Tales from the Underworld http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5657876&ft=1&f=5657876 In a series of conversations, <em>Morning Edition</em> explores true crime tales that could have come from works of fiction. The subjects include a New York cop moonlighting as a hit man, a woman who married a string of mobsters, and a Missouri murderer who was spared a death sentence with help from the Pope. en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:54:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Tales from the Underworld http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5657876&ft=1&f=5657876 A Magician's Quest for the Perfect Card Cheat Dai Vernon was among the most influential magicians of the 20th century, but one trick continued to elude him. His quest to learn its secret led him from one sleazy dive to another. The answer finally came in a little white house in Missouri. Fri, 18 Aug 2006 17:54:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5666567&ft=1&f=5657876 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5666567&ft=1&f=5657876 Dai Vernon was among the most influential magicians of the 20th century, but one trick continued to elude him. His quest to learn its secret led him from one sleazy dive to another. The answer finally came in a little white house in Missouri.

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]]> On the Trail of Former Death Row Inmates Joan Cheever, author of <em>Back from the Dead</em>, followed former death row inmates who were released when the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972. Thu, 17 Aug 2006 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662491&ft=1&f=5657876 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5662491&ft=1&f=5657876 Joan Cheever, author of Back from the Dead, followed former death row inmates who were released when the Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in 1972.

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]]> Murderer Reaps Benefits of Religious Conversion Darrell Mease, a convicted murderer, was scheduled to die in Missouri when his prayers were answered. Pope John Paul II won Mease, a Christian convert, a commutation of his death sentence during a 1999 Missouri visit. Wed, 16 Aug 2006 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5656270&ft=1&f=5657876 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5656270&ft=1&f=5657876 Darrell Mease, a convicted murderer, was scheduled to die in Missouri when his prayers were answered. Pope John Paul II won Mease, a Christian convert, a commutation of his death sentence during a 1999 Missouri visit.

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]]> Andrea Giovino: 'Divorced from the Mob' Andrea Giovino got some unusual advice from her mother when she was growing up: marry a mobster and your future will be secure. The Brooklyn native took her mom up on the suggestion, marrying a string of mobsters and thugs. Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:59:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5647196&ft=1&f=5657876 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5647196&ft=1&f=5657876 Andrea Giovino got some unusual advice from her mother when she was growing up: marry a mobster and your future will be secure. The Brooklyn native took her mom up on the suggestion, marrying a string of mobsters and thugs.

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]]> A New York Cop with Mob Connections Louis Eppolito was a decorated New York cop who came from a longtime mob family. Then he was convicted of working as a mob hit man. But his conviction was recently overturned on a technicality. Mon, 14 Aug 2006 06:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5642277&ft=1&f=5657876 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5642277&ft=1&f=5657876 Louis Eppolito was a decorated New York cop who came from a longtime mob family. Then he was convicted of working as a mob hit man. But his conviction was recently overturned on a technicality.

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