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Unsolved Murder: Leila Adele Welsh of Kansas City, MO (March 9, 1941) - Was It the Black Dahlia Killer?

Readers are drawn into stories involving unsolved mysteries. This is the story of Leila Adele Welsh, the victim of a brutal crime on the night of March 9, 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri. After all the years between her passing and reporters' articles, my living and a doctor's appointment which led me to her story, this case is still unsolved.

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The Ultimate List of BBQ Sauce & Spice Rub Recipes

Your one stop resource to the best barbecue sauces on the web. Anything from Kansas City style to Memphis Dry Rub to South Carolina Mustard sauce and more.

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KU Men's Basketball 2011-2012: An Early Look Ahead

The 2011-2012 college basketball season is still months away, but the Kansas Jayhawks continue to make news for 2012. Barring apocalyptic prophecies associated with the end of the Mayan calendar, the Jayhawks have a lot to look forward to in the...

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The Formation of the Republican Party: 1850 to 1865

On July 6, 1854, a crowd that numbered as high as 10,000, crowded into Jackson, Michigan in what has often been considered the founding of the Republican Party. In just six politically charged years, the coalition of radicals, conservatives, former Whigs, Free Soilers and Know-Nothings, anti-slavery Democrats, nativists and foreigners, were able to form a cohesive party. By 1860, the Republicans would have the presidency with the election of Abraham Lincoln. Slavery is the key to all of this.

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Was the American Civil War inevitable?

Events Leading Up to the Civil War in 1861 – An Imaginary Q & A session in a high school history classroom created by Michael M. Nakade (The author created the work below by gathering relevant information...

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Frustropolis

Indianapolis is my town, but it could be/ should be so much more...bolder, more unique, less mediocre. At least I want it to be.

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Pretty Boy Floyd, The Kansas City Massacre, and His MURDER By the F.B.I.

Charles Arthur Floyd was born in Barlow County, Georgia; on February the third, nineteen hundred and four years following the year of our Lord. Like many of the poor "whites" of the South, my own grandparents included, he spent a large part of his...

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Winter Weather Predicted By A Persimmon Seed

What will the 2011-12 winter weather be? I am not a weatherman, but I have a way to predict the overall forecast. I look to the persimmon seed!

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KU JAYHAWK BASKETBALL--All Time Greatest Defenders

A look at the greatest defensive basketball players in the storied history of Kansas University--listing the top 5 of all time, along with a list of honorable mentions.

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Topeka's Rochester Cemetery and the horror movie "Carnival of Souls"

The 1962 indie horror movie "Carnival of Souls" was a "sleeper" until the 1980s when it was elevated to cult status after it began appearing in indie theaters and on late night TV. This hub is about the Lawrence KS indie film company and people who put the story on the small screen in the first place.

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