Let’s All Check on Senator Mary Landrieu’s Fishing Camp
History doesn’t always cooperate with us. The narrative that we are continually constructing often runs at odds with reality. Our outrage culture has […]
Category: Things You’ve Never Heard Of
Big Sur Stabbing: Writer “Falls Onto” Knife 9 Times
Big Sur, California, hugging the Pacific coast, is wreathed in fog and mystery. It seems like if you’re going to die there, […]
Brutal and Effective: C. Fred Tarver’s Advertising Campaign
“These four men have one thing in common…” Who would you rather buy insurance from if you live in Alexandria, Louisiana. Fred […]
Margarine Mascot Monkey Gives Birth in Pipe Organ
On October 31, 1919, we find that a monkey named Nuko escaped, ran amok, hid in a pipe organ in San Francisco’s […]
Kelsey Grammer’s Father’s Racially Motivated Murder
Key Takeaways: * On April 24, 1968, Frank Allen Grammer Jr., the father of Kelsey Grammer, was murdered by Arthur Bevan Niles.* […]
Bizarre Tale of Two Rat Packers Bound By One Mountain
The Rat Pack defined Hollywood and Las Vegas 1950s cool: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, Angie Dickinson, and […]
The Great Foley, Minn. Computer Scam of 1955
It’s time for Robert Kotsmith and Michael Chmielewski to fess up. Time to come clean. Guys, don’t worry. We forgive you. The Statute […]
Oh, Those Germans! Insane Method of Transporting Deathly Ill Sailors in 1905
Sure, the idea of going back in the past has its temptations. Hobnobbing with a young Einstein. Enjoying the pleasures of Gay […]
Decadent Monacracy: White House Secret Service Uniforms During Nixon’s Administration
In 1970, President Richard Nixon changed the White House Secret Service’s uniforms most dramatically. According to Richard Reeves’ President Nixon: Alone in […]
Forgotten Woodstock: Seattle Pop Festival, 1969
Drive through Woodinville, Washington and it has the glimmer of an Eastside Seattle suburb that is rapidly expanding. With its Target, brewpubs, […]