Mara Bovsun

2 weeks ago | nydailynews.com | Mara Bovsun

In 1936, Nancy Evans Titterton, 32, was a rising literary star. After years in the publishing business, one of her fiction works had been honored with the cover of Story Magazine, and she had a deal to write her first novel. As an editor, the pretty, petite redhead from Ohio played an important role in the development of a popular Doubleday-Doran series, “The Crime Club,” which published many mystery classics over the years.

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Mara Bovsun

On Mar. 9, 1994, Ricardo Silvio Caputo, a 44-year-old from Argentina, turned himself in to police in Manhattan. Despite a paunch and receding hairline, Caputo became known in the press as “The Lady Killer,” a master of love ’em and leave ’em dead. In the 1970s, dark-haired, slender, and possessing considerable charm, this lethal Romeo wooed, won, and then murdered four women. Since 1974, he had been a fugitive, hiding behind more than a dozen aliases.

1 month ago | nydailynews.com | Mara Bovsun

Nothing in Elmer McCurdy’s life could have suggested he’d someday become a legend, one of those unforgettable bandits who helped carve out an enduring myth of the Old West. This guy was no Jesse James. McCurdy’s criminal career lasted about six months, and his few attempts at snatching ill-gotten gains were pathetic and almost comical. Still, this third-rate crook is remembered today, in books, comics, film, and music.

2 months ago | nydailynews.com | Mara Bovsun

A young man walked into the Hotel President in Kansas City, Mo., on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1935, and asked for a room on a high floor. He carried nothing but a brush, comb, and toothpaste and paid for a one-day stay. The visitor signed his name on the hotel register as “Roland T. Owen,” and said he came from Los Angeles. No one saw him again until Thursday when Owen appeared at the front desk and paid for another day.

2 months ago | akc.org | Mara Bovsun

AKC Rally stress dog sports This article originally appeared in the award-winning AKC Family Dog magazine. Subscribe now!Seoul, September 19, 1988. Greg Louganis, 28, considered the greatest diver in history, bounced high off the springboard and gracefully completed a series of airborne somersaults. Then disaster struck. Louganis remembered it as a “hollow thud.” The horrifying image the world saw was his head slamming into the edge of the board on the way down.