Boots strike concrete. A chair scrapes back. The room tightens on the map table. Pins tremble as a fist lands beside them. A…

Boots grind on frozen gravel. A truck idles with the lights killed. Somewhere inside the manor, a drawer sticks, then gives. Paper scrapes…

26 men wore the field marshals baton under Adolf Hitler, including Herman Guring, who would later hold an even higher rank. It was…

Boots hammer a stone corridor. A field phone rattles on a table. Pencils freeze over a map as a door slams and the…

Dean Martin just turned off the lights. Not dimmed them, not signaled the lighting guy. He walked off stage, found the main power…

Dean Martin crushed out his cigarette. His hands were shaking so badly the ashtray rattled. “All right,” he said quietly. “When do we…

My father played this every night,” the 17-year-old girl said, her voice breaking. He said it was the most beautiful piano in the…

The gym doors opened. Everyone turned to look and someone who wasn’t supposed to be there walked in. It was prom night at…

The crowd saw it happening. The blind musician had no idea. Tommy had been playing on that Las Vegas street corner for 3…

Las Vegas, July 1968. The Desert Inn was packed on a Saturday night. High rollers filled the casino. Celebrities mingled at the bar.…