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8710 Life Lessons I Learned From Reading True Crime
True crime isn't just a form of entertainment, there's so much a reader can learn. This is a list of ten life lessons I've taken away from reading this genre.
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80Did Abe Lincoln Have Any Surviving Children? Tad and Willie?
Abe Lincoln met Mary Todd at a dance and the couple began a tempestuous relationship and marriage after that first eventful evening. Once engaged, Abe had second thoughts and called off the marriage in 1841 but well intentioned friends brought them...
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75Haunted Houses in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois
A range of emotions come to the surface when conversations turn to ghosts, ghouls, the supernatural or haunted houses. Some people consider these stories to be works of fiction while others rely on blind faith when talk turns to these visions roaming the earth. Then, there are the ones who are sharing a residence with one … or more
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81Haunted Cemeteries In Illinois: Part II
A look at some of the haunted cemeteries all over Illinois. Part two of a list of some of the more haunted graveyards in Illinois.
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82Mastermind of Murder: The Volatile Marriage of Alan and Dianne Masters and Its Tragic Ending
Dianne Masters had made the decision to leave her powerful attorney husband Alan Masters, but he wasn't going to allow her to wust walk away with his daughter and his money. Alan dispatched a couple of dirty cops and a crooked police chief to kill Dianne then hide her body in a Chicago waterway. For six years, everyone wondered if Alan Masters would get away with murder.
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78Growing a Reliance Peach Tree
We bought a peach tree in the summer of 2003. It was about 6 foot tall and had flowers on it when we purchased it from a nursery. It was very thin in the trunk area but was very healthy. It is a Reliance Peach Tree. A Reliance Peach is a white...
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80World's Fair: The Imperial White City - Chicago, 1893
The Columbian Exposition honored Columbus's Voyages to the New World beginning in 1492. It did so with electricity, other inventions, fast food, giant cheeses, and belly dancing. Unfortunately, it also did so with murders...
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78Soma FM Free Internet Radio
Soma FM is a commercial free internet radio station. It's completely free, streamed over the internet and requires no subscription. All you have to do is click listen now and choose a channel. The kind of music they provide is from real artists,...
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73The Folksingers-Burl Ives,the wayfaring stranger, his rift with folk singer Pete Seeger over communist blacklisting
Burl Ives was a unique name in popular American music in the era of the 1950's as a folk and pop singer. He later made a big name as an actor but strangely was overlooked during the 1960's folk revival.This might have been because Burl Ives and Pete Seeger had a falling out.
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81No Irish Need Apply A History of The Irish in America, Circa 1850
One of the great mysteries in my past will be that of my second great grandfather, Patrick Murphy. Lost, among the many Irish souls that came before me, he has remained. I think that he has become somewhat of...
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