by Bob | Mar 12, 2023 | Hidden History
Son of Sam On July 29, 1976, serial killer David Berkowitz – who would become known as the Son of Sam – committed the first of his murders in New York City. I remember these events because that was my senior year of high school and the first shooting occurred just...
by Bob | Oct 19, 2022 | Hidden History
If you fly into or out of LaGuardia, coming in or going out over the Bronx—which a plane seemed to do every two minutes while I was a kid as we were underneath the flight path—you can see Rikers Island quite close to the end of the runway. The Bronx is at the bottom...
by Bob | Oct 18, 2022 | Hidden History
Hamilton Grave I tracked down his grave while doing research for a book, The Jefferson Allegiance, which has as the premise that Hamilton and Jefferson brokered a secret agreement to stop an imperial Presidency that they felt wasn’t covered under the power of the...
by Bob | Oct 1, 2019 | Hidden History
Most have heard of New Amsterdam, the iteration of New York City before it became called just that. However, what I didn’t know, even having grown up there, was that if not for some twists of fate, ended up being New Paris. Or even San Antonio when an early...
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