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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I am an author and historian who writes about long-forgotten and out of the way events and places. I love the bizarre, the unusual, and the downright weird. I write a regular blog at my website, www.johnbrassardjrcom.wordpress.com, and also manage a facebook page about things of historical interest called The Kitchen Table Historian.
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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In 1921, a former newspaper editor and a barber decided to rob a bank in rural Iowa. Expecting little resistance, the two expected an easy…
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Some people just don’t know when to quit. Granted, that’s a trait that we normally admire. The sports team that keeps pushing to a win…
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The murder of the Spencer family was one of the worst crimes to ever take place in Clark County, Missouri. Justice had to be done,…
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Most of us take our lives for granted. We wake up and go about our day with hardly a thought toward anything else going on…
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Willis James was just going to work in 1877. Instead, he found himself part of what would become one of the most horrendous and infamous…
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Welcome to the first story of the new year, everyone! I’ve been excited to get this one out, and, even though it’s a little…
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In the 1870’s, the town of Delmar, Iowa, had a problem. They were a railroad town, and with the railroads had come the railroad laborers.…
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George Scott was a loving family man. When he was found dead in his yard, they were shocked. When the disturbing events leading up to…
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