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Bonnie Parker’s Notebook

I usually don’t like to write about notebooks that are associated with crime– they usually involve the sociopathic journal entries of serial killers or mass shooters and I have no desire to give them any further publicity. But here’s a notebook that harkens back to an era of more romanticized (if not much less violent) … Continue reading Bonnie Parker’s Notebook

Reggie Kray’s Sketchbook

Here’s an odd one: a sketchbook by the notorious British gangster Reggie Kray. The Kray twins were serving a life sentence in prison when they heard about James Fallon, a young boy living in South Africa who had been paralyzed as a result of being hit by a car and only survived thanks to a … Continue reading Reggie Kray’s Sketchbook