In the mid 1800's a gristly murder case shocked Brahmin Boston and became a media sensation. Ken's got all the gory details and associated collectible ephemera on this episode of Brattlecast.
Brattlecast #28 - Murder at Harvard!
Brattlecast #27 - 'A Disaster Mitigated Only by Moments of Farce'
He was elected mayor of Boston four times, he went to jail for mail fraud, and he zinged President Franklin D. Roosevelt real bad! He's local legend James Michael Curley, and Ken's got his personal letters!
Brattlecast #26 - Law and Order: SBU
In the Brattle criminal justice system, book based offenses are considered especially heinous. Listen as Ken recounts some book related crimes and scams, from a failed Gutenberg Bible heist at Harvard to his shop's own literate sale lot shoplifters. These are their stories. [Dun Dun]
Brattlecast #25 - Ken's Collections
A glimpse of Ken's fun and surprising personal collections: eclectic bathroom decor, cookbooks about cannibalism, jazz photographs, and a signed Houdini photo that, while technically for sale, he's doing his best not to allow to escape.
Brattlecast #24 - Get Real!
Grab your magnifying glass and join Ken as he investigates famous fakes, dubious documents, and suspicious signatures. In this episode we learn all about authentication: why who you know can matter more than what you know, the dangers of wishful thinking, and why most items simply aren’t worth faking. We’ll also delve into the weird world of collectible forgeries.