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History Short: Famous Authors that did Jail Time
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July 24, 2026
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1:17Now PlayingOn July 24, 1901, short story writer, William Sydney Porter, was released from prison in Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement. You know him better by his pen name, O. Henry.
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