The very wonderful Erik Rivenes interviewed me about The Poisoned Glass for his Most Notorious podcast and the episode was released this evening. I’ve never been on a podcast and I’m a big fan of Most Notorious, so as you can imagine, this was both exciting and intimidating. You can check out the episode here.…
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Take this Hammer
Huddie William Ledbetter was better known as Leadbelly, and he is one of the greatest bluesmen ever. I need to write a separate post about his life to do him any kind of justice but today I just wanted to write about two of his songs: Take This Hammer and The Midnight Special. I like Leadbelly a…
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The Incredible Life of Mata Hari: Her Head Held High (Part IV)
The French were surveilling Mata Hari warily, and knew her whereabouts as soon as she returned to Paris on January 4, 1917. A month passed; then the French investigators sprung the trap. On February 13, Mata Hari was arrested in Paris at Élysée Palace Hôtel, and charged with being a double agent, working against France…
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