Dave Ferrie

Mental cures, moral panics, and the improbable afterlife of David Ferrie.

Oct 16, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

The real-life Dave Ferrie didn't sound anything like the neurotic, volatile creep Joe Pesci portrayed in Oliver Stone's 1992 film "JFK."

Aug 6, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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Tailing Ferrie's Comet

On Nov. 22, 1963, Dave Ferrie danced out of a courthouse, partied with a mob boss, & sped into the darkness to take an 18-year-old boy ice-skating in…

Aug 3, 2025 • Lamar White, Jr.

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