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G. Allen Johnson April 13, 2021Updated: April 13, 2021, 6:36 pm The subject of the documentary “Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts,” about an Alabama farmer who was born into slavery and became a celebrated artist. Photo: Kino Lorber By the time Charles Shannon, a white artist in Montgomery, Ala., came across Bill Traylor, a homeless African American man scribbling away on pieces of cardboard as people passed by on the city’s celebrated Monroe Street, Traylor was in his 80s, having lived quite the life. Born into slavery in 1853, Traylor worked as a sharecropper for decades into ...

Chasing Ghosts: Police offer $100,000 reward, immunity for info in Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappearance 12 Apr, 2021 10:00 PM 7 minutes to read It has been 25 years since 2-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappeared from Kingston on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Initially she was presumed drown but quickly police and her mother Nicola suspected something far more sinister happened to the little blonde girl. Video / Mike Scott It has been 25 years since 2-year-old Amber-Lee Cruickshank disappeared from Kingston on the shore of Lake Wakatipu. Initially she was presumed drown but quickly police and...

FAIRFIELD — Enjoying the smell of freshly popped popcorn in the movie theater? There are more opportunities ahead. This week’s new films are: “Beate,” which is set in Italy and inspired by true stories of the employees of a lingerie factory who learn they are going to be fired. So

Vanished: The missing people of New Zealand 16 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 11 minutes to read Tim Wallis' family have spent more than 10 years wondering what happened to him. Wallis — born Timothy Lees — was last seen by his family in Dunedin on August 6, 2010. He'd been in a bit of trouble with police and was doing community work. His brother saw him there that morning but Wallis skipped out on the afternoon work and was never seen again. In the years that followed, Wallis' two sisters died — both took their own lives — and his father passed away. Tim Wallis aks Lees. Photo ...

A Moment In Crime Podcast: Tragedy in the hills - the mysterious death of polo star Lauren Biddle 19 Dec, 2020 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Anna Leask is a senior reporter for the New Zealand Heraldanna.leask@nzherald.co.nz@AnnaLeask After a high profile trial in November this year, Christchurch engineer Joseph McGirr was acquitted by a jury of giving Ecstasy to a US polo player before she died in his spa bath. But he was found guilty of attempting to pervert the course of justice by burying her clothing after her death. The case was bizarre, captivating and tragic - and then after all of the d...