Butte New Mexico Murders - 1999](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/31/elephant-butte-new-mexico-murders-1999/) - On this date in 1999, law enforcement officers in Elephant Butte, New Mexico, began digging for evidence near the mobile home of David Parker Ray and Cynthia Lea Hendy after more evidence came to light about the couple's activities. On March 22, a twenty-two year old woman was found running naked, except for a padlocked
- [James Cagney](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/30/james-cagney/) - Who died on this date: On March 30, 1986, actor James Cagney died. He was born on July 17, 1899 in New York City. Although he won acclaim and major awards in a wide variety of performances, he is best remembered for playing tough guys. Cagney's seventh film, The Public Enemy, became one of the
- [President Ronald Reagan Shot - 1981](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/30/president-ronald-reagan-shot-1981/) - On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan is shot in the chest outside the Washington Hilton, hotel by a deranged drifter named John Hinckley Jr. The president had just finished addressing a labor meeting at the Washington Hilton Hotel and was walking with his entourage to his limousine when Hinckley, standing among a group of
- [The Mad Bomber Strikes Grand Central Station in New York - 1951](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/29/the-mad-bomber-strikes-grand-central-station-in-new-york-1951/) - On this day in 1951, a homemade device explodes at Grand Central Station in New York City, startling commuters but injuring no one. In the next few months, five more bombs were found at landmark sites around New York, including the public library. Authorities realized that this new wave of terrorist acts was the work
- [First Successful use of Fingerprint Evidence in British Murder case - 1905](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/27/first-successful-use-of-fingerprint-evidence-in-british-murder-case-1905/) - On this date in 1905, Thomas and Ann Farrow, shopkeepers in South London, are discovered bludgeoned in their home. Thomas was already dead, but Ann was still breathing. She died four days later without ever having regained consciousness. The brutal crime was solved using the newly developed fingerprinting technique. Only three years earlier, the first
- [Marlon Brando Boycotts Academy Awards - 1973](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/27/marlon-brando-boycotts-academy-awards-1973/) - On this day in 1973, the actor Marlon Brando declines the Academy Award for Best Actor for his career-reviving performance in The Godfather. The Native American actress Sacheen Littlefeather attended the ceremony in Brando’s place, stating that the actor “very regretfully” could not accept the award, as he was protesting Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans
- [72nd Academy Awards are held - 2000](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/26/72nd-academy-awards-are-held-2000/) - On this day in 2000, Billy Crystal hosts the 72nd annual Academy Awards ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. An Oscar crisis had been narrowly averted a week earlier, when Willie Fulgear, a man who made his living recovering and selling discarded objects, found 10 packing crates filled with 52 gold-plated Oscar statuettes
- [Heaven's Gate Cult Mass Suicide - 1997](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/26/heavens-gate-cult-mass-suicide-1997/) - On March 26, 1997, following an anonymous tip, police enter a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, an exclusive suburb of San Diego, California, and discover 39 victims of a mass suicide. The deceased, 21 women and 18 men of varying ages were all found lying peaceably in matching dark clothes and Nike sneakers and had
- [King Faisal of Saudi Arabia is assassinated - 1975](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/25/king-faisal-of-saudi-arabia-is-assassinated-1975/) - On this date in 1975, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia was shot to death by his nephew, Prince Faisal. King Faisal, son of King Ibn Saud, fought in the military campaigns in the 1920s and '30s that helped forge modern Saudi Arabia. He later served as Saudi ambassador to the United Nations and in 1953
- [Jonesboro Arkansas School Shooting - 1998](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/24/jonesboro-arkansas-school-shooting-1998/) - Mitchell Johnson, 13, and Andrew Golden, 11, shoot their classmates and teachers in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Golden, the younger of the two boys, asked to be excused from his class, pulled a fire alarm and then ran to join Johnson in a wooded area 100 yards away from the school's gym. As the students streamed out
- [74th Academy Awards is held - Halle Berry Wins Best Actress](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/24/74th-academy-awards-is-held-halle-berry-wins-best-actress/) - On this day in 2002, the 74th annual Academy Awards ceremony is held at its brand new venue, the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Completed the previous November, the $94 million Kodak Theatre would be the first permanent home for the Academy Awards ceremony. At the first Oscar ceremony since the terrorist attacks on September
- [Luis Donaldo Colosio Mexican Presidential candidate is assassinated - 1994](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/23/luis-donaldo-colosio-mexican-presidential-candidate-is-assassinated-1994/) - On this date in 1994, Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico’s ruling party's presidential candidate, is gunned down during a campaign rally in the northern border town of Tijuana. As a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), the political party that held power in Mexico for most of the 20th century, Colosio became the protÝgÝ of
- [Karl Malden](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/22/karl-malden/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Karl Malden was born Mladen George Sekulovich on March 22, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois. In a career that spanned more than seven decades, he performed in such classic films as A Street Car Named Desire, for which he won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; On the Water
- [McMartin Pre-school Molestation Indictments - 1984](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/22/mcmartin-pre-school-molestation-indictments-1984/) - On this date in 1984, seven teachers at the McMartin Preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are indicted by the Los Angeles County grand jury after hearing testimony from 18 children. Included among the charged are Peggy McMartin Buckey, the head of the school and her son Ray Buckey, after seven years and millions of dollars,
- [Dallas TV Show "Who Shot JR" Episode aired - 1980](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/21/dallas-tv-show-who-shot-jr-episode-aired-1980/) - On this day in 1980, J.R. Ewing, the character millions love to hate on television’s popular prime-time drama Dallas, is shot by an unknown assailant. The shooting made the season-ending episode one of TV’s most famous cliffhangers, inspired widespread media coverage and left America wondering “Who shot J.R.?” for the next eight months. On November
- [Alcatraz Prison Closes - 1963](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/21/alcatraz-prison-closes-1963/) - On this date in 1963, Alcatraz Prison in San Francisco Bay closes down and transfers its last prisoners. At it's peak period of use in 1950s, "The Rock, or ""America's Devil Island" housed over 200 inmates at the maximum-security facility. Alcatraz remains an icon of American prisons for its harsh conditions and record for being
- [Academy Awards Ceremony First Televised - 1953](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/19/academt-awards-ceremony-first-televised-1953/) - On this night in 1953, for the first time, audiences are able to sit in their living rooms and watch as the movie world’s most prestigious honors, the Academy Awards, are given out at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, California. Organized in May 1927, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was envisioned as
- [Raymond Clark III pleads guilty to the murder of Yale student Annie Le - 2011](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/17/raymond-clark-iii-pleads-guilty-to-the-murder-of-yale-student-annie-le-2011/) - On this day in 2011, 26-year-old Raymond Clark III, a former animal research assistant at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, pleads guilty to the murder and attempted sexual assault of 24-year-old Yale graduate student Annie Le. On September 13, 2009, Le’s partially decomposed body was found stuffed behind a wall in the university research
- [Jilted Lover Murder, Judge Roy Bean dies, Terry Anderson is Kidnapped, Robert Blake is aquitted of murder](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/16/jilted-lover-murder-judge-roy-bean-dies-terry-anderson-is-kidnapped-robert-blake-is-aquitted-of-murder/) - The Jilted Lover Murder - 1881 Francisco "Chico" Forster is shot to death on downtown Los Angeles street by his jilted lover, eighteen-year old Lastania Abarta. The forty-year old Forster was the son of wealthy Los Angeles land developer and considered one of the city's most eligible bachelors despite his reputation for womanizing and poorly
- [Susan Hayward](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/14/susan-hayward/) - Who died on this date: On March 14, 1975, actress Susan Hayward died. She was born Edythe Marrenner on June 30, 1917 in Brooklyn, New York. After working as a fashion model in New York, Hayward travelled to Hollywood in 1937 when open auditions were held for the leading role in Gone with the Wind
- [FBI's Most Wanted List debuts - 1950](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/14/fbis-most-wanted-list-debuts-1950/) - On this day in 1950, the Federal Bureau of Investigation institutes the "Ten Most Wanted Fugitives" list in an effort to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. The creation of the program arose out of a wire service news story in 1949 about the "toughest guys" the FBI wanted to capture. The story drew so much public
- [Gordon MacRae & Betty Hutton](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/12/gordon-macrae-betty-hutton/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Gordon MacRae was born on March 12, 1921 in East Orange, New Jersey. He is best known for his appearances in the film Oklahoma (1955) and Carousel. In 1951, he starred with Doris Day in On Moonlight Bay, followed by the sequel By the Light of the Silvery
- [George Harrison arrested for drug possession](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/12/george-harrison-arrested-for-drug-possession/) - On March 12, 1969, the London drug squad appears at house of George Harrison and Pattie Boyd with a warrant and drug-sniffing canines. Boyd immediately used the direct hotline to Beatles headquarters and George returned to find his home turned upside down. He is reported to have told the officers "You needn't have turned the
- [Notorious BIG gunned down and the Onion Field Murder (1963)](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/09/notorious-big-gunned-down-and-the-onion-field-murder-1963/) - Rapper Notorious BIG shot and killed in 1997 Christopher George Latore Wallace, better known as the rapper Notorious B.I.G. or Biggie Smalls was born on May 21, 1972 in New York, New York. When Wallace released his debut album Ready to Die in 1994, he became a central figure in the East Coast hip-hop scene
- [Cyd Charisse](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/08/cyd-charisse/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Cyd Charisse was born on March 8, 1922 in Amarillo, Texas. Her Hollywood film career began in the 1940s. Her roles usually focused on her abilities as a dancer, and she was paired with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly; her films include Singin’ in the Rain (1952), The
- [On March 8, 1951 - The Lonely Hearts Killers – Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck were executed](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/08/on-march-8-1951-the-lonely-hearts-killers-raymond-fernandez-and-martha-beck-were-executed/) - Between 1947 and 1949 they are believed to have killed as many as twenty women. The 1970 movie The Honeymoon Killers, the 1996 movie Deep Crimson, the 2006 movie Lonely Hearts, and an episode of the TV series Cold Case were all based on this case. Raymond Fernandez was born on December 17, 1914 in
- [Anna Magnani](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/07/anna-magnani/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Anna Magnani was born on March 7, 1908 in Rome. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Rose Tatoo (1955). She was referred to as "La Lupa," the "perennial toast of Rome" and a "living she-wolf symbol" of the cinema. Her film career had spread
- [Lou Costello & Teresa Wright](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/06/lou-costello-teresa-wright/) - Who was born on this date: Comedic actor, Lou Costello was born on March 6, 1906 in Patterson, New Jersey. He is best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. In 1927, Costello went to Hollywood to become an actor and his athletic skill brought him occasional work as a stunt
- [The Smuttynose Murders - 1873](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/06/the-smuttynose-murders-1873/) - On the late winter night of March 6, 1873, Louis Wagner travelled to Smuttynose, an island about ten miles off of the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He was searching for $600 he thought was being saved by residents to buy a schooner. Wagner stole a rowboat and made his way to Smuttynose, arriving around
- [Rex Harrison & William Powell](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/05/rex-harrison-william-powell/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Rex Harrison was born Reginald Carey on March 5, 1908 in Huyton, Lancashire, England. He first appeared on stage in 1924 in Liverpool but his acting career was interrupted because of World War II. During which he served in the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Flight
- [failed assassin John Schrank and John Adams last surviving mutineer of the HMS Bounty](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/05/failed-assassin-john-schrank-and-john-adams-last-surviving-mutineer-of-the-hms-bounty/) - John Schrank and the failed assassination of Theodore Roosevelt During a stop in Milwaukee on his 1912 "Bull Moose" campaign for the presidency, former President Theodore Roosevelt was shot at close range by John Schrank (was born on March 5, 1876 in Germany), a psychotic New York saloonkeeper. Schrank had his .38 caliber pistol aimed
- [Jean Harlow](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/03/jean-harlow/) - Actress Jean Harlow was born on March 3, 1911. She is best known as the sex symbol of the 1930s. Famous for her platinum blonde hair, she is ranked as one of the greatest movie stars of all time by the American Film Institute. Harlow starred in several films, mainly designed to showcase her magnetic
- [Hattie Carroll](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/03/hattie-carroll/) - Hattie Carroll (March 3, 1911 – February 9, 1963) "The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll" was a song written by Bob Dylan and released on his 1964 album, TheTimes They are a-changin’ and gives a generally factual account of the killing of 51-year-old barmaid Hattie Carroll on February 9, 1963 by Billy Zantzinger (whom the
- [Jennifer Jones, Mercedes McCambridge, Sandy Dennis & Randolph Scott](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/03/02/jennifer-jones-mercedes-mccambridge-sandy-dennis-randolph-scott/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Jennifer Jones was born Phylis Lee Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She became interested in acting at an early age, eventually studying acting at both Northwestern University and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. After several failed attempts to break into film,
- [The Murder of Sheriff Pat Garrett](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/29/the-murder-of-sheriff-pat-garrett/) - On February 29, 1908, legendary lawman Pat Garrett was shot and killed. He was born on June 5, 1850 in Cusseta, Alabama. He was Sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico and best known for killing Billy the Kid. On November 7, 1880, the sheriff of Lincoln County, New Mexico, George Kimbell, resigned with two months
- [Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel & Dorothy Stratten](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/28/benjamin-bugsy-siegel-dorothy-stratten/) - Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was born on February 28, 1906 in Brooklyn, New York. He was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family. He was a major driving force behind large-scale development of Las Vegas. On the night of June 20, 1947, as Siegel sat with his associate Allen Smiley in Virginia
- [Jane Russell & Ruby Keeler](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/28/jane-russell-ruby-keeler/) - Who died on this date: On February 28, 2011, actress Jane Russell died. She was born on June 21, 1921 in Bemidji, Minnesota. She was one of Hollywood's leading sex symbols in the 1940’s and 1950’s. In 1940, Russell was signed to a seven-year contract by film mogul Howard Hughes and made her motion picture
- [Murder of Philip Barton Key II](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/27/murder-of-philip-barton-key-ii/) - Philip Barton Key II was born on April 5, 1818 in Georgetown, Washington, DC and was the son of Francis Scott Key and the great-nephew of Philip Barton Key. He was also a nephew of Chief Justice Roger Taney. He married Ellen Swan, the daughter of a Baltimore attorney, on November 18, 1845. Allegedly the
- [Elizabeth Taylor & Lillian Gish](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/27/elizabeth-taylor-lillian-gish/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Elizabeth Taylor was born on February 27, 1932 in Hampstead Garden, London. She became one of the great screen actresses of Hollywood’s Golden Age. As one of the world's most famous film stars, Taylor was recognized for her acting ability and for her glamorous lifestyle, beauty and distinctive
- [George "Bugs" Moran](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/25/george-bugs-moran/) - On February 25, 1957, gangster George “Bugs” Moran died. He was born on August 21, 1891 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is believed that Moran became a criminal as a teenager. When he was 19 years old, he moved to Chicago. Moran's fierce temper became generally known in the world of feuds and guns, and
- [Marjorie Main, Angela Greene, Don Knotts, Dinah Shore & Conrad Nagel](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/24/marjorie-main-angela-greene-don-knotts-dinah-shore-conrad-nagel/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Marjorie Main was born on February 24, 1890 in Acton, Indiana. She was a character actress for MGM, best known for her role as Ma Kettle in the Ma and Pa Kettle films. Her first film was A House Divided in 1931. She was typecast in abrasive and
- [Mabel Normand & the murder of director William Desmond Taylor](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/23/mabel-normand-the-murder-of-director-william-desmond-taylor/) - On February 23, 1930, actress Mabel Normand died. She was born on November 9, 1892 in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. She was a silent film actress and popular star of Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios. Throughout the 1920s her name was linked with scandal including the 1922 murder of director William Desmond Taylor, after
- [Victor Fleming, Stan Laurel & Mabel Normand](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/23/victor-fleming-stan-laurel-mabel-normand/) - Who was born on this date: Director Victor Fleming was born on February 23, 1889 in Pasadena, California. He began his career in Hollywood as a stuntman but soon found that his true calling was behind the camera as a director. Fleming’s motion picture directorial career spanned nearly thirty years from 1919 to 1948, and
- [Harry Morse](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/22/harry-morse/) - Sheriff Harry Morse (1815-1912) It was October 1865, six months after the end of the Civil War. California was further west than what most thought of as the Wild West, but it was just as wild if not wilder than the Great Plains. The rush for gold in 1849 brought a flood of people, some
- [Robert Young & John Mills](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/22/robert-young-john-mills/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Robert Young was born on February 22, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his leading roles on TV shows, Father Knows Best and Marcus Welby, MD. He made his film debut for MGM in the 1931 Charlie Chan movie, Black Camel. Young appeared in over
- [The Assassination of Malcolm X](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/21/the-assassination-of-malcolm-x/) - Malcolm X was assassinated on this date (February 21, 1965). He was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He was an African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the
- [Ann Sheridan](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/21/ann-sheridan/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Ann Sheridan was born on February 21, 1915 in Denton, Texas. She made her film debut in 1934 in Search for Beauty, and played un-credited bit parts in Paramount films for the next two years. Paramount made little effort to develop Sheridan's talent, so she left, signing a
- [Norma Varden, Sandra Dee & Audrey Munson](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/20/norma-varden-sandra-dee-audrey-munson/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Norma Varden was born on January 20, 1898 in London. She trained as a concert pianist in Paris before deciding to take up acting. Visiting California with her ailing mother in the 1940s, she decided to settle permanently there and began her film career. She appeared in Casablanca
- [Film Review of "My Week with Marilyn"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/19/film-review-of-my-week-with-marilyn/) - Nominated for 2 Academy Awards - Best Actress (Michelle Williams) and Best Supporting Actor Kenneth Branagh My Week With Marilyn is a high-quality enchanting film, a hugely enjoyable trifle, and may prove an eye-opener to generations too young to remember the allure of Marilyn Monroe. It is based on Colin Clark’s memoir of a week
- [Frank James](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/18/frank-james/) - On February 18, 1915, outlaw, Frank James died. He was born Alexander Frank James on January 10, 1843 in Kearney, Missouri. He was the older brother of fellow outlaw Jesse James. In 1861, when James was eighteen years old, the Civil War began. Missouri remained in the Union although a minority favored secession (nearly three
- [Film Review of "The Vow"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/18/film-review-of-the-vow/) - The Vow - Just in time for Valentines Day, The Vow may be a by-the-numbers Hollywood romance, but the filmmakers aren’t afraid to take chances. It is a sweet-natured strumming of the heartstrings with an interesting premise: an amnesiac who cannot remember her husband. It’s a romantic melodrama that tries to make us fall in
- [Jack Palance, Andy Devine, Kathleen Lockhart & Louis Wolheim](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/18/jack-palance-andy-devine-kathleen-lockhart-louis-wolheim/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Jack Palance was born on February 18, 1919 in Volodymyr, Palahniuk, Ukrain. During half a century of film and television appearances, Palance was nominated for three Academy Awards, winning in 1991 for his role in City Slickers. In the late 1930s, Palance started a professional boxing career. Fighting
- [Lee Strasberg, Kathryn Grayson & Daniel O'Herlihy](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/17/lee-strasberg-kathryn-grayson-daniel-oherlihy/) - Who died on this date: On February 17, 1982, actor, director and acting coach, Lee Strasberg died. He was born Israel Strassberg on November 17, 1901 in Budaniv in the former Austro-Hungarian Empire (now the Ukraine). He cofounded the Group Theatre in 1931, which was hailed as "America's first true theatrical collective.” In 1951, he
- [San Diego History Center Lecture](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/15/san-diego-history-center-lecture/) - Personal appearance/ book signing February 16, 2012 @ 6:00PM to discuss "Murder & Mayhem 52 Crimes that Shocked Early California 1849-1949" San Diego History Center 1649 El Prado, Suite #3 San Diego, CA 92101 Phone: (619) 232- 6203 Reservations are required...FREE SDHC members, $5 general. Book purchase additional. (Cash and Checks only for book purchase
- [John Barrymore, Cesar Romero & Ethel Merman](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/15/john-barrymore-cesar-romero-ethel-merman/) - Who was born on this date: Actor John Barrymore was born John Sidney Blyth on February 15, 1882 in Philadelphia. His parents were Maurice Barrymore and Georgie Drew Barrymore. His maternal grandmother was Louisa Lane Drew (aka Mrs Drew), a prominent and well-respected 19th-century actress and theater manager, who instilled in him and his siblings
- [Nigel Bruce & Jack Benny](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/14/nigel-bruce-jack-benny/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Nigel Bruce was born on February 4, 1895 in England. He was best known for his portrayal of Dr. Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone. He is also remembered for his roles in the
- [Lorne Greene, Forrest Tucker & Sal Mineo](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/12/lorne-greene-forrest-tucker-sal-mineo/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Lorne Greene was born on February 12, 1915 in Ottawa, Canada. Greene started in radio as the principal newsreader for the Canadian Broadcast Company, where he was dubbed “The Voice of Canada." Greene began appearing on live television in the 1950s. The first of his continuing TV roles
- [Ronald Colman, Carmen Miranda, Gabby Hayes & Vera Ralston](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/09/ronald-colman-carmen-miranda-gabby-hayes-vera-ralston/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Ronald Colman was born on February 9, 1891 in Richmond, Surrey, England. A veteran of the First World War, Colman gravitated to the English theater and vaudeville circuit. Feeling that America held more opportunities for an actor, he arrived in New York City in 1920. Virtually penniless, and
- [James Dean, Lana Turner & Jack Lemmon](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/08/james-dean-lana-turner-jack-lemmon/) - Who was born on this date: Actor James Dean was born on February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. He is best remembered for his film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), in which he starred as troubled Los Angeles teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were as loner Cal Trask in
- [Gloria Talbott & Dale Evans](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/07/gloria-talbott-dale-evans/) - Who was born on this date: On September 19, 2000, actress Gloria Talbott died. She was born on February 7, 1931 in Glendale, California. She began her film career as a child actor in such films as Maytime (1937) Sweet and Lowdown (1943) and A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945). Talbott later became known as
- [Ramon Novarro, James Whitmore & Jospeh Cotton](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/06/ramon-novarro-james-whitmore-jospeh-cotton/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Ramon Novarro was born on February 6, 1899 in Durango, Mexico. He entered films in 1917 in bit parts; and was promoted as a rival to Rudolph Valentino and his first successful film was Scaramouche (1923). In 1925, he achieved his greatest success in Ben-Hur. With Valentino's death
- [Ida Lupino & Una O'Connor](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/04/ida-lupino-una-oconnor/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Ida Lupino was was born on February 4, 1918 in Camberwell, England into a family of performers, her father, Stanley Lupino was a music-hall comedian, and her mother, Connie Emerald was an actress. It was after her appearance in The Light That Failed (1939) that Lupino began to
- [Film Review of "The Woman in Black"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/03/film-review-of-the-woman-in-black/) - The Woman in Black To say that The Woman In Black is a throwback to an old style of thriller doesn't quite do it justice. From the first moment we see the renewal of the Hammer moniker show up on screen we know that this picture at the least stems from the same tradition as
- [Bonita Granville, Gene Kelly, Boris Karloff](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/02/bonita-granville-gene-kelly-boris-karloff/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Bonita Granville was born on February 2, 1923 in Chicago, Illinois. She made her film debut at the age of nine in Westward Passage (1933). Over the next couple of years she played un-credited supporting roles in such films as Little Woman (1933) and Anne of Green Gables
- [Clark Gable, John Ford, Buster Keaton & Hedda Hopper](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/02/01/clark-gable-john-ford-buster-keaton-hedda-hopper/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901 in Cadiz, Ohio. His mother Adeline died when Clark was only seven months old. The acting bug struck Gable when he was fifteen and working as an errand boy at the Akron Theater but this foray into the entertainment industry
- [Joanne Dru, Mario Lanza & Jean Simmons](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/31/joanne-dru-mario-lanza-jean-simmons/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Joanne Dru was born on January 31, 1922 in Logan, West Virginia. Born Joan LaCock, she came to New York City in 1940 and found work as a model. That same year she was chosen by Al Jolson to appear in the cast of his Broadway show, Hold
- [Barbara LaMarr](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/30/barbara-lamarr/) - Who died on this date: On January 30, 1926, silent film actress Barbara La Marr died. She was born Reatha Dale Watson on July 28, 1896 in Yakima, Washington. She was known as "The Girl Who Is Too Beautiful." La Marr made the successful leap from writer to actress in Douglas Fairbanks, The Nut (1921).
- [W.C. Fields, Victor Mature, Jimmy Durante, Harold Russell, Alan Ladd](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/29/w-c-fields-victor-mature-jimmy-durante-harold-russell-alan-ladd/) - Who was born on this date: Legendary comedic actor W.C. Fields was born William Claude Dukenfield on January 29, 1880 in Darby, Pennsylvania. He was known for his comic hard-drinking egotist who remained a sympathetic character despite his contempt for dogs, children and women. Fields starred in a couple of short comedies, filmed in New
- [Film Review of "The Help"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/28/film-review-of-the-help/) - The Help Winner of the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer) and nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Actress (Viola Davis) and Best Supporting Actress (Octavia Spencer) The Help, set in 1960s Jackson, Mississippi, follows Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan (played by Emma Stone), a young college graduate who has just
- [Film Review of Hugo](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/27/film-review-of-hugo/) - Hugo Winner of the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Director (Martin Scorsese) and nominated for 11 Academy Awards including Best Picture and Director Martin Scorses’s Hugo is set in Paris in 1931 and begins with a breathtaking shot of the city, as the camera swoops down on to a busy railway station. It ends up
- [Film Review of "War Horse"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/26/film-review-of-war-horse/) - War Horse Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture War Horse succeeds at offering a compelling look at multiple facets of World War I. The movie begins when Albert (played by Jeremy Irvine) suddenly becomes the young owner of an untrained and unruly horse. The pair forms a tight bond as the stubborn horse
- [Paul Newman, Charles Lane & Edward G. Robinson](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/26/paul-newman-charles-lane-edward-g-robinson/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Paul Newman was born on January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor in the 1986s, The Color of Money. Newman was a co-founder of Newman’s Own, a food company from which Newman donated all post-tax profits and
- [Bebe Daniels, Humphrey Bogart, Shelley Winters, Donna Reed, Jeanette MacDonald & Barry Fitzgerald](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/14/bebe-daniels-humphrey-bogart-shelley-winters-donna-reed-jeanette-macdonald-barry-fitzgerald/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Bebe Daniels was born on January 14, 1901in Dallas, Texas. She began her film career during the silent era as a child actress, and became the star of musicals such as 42nd Street (1933). She gained further fame on radio and television in Britain. In a long career,
- [Ava Gardner](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/25/ava-gardner/) - Who died on this date: On January 25, 1990, actress Ava Gardner died. She was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina. She was one of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses and was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for Mogambo (1953). She appeared in several high-profile films from the late 1940s to
- [Film Review of "Moneyball"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/25/film-review-of-moneyball/) - Moneyball Nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Lead Actor (Brad Pitt), Best Supporting Actor (Jonah Hill) Baseball is the quintessential national game, with its own mystique and built-in traditions, but it is also a cut-throat business where change and innovation are important. Moneyball brings these elements together. In one of his better
- [Film Review of Midnight in Paris](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/24/film-review-of-midnight-in-paris/) - Midnight in Paris Winner of the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Screenplay Nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Orginal Screenplay Woody Allen’s, Midnight in Paris is a romantic, funny, quirky, quasi-comedy set in Paris. The film begins with a beautiful montage tribute of picture-postcard images of Paris set to
- [Film review of The Artist](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/23/film-review-of-the-artist/) - The Artist Winner of the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Picture - Musical or Comedy; Best Actor – Musical or Comedy (Jean Dujardin); Best Original Score The Artist is set in the late 1920s and the story centers on George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a famous movie star who is truly on top of the world.
- [Randolph Scott & Freddie Bartholomew](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/23/randolph-scott-freddie-bartholomew/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Randolph Scott was born on January 23, 1898 in Orange County, Virginia. Scott appeared in a variety of film genres; however, his most enduring image is that of a Western hero. Out of his more than 100 film appearances more than 60 were in Westerns. Around 1927, Scott
- [William Warfield & Jean Simmons](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/22/william-warfield-jean-simmons/) - Who was born on this date: Actor/ singer William Warfield was born on January 22, 1920 in West Helena, Arkansas. He was a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and appeared in two Hollywood films, including a star-making performance as Joe in MGM’s Show Boat (1951), in which he sang “Ole Man River.” His
- [Cecil B. DeMille, Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer & Ann Sheridan](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/21/cecil-b-demille-carl-alfalfa-switzer-ann-sheridan/) - Who died on this date: On January 21, 1959, director Cecil B. DeMille died. He was born on August 12, 1881 in Ashfield, Massachusetts. He was renowned for the flamboyance and showmanship of his movies. Among his best-known films are Cleopatra, Samson and Delilah, The Greatest Show on Earth, which won the Academy Award for
- [Patricia Neal, Clive Colin, Audrey Hepburn & Barbara Stanwyck](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/20/patricia-neal-clive-colin-audrey-hepburn-barbara-stanwyck/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Patricia Neal was born on January 20, 1926 in Packard, Kentucky. She was best known for her film roles in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961), and Hud (1963), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1949, Neal made
- [Hedy Lamarr](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/19/hedy-lamarr/) - Who died on this date: On January 19, 2000, actress Hedy Lamarr died. She was born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler on November 9, 1913 in Vienna, Austria. She was an actress celebrated for her great beauty who was a major contract star for MGM. Louis B. Mayer signed the actress to a film contract in
- [Cary Grant, Oliver Hardy, Danny Kaye, Curly Howard & Sydney Greenstreet](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/18/cary-grant-oliver-hardy-danny-kaye-curly-howard-sydney-greenstreet/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Cary Grant was born Archibald Alexander Leach on January 18, 1904 in Bristol. England. Nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Actor for Penny Serenade (1941) and None but the Lonely Heart (1944). Grant was named the second greatest male movie star of all time by the
- [Review of "The Descendants"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/17/review-of-the-descendants/) - The Descendants (2011, Fox Searchlight Pictures) Winner of two Golden Globes – Best Motion Picture Drama and Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama – George Clooney Directed by Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar winning “Sideways.” The movie is set in Hawaii and is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey
- [Rochelle Hudson & Virginia Mayo](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/17/rochelle-hudson-virginia-mayo/) - Who died on this date: On January 17, 1972, actress Rochelle Hudson died. She was born on March 6, 1916 in Oklahoma Ciy. She was an actress from the 1930s through the 1960s and was a WAMPAS Baby Star in 1931. Hudson is best remembered for costarring in Wild Boys of the Road (1933), playing
- [Film Review of "Among the Rugged Peaks - The Carla Laemmle Story"](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/16/film-reviw-of-among-the-rugged-peaks-the-carla-laemmle-story/) - AMONG THE RUGGED PEAKS: The Carla Laemmle Story This is a documentary well worth seeing about an incredible actress Carla Laemmle, whose life is the equal of any movie she was in and that includes Bela Lugosi’s 1931 version of Dracula and Lon Chaney, Sr.’s The Phantom of the Opera (1925). One of Hollywood’s last
- [Katy Jurado, Harry Carey & Carole Lombard](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/16/katy-jurado-harry-carey-carole-lombard/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Katy Jurado was born on January 16, 1924 in Mexico City. Jurado had already established herself as an actress in Mexico in the 1940s when she came to Hollywood becoming a regular in Western films of the 1950s and 1960s. She worked with many Hollywood legends, including Gary
- [Fran Ryan](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/15/fran-ryan/) - Who died on this date: On January 15, 2000, actress Fran Ryan died. She was born on November 29, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. She performed comedy, singing and acting on stage in California and Chicago but was not to launch her television career for two decades. Her small screen debut came in an episode
- [Tv appearance tonight January 12, 2012 on "Real Orange" PBS SoCal KOCE-TV](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/12/tv-appearance-tonight-january-12-2012-on-real-orange-pbs-socal-koce-tv/) - Tonight 1/12/2012 at 5:00PM and 11:30PM PST on "Real Orange, SoCal PBS KOCE-TV, I discuss my book "Fade to Black Graveside Memories of Hollywood Greats 1927-1950" with Maria Hall-Brown at the Claire Trevor Theater on the campus of the University of California, Irvine. We discuss the founding of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
- [Beaulah Bondi](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/11/beaulah-bondi/) - Who died on this date: On January 11, 1981, actress Beulah Bondi died. She was born on May 3, 1888 in Valparaiso, Indiana. Her debut movie role was as "Emma Jones" in Street Scene (1931), this was followed by Rain (1932). She was one of the first five women to be nominated for an Academy
- [Ray Bolger, Sal Mineo & Richard Boone](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/10/ray-bolger-sal-mineo-richard-boone/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Ray Bolger was born on January 10, 1904 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz” (1939). He began his career in vaudeville and his ability to ad lib movement won him many starring roles on Broadway in
- [Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen, Alan Napier & Trevor Howard](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/07/thelma-butterfly-mcqueen-alan-napier-trevor-howard/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Thelma "Butterfly" McQueen was born on January 7, 1911 in Tampa, Florida. She is best known for her debut role as Prissy, Scarlett O’Hara’s maid in the 1939 film, Gone with the Wind (1939). She also appeared in The Women (1939), Mildred Pierce (1945), and Duel in the
- [Loretta Young, Tom Mix & Victor Fleming](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/06/loretta-young-tom-mix-victor-fleming/) - Who was born on this date: Loretta Young, the elegant award winning actress, whose on-screen image as the wholesome girl next door brought tremendous success in Hollywood was born Gretchen Michaela Young on January 6, 1913 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents were separated when Loretta was three years old when the family moved
- [Jane Wyman](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/05/jane-wyman/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Jane Wyman was born on January 5, 1917 in St. Joseph, Missouri. Known as a talented and classy actress whose award winning and distinguished film career was nearly overshadowed by her failed third marriage to actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Wyman came from a broken home;
- [Ray Milland, Marion Davies, Zasu Pitts & Judith Anderson](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/03/ray-milland-marion-davies-zasu-pitts-judith-anderson/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Ray Milland, the charming but very private and introspective actor was born Reginald Alfred John Truscott-Jones on January 3, 1905 in Neath, Wales, England. The Welsh born actor often played the suave and romantic leading man during his prolific film career. He got his break in show business
- [Dick Powell & Anne Francis](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/02/dick-powell-anne-francis/) - Who died on this date: On January 2, 1963, actor Dick Powell died. He was born on November 14, 1904 in Mountain View, Arkansas. He made his film debut as a singing bandleader in Blessed Event (1932). He went on to star in movie musicals such as 42nd Street, Footlight Parade, and On the Avenue.
- [Matthew Beard, Dana Andrews, Carole Landis & Cesar Romero](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2012/01/01/matthew-beard-dana-andrews-carole-landis-cesar-romero/) - Who was born on this date: Child actor Matthew Beard was born on January 1, 1925 in Los Angeles, California. He is best known for portraying the character of Stymie in the Our Gang serial of the 1930s. After Beard left the series in 1935 at the age of ten, he went on to score
- [Pola Negri](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/31/pola-negri/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Pola Negri was born on December 31, 1899 (although the date and year are in dispute) in Poland. She received fame through femme fatale roles from the silent era through the 1940s. Her Polish film debut was in 1914s, Slave to Her Senses and also appeared in a
- [Tom Keene, Mary Brian, Lew Ayres & Dorothy Comingore](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/30/tom-keene-mary-brian-lew-ayres-dorothy-comingore/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Tom Keene was born on December 30, 1896 in Rochester, New York. He is best known for his roles in B-Westerns of the 1930s and 1940s. He made his film debut in the 1923 short, The Just a Little Late Club. Other movie credits include, The Godless Girl
- [Lew Ayres & Florence Lawrence](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/28/lew-ayres-florence-lawrence/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Lew Ayres was born on December 28, 1908 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is best known for starring as Paul in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and for playing Dr. Kildare in several movies of the late 1930s. Ayres appeared with Greta Garbo in The Kiss (1929),
- [Marlene Dietrich](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/27/marlene-dietrich/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Marlene Dietrich was born on December 27, 1901 in Berlin, Germany. Dietrich remained popular throughout her long career by continually re-inventing herself, professionally and characteristically. In the Berlin of the 1920s, she acted on the stage and in silent films. Her performance as Lola-Lola in The Blue Angel
- [Richard Widmark & Elsa Lanchester](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/26/richard-widmark-elsa-lanchester/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Richard Widmark was born on December 26, 1914 in Sunrise Township, Minnesota. He was nominated for a best supporting actor Academy Award for Kiss Of Death (1947), as the villainous Tommy Udo in his debut film. Early in his career Widmark specialized in similar villainous or anti-hero roles,
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/25/humphrey-bogart/) - Who was born on this date: Actor Humphrey Bogart was born on December 25, 1899 in New York City. The American Film Institute has ranked Bogart as the greatest male star in the history of American cinema. Bogart began acting in 1921 and became a regular in Broadway productions in the 1920s and 1930s. His
- [Ava Gardner & Peter Lawford](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/24/ava-gardner-peter-lawford/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Ava Gardner was born on December 24, 1922 in Grabtown, North Carolina. She was one of Hollywood's most beautiful actresses and was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for Mogambo (1953). She appeared in several high-profile films from the late 1940s to 1970s, including The Killers (1946),
- [Ruth Roman](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/23/ruth-roman/) - Who was born on this date: Actress Ruth Roman was born on December 23, 1922 (other sources state her birth date as December 22. 1922) in Lynn, Massachusetts. She is best known for appearing in Alfred Hitchcock’s 1951 thriller, Strangers on a Train. In the 1950 film Three Secrets, she played a distraught mother waiting
- [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://michaelthomasbarry.com/2011/12/22/darryl-f-zanuck/) - Who died on this date: On December 22, 1979, legendary director/ studio executive Darryl F. Zanuck died. He was born on September 5, 1902 in Wahoo, Nebraska. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of its longest survivors. He earned three Academy Awards during his tenure. In 1933 he founded
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