

Gavin Whitehead
3 days ago35 min read
Mae West Goes to Jail (S4E5)
In 1927, actress Mae West wrote and starred in a play titled SEX. Guess what it was about! The risqué production launched her to stardom...


Gavin Whitehead
Feb 41 min read
A Gentleman and a Thief (S4E8)
In the Roaring Twenties, Arthur Barry stole millions of dollars' worth of jewels from some of New York's wealthiest residents. Today, we...


Gavin Whitehead
Jan 2136 min read
Murder at Madison Square Garden (S4E7)
In 1901, Broadway chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit met Stanford White, the fabulously wealthy and influential architect who designed Madison...


Gavin Whitehead
Jan 527 min read
The Child Musicians of Crosby Street (S4E6)
In the 1860s and '70s, hundreds--maybe thousands--of Italian children migrated to New York to make money as street musicians. They worked...