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August 18, 2026

Read-Handed: Houdini, hens, and Hal Chase

the true crime that's worth your time

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Covered with Night: A Story of Murder and Indigenous Justice in Early America (Nicole Eustace) // Eustace won a Pulitzer for this account of the murder of an indigenous hunter by two white fur-trader brothers, and two diverging ideas of justice: the Native American, concerned with reparations and community healing; and the English, focused on retribution and deterrence.

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