The History of Traditional Organized Crime in America

The History of Traditional Organized Crime in America

The sad and strange case of Virginia Tigh

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Mar 22, 2026
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John William Tuohy

In 1956 an amateur hypnotist named Morey Bernstein of Pueblo Colorado, busted into the headlines with the claim that he had contacted the dead.

Bernstein claimed that he had hypnot…

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