Wednesday, October 22, 2025

My Crime Fiction: 'The City of Bizarre Happenings'

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The story below is another chapter from my novel Olongapo, which is about young sailors from the USS Kitty Hawk. The aircraft carrier perio...
Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Day Of The Dead Sugar Skull Workshop At The Philadelphia Free Library

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  PhillyDaily.com , where my Crime Beat column appears each week, repots the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Culinary ...

How Mobsters’ Own Words Brought Down Philly’s Mafia − A Veteran Crime Reporter Has The Story Behind The End Of The ‘Mob War’

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  As Netflix will premiere their three-part documentary series on the Philadelphia mob war in the 1990s,  Mob War: Philadelphia vs. The Mafi...
Sunday, October 19, 2025

My Crime Fiction: 'The Barracks Thief'

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Below is another chapter from my yet unpublished novel Olongapo .  The story below originally appeared in American Crime Magazine.   The Bar...
Saturday, October 18, 2025

The (Still) Mysterious Death Of Edgar Allan Poe

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As Halloween again approaches, Natasha Geiling at the Smithsonian magazine offers a look back at the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe.  ...
Friday, October 17, 2025

Dugan Wins Endorsements, Krasner Sends Out More Grants in Philadelphia DA Race

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Ben Mannes offers a look at the DA race in Philadelphia for Broad + Liberty . Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s announcement of...

Halloween Nights At Eastern State Penitentiary In Philadelphia

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PhillyDaily.com , where my Crime Beat column appears each week, reports that Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary will continue o...