STORY OF A BAD BOY

Tom Bailey was a well known hell-raiser and American literary hero even before Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn. Yet "The Story of a Bad Boy" has never been dramatized – until now. Learn why the "bad boy" genre was born in post Civil War Portsmouth, NH

HISTORY MATTERS

His image appears in hundreds of books, on calendars, posters, whiskey bottles and cigarette packs. His name is known around the world as the man who sailed into harm’s way in the American Revolution. But collecting "Jonesiana" tells us more about America than about the mysterious man himself.

HISTORY MATTERS

A key new study reinforces the suggestion offered by history professions for over 40 years – rebuilding the 1758 Old NH State House from its ancient timbers is a bad idea. Our original in-depth report tracks the full story of why this historic building may forever rest in pieces.

1873 SMUTTYNOSE MURDERS

Maren Hontvet went berserk? Not likely. Yellow journalists, modern historic fiction and armchair detectives have offered alternate theories on the March 1873 murders at the Isles of Shoals. But for those who prefer facts to fiction, it is clear that Louis Wagner was the guilty man.