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Not Your Average Summer Camp

In the summer of 1954, twenty-two fifth-grade boys were taken out to a campground at Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahom...
Written by Marisa Brook • 03 Jul 2006 • Read →
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America’s Discarded Superconducting Supercollider

Deep beneath the plains of central Texas lies a catacomb of tunnels once meant to house the most expensive physics ex...
Written by Anthony Kendall • 18 Apr 2006 • Read →
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Volcanic Winter

In France, on 6 April 1815, Napoleon surrendered his throne in favor of his sons. The coalition that opposed him were...
Written by Jason Bellows • 14 Mar 2006 • Read →
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The Mad Gasser of Mattoon

On September 2, 1944, as the Second World War was in progress in Europe and the Pacific, some strange happenings were...
Written by Alan Bellows • 14 Dec 2005 • Read →
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The Killer Lakes of Cameroon

On the night of 15 August 1984, a truck sagging with the weight of a dozen passengers trundled along a misty road in...
Written by Alan Bellows • 11 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Chernobyl

Part One On April 26th, 1986, the world was shaken by an explosion. The worst-case peacetime scenario had occurre...
Written by Josh Harding • 08 Nov 2005 • Read →
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Alicia Jurman

There are many, many stories the world over detailing parts and pieces of WWII. The world ‘round, the name Anne Fran...
Written by Josh Harding • 11 Oct 2005 • Read →
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The Monumental Molasses Morass of 1919

How a massive, poorly built molasses storage tank in Boston caused damage and death.
Written by Alan Bellows • 23 Sep 2005 • Read →
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Lake Peigneur: The Swirling Vortex of Doom

Early in the morning on November 20, 1980, twelve men decided to abandon their oil drilling rig on the suspicion that...
Written by Alan Bellows • 06 Sep 2005 • Read →
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