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MacMurder!’ is the 23rd in artistic director Kurt Kleinmann’s ongoing series of trademarked Harry Hunsacker detective stories ...

Local history buffs attended a news conference held at The Archive on Kern last Friday for answers to the mystery of the Belmont Lanterns.  A contractor on the high-speed rail project discovered 82 la ...

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He was killed in action on September 7, 1940. Mystery surrounds exactly how Pat came to grief, though his close-in tactics are believed to have played a major part. The strain of regular combat ...

Step back to 1943 and into the shadowy corridors of Bembridge Fort, where—despite war raging across Europe—a far more sinister mystery is unfolding within its walls. From 2pm to 4pm on Sunday 7 ...

Twelve terrorists. One cop. The odds are against John McClane... That's just the way he likes it.

What are the best murder mystery board games? We've come a long way since the days of Cluedo. Clever tabletop game designers have added even more suspects, red herrings, and engaging clues to modern ...

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If any director knows sleaze and murder, Brian De Palma does. There’s not a movie in his repertoire, which includes Scarface and Carrie, that isn’t set in some sort of ‘seedy underbelly.’ De Palma ...

The 1940s were a defining decade of Hollywood's Golden Age and, today, it is known for signature classic films such as Citizen Kane, Casablanca, and Double Indemnity. While the '40s presented ...