Happy Birthday, John Bellairs

The calendar rolls around again as we celebrate the 87th birthday of John Bellairs.

The Figure in the Shadows: 1975-2025

2025 marks the fiftieth anniversary of Dial publishing John Bellairs's The Figure in the Shadows, the second book in the long-running Lewis Barnavelt series.

Memoriam: Barbara Dane

We're remembering American musician and activist Barbara Dane, who died Sunday, Oct. 20. She was 97.

What's Ticking in The Walls

What's Ticking in The Walls

What's Ticking in The Walls

What's Ticking in The Walls

A Century Since The Crime Of The Century

May 21 marks one hundred years since Chicago teenagers Nathan Leopold (1904-71) and Richard Loeb (1905-36) murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks as part of their plan to execute a "perfect crime". The two randomly chose Franks and picked him up a few blocks from his home. Following his death, the boys dumped the body near Wolf Lake in Hammond, Indiana, 25 miles south of Chicago. But it wasn't a perfect crime. Police found a pair of eyeglasses near Franks's body with a unique hinge purchased by only three customers in Chicago, one of whom was Leopold. Things escalated quickly, and their confessions were announced ten days later.

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Something About April 11, 1954

Celebrating something dull.

Memoriam: Richard Strader

Something About Nero's Theater

Golden boy strikes again.

Something About Pimlico

Prim and proper.

Something More About Kryptos

Code-breakers.

Something About Amalia Pimlico

She has her eye on you.