Let’s face a harsh reality – prison life is supposed to be tough. Trust me, if it were easy, then all the celebrities would be doing it, like Martha Stewart, Tim Allen, Mark Wahlburg, Felicity Huffman, Robert Downey Jr., Lori Loughlin, Wesley Snipes, Sean Penn, Christian Slater, that kid who played Crabbe in the Harry […]
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Ghost Towns and Lost Places, History, Myths and Legends, Places
When we think about potentially supernatural cryptids, like Bigfoot or The Loch Ness Monster or that stupid gremlin who lives in your dishwasher that steals tupperware lids, they usually are little more than a side note of history (and maybe geography). We’ve all heard the legends where some people are out hiking and camping and
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History, Myths and Legends
In 1986, the city of Cleveland, Ohio was having a bit of an identity crisis. For the longest time, the city had been somewhat associated with things like Organized Crime, pollution, corruption, and … well, a whole bunch of less than desirable things. For the past several years, the city had been trying to clean
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History
In February, 2023, the Nation turned their eyes to the state of Ohio after a freight train carrying some really nasty stuff derailed near East Palestine, Ohio and when a bunch of political figures got involved, things got really weird. I mean, super weird. To make a long story short, let’s just say that there
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History, Myths and Legends
NOTE: The following post deals with a legal subject matter, and as I am not a lawyer, do not seek legal advise here. The information presented here is purely for educational and historical purposes. One day (I’m not sure if it was May 23, 1957 or a few days after that) a lady named Dolly
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History, Landmark Cases
NOTE: The following post deals with a legal subject matter, and as I am not a lawyer, do not seek legal advise here. The information presented here is purely for educational and historical purposes. On Halloween in 1963, a police officer named Martin McFadden was doing his thing in Downtown Cleveland when he noticed two
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History, Landmark Cases
Columbus Ohio, 1929 In some ways, 1929 was a very strange year. It marked the end of the “Roaring Twenties”, a period of economic prosperity that touched nearly every aspect of modern life. It was truly a time of change. New technologies, from radios to automobiles, would revolutionize the world in new and interesting ways.
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History, True Crime
For today’s outing, we’re going to step just outside the limits of the State of Ohio and visit a place … well, the place doesn’t exactly have a name, so we’ll just say it’s near Petersburg, Kentucky. Lawrenceburg, Indiana is, technically, a bit closer, but it’s on the other side of the Ohio river. If
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History
I know, I know … talking about Cryptids usually causes people to roll their eyes and start thinking about more pleasant topics, like the best ways to watch paint dry. We’ve all had to sit through one too many stories about someone seeing “Bigfoot” but by the time they grabbed their cellphone to take a
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History, Myths and Legends, Places
What makes a person legally insane? That is a question that has plagued our courts for as long as anyone can remember. The unfortunate reality is that sometimes, it’s not always an easy question to answer. Not only is it a legal question, but an emotional one, a moral (or maybe even religious) one, but
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History, Myths and Legends, People