Poor Mary Rogers. Same old story. Beauty meets the Beast. Beast Wins. That’s what happens outside of Hollywood, anyway. Stinging, cold truth. Prof. Alex Taylor presents Mary Rogers’ case below, as published in the Gainesville Times, Tuesday, March 29, 1988. In a way, this one reminds me of the O.J. Simpson circus. Maybe the truth…… Continue reading Dumping Mary Rogers
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Bad Actors
Uh-oh, a Lincoln conspiracy post. Well, one can’t be much of a crime history professor without mention of one of the most widely publicized, theorized, dramatized, and scrutinized assassinations in antiquity, save John F. Kennedy and Julius Caesar. Spoiler Alert. It was John Wilkes Booth. This Alex Taylor column originally appeared in the Gainesville Times,…… Continue reading Bad Actors
Mary Celeste — The Silence of Seamen
Remembering Bermuda and Mary Celeste Busted! You know as children we sometimes revel in the mistakes of our parents. They are, of course, faultless and will remind you of such until something happens that simply cannot be explained away—not even in the very best examples of parental misdirection. Alas, we were all subject to comparatively…… Continue reading Mary Celeste — The Silence of Seamen