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Idaho’s Jack the Ripper
In 1954, A Maximum Security cell house, the Old Idaho Penitentiary, was constructed complete with a gallows room on the second floor. Raymond Allen Snowden was executed for the murder of Cora Dean, which occurred in Garden City on September 23, 1956. Snowden was nicked named "Idaho’s Jack the Ripper". Dean’s body was found with 30 stab wounds to it. The the coroner had determined that her throat had been slashed first then after that … Read entire article »
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The Wizard of Oz Hanging Munchkin Scene
A friend told me that in one scene of the Wizard of Oz you can see someone ‘hang’ themselves from a tree in the background. Well, the "dead person hanging in the background" rumor is popular, but untrue. What the "hanging person" actually is a film crew person who got caught in the shot and quickly ran off the set. It’s kind of hard to see, but it never did get cut out. I guess the … Read entire article »
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The Bunny Man Bridge
After the civil war Fairfax County, Virginia became more populated and eventually an insane asylum was built there. No one wanted to live near the asylum and because of the public outrage the institution was shut down. The administration transferred the patients and in 1904 the process was completed. During the transfer, some of the patients escaped and hid in the surrounding woods and forest. These individuals were lost, delusional and dangerous. Most of them were found except Marcus Lawster and Douglas Griffen. The local authorities found a trail they believed belonged to them, littered with half eaten mutilated bunnies. The trail led deep into the woods to a tunnel bridge crossing a wide creek. There they found Marcus hanging from the tunnel entrance. There was a note attached to his foot … Read entire article »
Filed under: Bridges and Tracks, Featured, Mad Men
