All the Rage
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Oct. 1, 2009
Books
As murder mysteries go, the tale of former President Zachary Taylor ended Wednesday considerably less gripping than anything Raymond Chandler wrote.
June 27, 1991
World & Nation
A coroner performed tests Monday on President Zachary Taylor’s remains to check the theory that he was poisoned nearly 141 years ago during the pre-Civil War struggle over slavery.
June 18, 1991
Culture Monster Blog
June 2, 2009
The crypt of Zachary Taylor will be opened Monday to test an author’s theory that the 12th President of the United States was assassinated with poison 141 years ago.
June 15, 1991
President Bush offered his own tongue-in-cheek theory Thursday for what really killed Zachary Taylor.
July 5, 1991
Scientists Friday irradiated parts of the remains of President Zachary Taylor in an uranium-fueled reactor to determine if the nation’s 12th President died of arsenic poisoning.
June 23, 1991
Archives
Question: I have just learned that my great-grandfather was hanged for murdering someone, and I am still in shock.
Aug. 13, 1987
Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee irradiated hair and nail samples from President Zachary Taylor’s remains in a uranium-fueled reactor to determine if the nation’s 12th President died of arsenic poisoning.
June 22, 1991
Movies
Summer camp movies usually spell hilarity and nostalgia, but Herbert Beigel’s engaging, semiautobiographical “Camp Stories” is bittersweet to the utmost.
Feb. 28, 1997