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In April 1926, 41 members of the Ku Klux Klan gather at a ferris wheel at Cañon City, Colorado, a stronghold of the group in that era. It is obvious from the picture that these morons were celebrating or preparing to do some dirty deed to some innocent person who didn't stand up to their high code... Sign in to see full entry.

Alice Lee Roosevelt Longworth was an American writer and prominent socialite. She was the eldest child of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt and the only child of Roosevelt and his first wife, Alice Hathaway Lee. Longworth led an unconventional and controversial life. Her marriage to Representative... Sign in to see full entry.

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The Iron Goat Trail, Stevens Pass in Washington state is a 5.7 mile loop. Nearly one-hundred lives ended in a railroad disaster here in 1910. It was the worst recorded in US history. The disaster was caused by an avalanche derailing two passenger trains. The tracks were moved to a different location... Sign in to see full entry.

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Flatulence aka farting was a regular part of Hitler's daily life...much more than the average human. Maybe that is why he was so angry. Realistically, he always did appear to be smelling shit and now we know why. Truth is that the crazed little lunatic suffered from the most horrendous gas... Sign in to see full entry.

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Witchcraft gets a bad reputation because it is often associated with black magic, blood rituals, human sacrifices, and hexes. Not all witches are bad. White witches specifically are said to direct their magic for the greater good of all and with harm to none. A White Witch literally is “one” with... Sign in to see full entry.

In the early 1900s in Weatherford, Oklahoma, Katie DeWitt James left her home with her baby after she filed for divorce from her husband. She planned to move in with her cousin, but her family never heard from her. After an investigation, it turned out that she moved in with local prostitute Frannie... Sign in to see full entry.

There is a diobolic wooded area in southeastern Pennsylvania, right on the Delaware border, whose legendary status made it into the summer blockbuster movie, "The Village." The Devil’s Road winds a couple of miles through the woods just north of the Delaware border in Chadds Ford. It is better known... Sign in to see full entry.