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Within the old Senate Chamber resides a strange acoustical marvel known as the Whispering Gallery. Its unique elliptical shape allows whispers to travel crisply from one side to another ...

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Dive into a world of bizarre crimes with brazen criminals that will leave you scratching your head for answers.

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He is the author of “Bad Rabbi and Other Strange but True Stories from the Yiddish Press” (Stanford University Press).