Top Ten Posts of 2010

Faust by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

Jumping on the "Top Ten" bandwagon, here's our list of the most popular posts of 2010:

1 A Nightmare on Greene Street

2 The Lessons of Abu Tabela

3 A Most Illustrious Corpse

4 Mr. Enigma

5 To the Shores of Tripoli

6 To Hell and Back

7 Of the Wonderful Force of Imagination

8 The Last Days of September

9 They Called Him "Thunder Arm"

10 Enigmatic Traditions: The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead

Close, but no cigar:

The Mustard Gas Disaster at Bari Harbor and The Patriotic Gangster deserve honorable mentions. If these pieces were posted longer they may have made the Top Ten list.

Still making the rounds from 2009:

1 Knight Without Fear and Without Reproach

2 The Pontelandolfo — Casalduni Massacre

3 Who We Are

We've had a good year and are looking forward to an even better 2011. Happy New Year!