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Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 2/25/2016 Left Coast Crime starts today

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Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 9/21/1993 NYPD Blue

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Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 7/17/2015 Greenfellas is published

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Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 7/1/2005 Lopresti's Such A Killing Crime published...

Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 7/1/2005 Lopresti's Such A Killing Crime published...: July 1, 2005.  Robert Lopresti's novel of murder during the folk music revival in Greenwich Village, 1963, is published.

Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 6/2/1980 Howard's Edgar-winning "Horn Man" appears...

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Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: April 30, 1982. Kinsey Milhone files her first re...

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Via Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 2/26/1962 Donald E. Westlake's 87th Precinct?

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Via Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 1/15/1981 Hill Street Blues premieres

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Via Today in MYSTERY HISTORY: 1/8/1999 A Civil Action is released

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