Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, serving 15 consecutive life sentences for the brutal murders of 15 men, is beaten to death by a fellow inmate while performing cleaning duty in a bathroom at the Columbia Correctional Institute gymnasium in Portage, Wisconsin. During a 13-year period, Dahmer, who lived primarily in the Midwest, murdered at least 17 men. Most of these men wereContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1994 Jeffrey Dahmer Murdered in Prison”
Category Archives: History in the Making
5 Notable Museums Opening in 2024 and Beyond
Plan now to see these impressive institutions across the U.S. by Robert Annis Museum fans take note: Several impressive institutions are on schedule to open in the near future. And some dramatic renovations are also in the works (hint: History buffs will be happy). The following options cover a range of interests, but all promise toContinue reading “5 Notable Museums Opening in 2024 and Beyond”
History Lesson Tuesdays: 1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph.
Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a way to record and play back sound. Edison stumbled on one of his great inventions—the phonograph—while working on a way to record telephone communication at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tinfoil cylinder, which, to hisContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: 1877 Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph.”
History Lesson Tuesdays: Herman Melville Publishes “Moby Dick” in 1851.
Moby-Dick is now considered a great classic of American literature and contains one of the most famous opening lines in fiction: “Call me Ishmael.” Initially, though, the book about Captain Ahab and his quest to catch a giant white whale was a flop. Its author, Herman Melville was born in New York City in 1819. As a young man, heContinue reading “History Lesson Tuesdays: Herman Melville Publishes “Moby Dick” in 1851.”
True Crime Sundays: FBI ready to assist if needed on threats to elections offices
by Melissa Luck SEATTLE, Wash – The FBI is working with law enforcement in eastern and western Washington, monitoring apparent threats made to multiple elections offices. Suspicious powder was sent to elections offices in Spokane, Pierce and King Counties Wednesday, as elections workers were processing and counting ballots. In Spokane County, the powder came inContinue reading “True Crime Sundays: FBI ready to assist if needed on threats to elections offices”
Opioid Crisis Fridays: Tragic Overdose in Kuna Reveals An Epidemic on the Rise in Idaho
by Parker A tragic incident unfolded in the Ridley’s parking lot in Kuna when an individual lost their life to a drug overdose. Police officers were on the scene in response to the distressing incident, and it wasn’t long before this became a topic of discussion throughout the community. The news was posted on aContinue reading “Opioid Crisis Fridays: Tragic Overdose in Kuna Reveals An Epidemic on the Rise in Idaho”
Work Begins on Mount Rushmore
October 4, 1927 On October 4, 1927, sculpting begins on the face of Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. It would take another 12 years for the granite images of four of America’s most revered presidents—George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt—to be completed. The monument was the brainchild of a South Dakota historian namedContinue reading “Work Begins on Mount Rushmore”
True Crime Sundays: Idaho woman sentenced to 30 months in prison for role in US Capitol breach “I understood what Jesus felt like when he was in the garden of Gethsemane praying and felt so alone,” St Cyr said in a video on Facebook after the sentencing. by Andrew Baertlein, Alexandra Duggan BOISE, Idaho —Continue reading
Trump Off the Ballot?
by Occupy Democrats BREAKING: ABC News drops bombshell, reveals that “efforts to keep Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot under the 14th Amendment” are “gaining steam” as “election officials in key states are preparing legal challenges to Trump’s candidacy.” But it gets WAY worse for Donald Trump… ABC reports that “Arizona, Michigan, and New Hampshire”Continue reading “Trump Off the Ballot?”
True Crime Sundays: Lori Vallow Daybell sentenced to life in prison for murders of her 2 children and conspiring in the murder of her husband’s first wife.
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Lori Vallow Daybell looks at notes during her sentencing hearing at the Fremont County Courthouse in St. Anthony, Idaho, on Monday, July 31, 2023.
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