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  • 1 month ago | joepompeo.substack.com | Joe Pompeo

    Welcome back to SOURCE NOTES. And give a hearty welcome to Matthew Goodman, decorated author of page-turners on Nellie Bly and the Great Moon Hoax of 1835, whose latest book, PARIS UNDERCOVER: A Wartime Story of Courage, Friendship, and Betrayal, is out this month from Ballantine. “Goodman’s gripping account … illustrates how loyalty and betrayal can coincide in wartime and its aftermath,” ravesThe Washington Post. But don’t just take their word for it. Here’s Matthew…Tell us about PARIS UNDERCOVER.

  • 2 months ago | joepompeo.substack.com | Joe Pompeo

    Welcome back to SOURCE NOTES. And welcome back, Kate Winkler Dawson, my first repeat visitor for this column. (Also the column’s *very first* visitor.) Kate’s new book, THE SINNERS ALL BOW: Two Authors, One Murder, and the Real Hester Prynne, is a must-read for historical true-crime buffs and Nathaniel Hawthorne scholars alike. (More on that in this surely book-sales-moving NPR segment.) Now take a trip with us back to mid-19th Century New England… What’s the gist of THE SINNERS ALL BOW?

  • Nov 20, 2024 | townandcountrymag.com | Joe Pompeo

    Every item on this page was chosen by a Town & Country editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. Did you ever hear the one about James R. Keene, the 19th-century stock market maestro whose Wall Street clients included William Rockefeller Jr.? No? Well, if a shocking tale about Keene existed—and we’re not saying it did—William d’Alton Mann would have made sure it stayed out of the public eye.

  • Nov 9, 2024 | theankler.com | Joe Pompeo

    Joe Pompeo writes about Hollywood history every other Saturday. He recently revisited the feud between horror-movie hosts Vampira and Elvira, Al Pacino’s role in Dog Day Afternoon and the echoes of Marilyn Monroe’s fatal overdose in the Matthew Perry tragedy. You can email him at [email protected] or sign up for his personal Substack.

  • Oct 26, 2024 | theankler.com | Matthew Byrne |Joe Pompeo

    Joe Pompeo writes about Hollywood history every other Saturday. He recently revisited Al Pacino’s role in Dog Day Afternoon, Rudolph Valentino’s 15 Days of Tawdry, Tabloid Death, and Marilyn Monroe’s Overdose and the Echo in Matthew Perry’s. You can email him at [email protected] or sign up for his personal Substack. Just before Halloween in 1987, a fluffy USA Network program called Hollywood Insider aired a segment on Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

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Joe Pompeo
Joe Pompeo @joepompeo
28 Jan 25

Gather 'round for a tale of true crime and Nathaniel Hawthorne from 19th Century New England, courtesy of @kwinklerdawson: https://t.co/M83PNDel7E https://t.co/VqChRXURoH

Joe Pompeo
Joe Pompeo @joepompeo
27 Jan 25

New from me in the February issue of @TandCmag: https://t.co/4Y92LETH0J

Joe Pompeo
Joe Pompeo @joepompeo
20 Nov 24

New from me in @TandCmag's December issue: https://t.co/zMgFJONot3