Charles Schulz Kind Of Killed Off A “Peanuts” Character
In the 1950s, Charles Schulz introduced a new character to his comic strip "Peanuts." Barely a year later, she was gone... and may have met a horrific end at the hands of the cartoonist!
Frank Hayes, The Only Jockey To Die During A Horse Race And Win Anyway
You win some, you lose some, hopefully you live through them all... but not always.
“Half-hangit Maggie” Dickson Survived Her Own Execution
In 18th Century Scotland, there was a woman who was sentenced and put to death, but lived through it all to win the nickname “Half-hangit Maggie.”
Bombing Your Way To Stock Market Success Is A Bad Investing Strategy
It was one of the most convoluted and over-thought plots in the history of crime: a guy tried to manipulate the stock market with bombs.
Defense Scheme No. 1: The Secret Canadian Plan To Invade The US
This year has not been a record one for US/Canadian ties, but at least it's not like 1921, when a Canadian military official worked up a secret plan to invade a bunch of northern US cities. (And, for that matter, the US had a northern invasion plan too.)
Pope Stephen VI Put A Papal Cadaver On Trial For Heresy
We start our third season with a timely story, about a new pope. Though unlike popes of this time, this one decided the best way to use his new job was to exhume his predecessor’s remains and put them on trial for heresy.
Who, I Say, Who Could Have Expected Ten Cent Beer Night Would End In A Ballpark Riot
Some situations are just destined to go wrong. Like the time in 1974 that Cleveland hosted Ten Cent Beer Night at the ballpark and the game ended in a forfeit/drunken riot.
When Marketing Cars To Women, Creepy Anonymous Letters Aren’t Your Best Bet
In 1994, an ad campaign for a car company somehow misjudged its ad campaign so badly that the whole effort landed the company in court.
Musician Gram Parsons’ Remains Went On One Extra Strange Trip
Gram Parsons saw his life take some strange turns... but nothing as strange as what happened in his afterlife.
A Couple Months Before The US Entered World War II, Vermont Declared War On The Nazis
In 1941, one of the United States recognized a state of war for a very technical reason, months before the country formally entered the second World War.