On Christmas Eve, 1977, Malibu’s sunny beaches set the stage for what appeared to be a fairy tale wedding. Fred Roehler and Verna Johnson, both widowed and seeking solace, united their families in a ceremony that seemed to promise a happy ending to their past tragedies. Ivor Davis, a London-born former foreign correspondent, recalls the […]
John Dillinger and the Rise of Public Enemies in the 1930s
The 1930s were a time of great turmoil and transition in America. The Jazz Age had ended, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) pushed through the repeal of Prohibition, but the country was in the grip of the Great Depression. Amidst this backdrop, a new breed of criminal emerged. These were not the pseudo-businessmen of […]
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