A new mural in NoMad pays homage to the neighborhood’s past and the Gilded Age’s most infamous beauty, Evelyn Nesbit, who captivated New York City at the turn of the last century. Commissioned by the ...

The publication of “The Girl on the Velvet Swing” comes at a time when sexual harassment is being taken seriously and punished in a way never seen before. Everyday women are speaking out, telling the ...

Evelyn Nesbit was arguably the twentieth century’s first major celebrity. Before her 21st birthday, the model and girl-about-town found herself at the center of a love triangle that ended in 1906 with ...

Evelyn Nesbit achieved great fame more than a century ago as a model. She revolutionised cultural life, writes Lindsay Baker. What makes a supermodel? A preternatural beauty, of course, but there is ...

In this interview, Paula Uruburu, associate professor and chair of the English department at Hofstra University, describes Nesbit, White, Thaw, and the murder of the century. Her research into the ...

Thaw was mad, a sadist who set about pursuing Nesbit as he had various other of White’s many young mistresses. Thaw more or less kidnapped Nesbit, whipped her habitually and forced her to tell him the ...

Evelyn Nesbit, the former actress and model, was featured in an online advertisement that promised: "Historical Wild West photos - Discretion Advised." The ad was placed by a website named Bon Voyaged ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about peak experiences with a focus on movies, TV and travel. There was a time when New York’s NoMad district was the ...