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A 92-Year-Old Woman To Stand Trial For Murder
Clara Tang is going down in the history books. She is currently the oldest woman on record ordered to stand trial for murder in Australia. She is 92. After almost 70 years of marriage, Mrs Tang –...
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The 6 Most Terrible Publicity Stunts Ever
I’m sure you guys all are familiar with the Scope’s Monkey Trial, but did you know that the whole thing was actually just an overblown publicity stunt to help attract travelers to visit the town of...
View ArticlePolice Officer Maneuvers 800-Pound Patrol Bike Through Obstacle Course
(Video Link) Sure, a light trial bike can be turned sharply and quickly, but how about an 800-pound Harley-Davidson Road King? Here’s a video of Donnie Williams of Grand Prairie, Texas, taking his...
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Is Trial by Combat Still Legal in the United States?
The blogger New Jovian Thunderbolt offers this novel legal argument: American law originates from British Common Law. Specifically Common Law before we split from them. 1776 and all that. It’s where...
View ArticleAbraham Lincoln: Amazing Wrestler
This week we’re running a series of posts by Matt Soniak about Abraham Lincoln’s foray into forensic meteorology. If you missed the first installment yesterday, check it out. In the summer of 1831,...
View ArticleHow Abraham Lincoln Argued a Murder Trial
This week we’re running a series of posts by Matt Soniak about Abraham Lincoln’s foray into forensic meteorology. If you missed the first or second installments of the series, check them out. May 3,...
View ArticleNews Organization Uses Puppets To Re-Enact Trial
(YouTube Link) What do you do when your news organization aren’t allowed to film the corruption trial of a former county commissioner? Why, bring in the puppets and re-enact that sucker! That’s what...
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The Lancashire Witches 1612-2012
Four hundred years ago in northwest England, twenty people were arrested on witchcraft charges. We know so much about the Lancashire Witches because the trial was recorded in unique detail by the...
View ArticleSouth Korea man blames octopus for murder
In a bizarre murder trial, a man accused of killing his girlfriend is claiming that an octopus did it. The unnamed defendant is facing the death penal…
View ArticleDid 16th-century priest have ’superpowers’ ?
Catholic priest Pedro Ruiz Calderón was put on trial in Mexico City for practicing black magic. Records of the trial that took place in the year 1540 …
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