Tag Archives: True Crime

Allen Young :
TELEVISION | Fascinated by the ‘Tiger King’

Posted on May 13, 2020 by Thorne Dreyer

This bizarre human being has become the most famous gay man in the USA. By Allen Young | The Rag Blog | May 13, 2020 ROYALSTON, Mass.— Tiger King, an eight-episode documentary series, has caught the attention of millions of … Continue reading →

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Alan Waldman :
Australian true-crime series ‘Underbelly’ not for faint-hearted

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

This powerful show chronicles actual bloody underworld wars and police malfeasance in Sydney and Melbourne from 1976 to 2004. By Alan Waldman | The Rag Blog | September 15, 2014 [In his weekly column, Alan Waldman reviews some of his … Continue reading →

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METRO PODCAST | Thorne Dreyer : Broadus Spivey & Jesse Sublett hold forth on ‘Homer Maxey’s Texas Bank War’

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Thorne Dreyer

Rag Radio features the literary odd couple of lawyer Spivey and musician-writer Sublett and their true tale of West Texas legal chicanery, ‘Broke Not Broken.’ Interview by Thorne Dreyer | The Rag Blog | September 2, 2014 Joining us on … Continue reading →

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Death : ‘William Zanzinger Killed Poor Hattie Carroll’

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Thorne Dreyer

William D. Zantzinger was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to six months in 1963 in the death of Hattie Carroll. [Dylan dropped the “t” in “Zantzinger.”] Photo from Baltimore Sun via NYT.W. D. Zantzinger, subject of Dylan song, dies at … Continue reading →

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