In 1927, actress Mae West wrote and starred in a play titled SEX. Guess what it was about! The risqué production launched her to stardom...

In the Roaring Twenties, Arthur Barry stole millions of dollars' worth of jewels from some of New York's wealthiest residents. Today, we...

In 1901, Broadway chorus girl Evelyn Nesbit met Stanford White, the fabulously wealthy and influential architect who designed Madison...

In the 1860s and '70s, hundreds--maybe thousands--of Italian children migrated to New York to make money as street musicians. They worked...

In 1990, three separate art heists took place in the week leading up to Christmas, baffling New York authorities as well as the FBI. In...