If history is made up of small stories, then some of them fall off and disappear, like table scraps. Come and sample a few of…
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When I was younger, I spent a year working for a big box retail chain. One day, I noticed that one of my fellow employees…
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In the early 1900’s, a Nebraska schoolteacher visited an unspeakable atrocity upon the students under her care in Sarpy County. Or did she? Sources…
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Jeffery McCain was going to school. Jeffery, or Jeffy, as everyone called him, loved school, especially reading. Books allowed him to visit places that he…
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An early December blizzard chilled Iowa to the bone. It still wasn’t as cold as the heart of a father seeking vengeance for his daughter.…
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The rain began to fall steadily across Iowa. The weather was warm for early December, hovering right around the 40-degree mark. All morning long and…
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Malone, Iowa, is perhaps the best hidden town in Clinton County, Iowa. In 1921, it also played host to one of the darkest deeds ever…
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If you had just spent eight years in prison, would you return to a life of crime? If you did, but got caught, what would…
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Paul Schroeder ran through the repair shop, trying to avoid the hail of bullets flying towards him. He raised his revolver, firing blindly. Paul wasn’t…
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