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Episode 44: Table Scraps, Vol. 1
If history is made up of small stories, then some of them fall off and disappear, like table scraps. Come…
Table Scraps, Vol. 1
When I was younger, I spent a year working for a big box retail chain. One day, I noticed that…
Episode 7: The Night Turned Into Day: The Stanley Packamore Murder
In 1925, a terrible event took place in Wisconsin that literally shook a city and left one man dead. The…
The Night Turned Into Day: The Stanley Packamore Murder
24-hour, late night restaurants are a normal, accepted institution in the modern world. While some establishments have discontinued round the…
Episode 3: Sudden Endings
Winter driving is something that virtually all Midwestern drivers have to face down at some point. One night in 1926,…
Sudden Endings: The Tragic Tale of Singleton Gardiner
Gertrude Woodard was only seventeen years old. Popular and well-liked by many, young Gertrude lived with her parents near…
The Person in the Background: Going Unnoticed Through History
I loved movies when I was a kid, especially westerns. They were great fun, but like most movies from back…
Fire in the Snow: The Sudden End of Singleton Gardiner
Winter driving can always be sketchy in the Midwest. Snow, ice, and plummeting temperatures can create dangerous road conditions. Almost…
Dark Winter’s Past: The Unfortunate End of Singleton Gardiner
This past weekend, the Midwest faced down Winter Storm Jupiter, what was promised to deliver a whole lot of…