Boxed for a Better Life – Podcast #203 Published on September 11, 2023 Posted in: Escape and Survival, Love & Marriage, Podcast In 1901, Johann Beck was deeply in love with his fiancé Johanna but jobless in Germany. They dreamt of a new life in the U.S., but funds were scarce. Johann's ingenious plan to cross the Atlantic changed everything. Was love able to conquer all?Click to Read More...
The Kid Is Not My Son – Podcast #198 Published on June 7, 2023 Posted in: Hoaxes, Love & Marriage, Money & Financial, Podcast A young boy could inherit millions until his father suspects he isn’t the dad. A true story that involves deceit, attempted blackmail, international law, forged papers, a deceased lawyer, and more!Click to Read More...
Dubious Advice – Podcast #197 Published on May 18, 2023 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Podcast Something NEW! for the podcast: A look at advice columns and how they have evolved over time. Have the questions and responses changed over the past century? Some of the responses are sure to make you laugh. Click to Read More...
Frasier, the Sensuous Lion – Podcast #196 Published on May 3, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Love & Marriage, Podcast Frasier was a decrepit old circus lion whose best days were far behind him, or at least that was what his caregivers believed. While he wasn’t much to look at, he proved popular with the lionesses.Click to Read More...
1937: Miss Stumpf to Become Bride of Mr. Zumpft (Footnote) Published on April 28, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Tidbits Alida Stumpf didn't have to change her last name by much when she married Frederick Zumpft in 1937.Click to Read More...
The Love Pirate – Podcast #194 Published on April 3, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Podcast In 1923, Kathleen Morrell was arrested for contributing to the delinquency of her own children. Why? Simply because all of her children were illegitimate.Click to Read More...
1964: Woman Anonymously Mails Boyfriend $500 (Footnote) Published on March 14, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage A 19-year-old had the brilliant idea of mailing her boyfriend $500, thinking he would use it to marry her. It did not go as planned...Click to Read More...
1937: Dog Found to Have Ring Lost Three Years Earlier (Footnote) Published on March 10, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage For three long years, Mrs. David Hann searched for her wedding ring. Then, one day, her dog spat it up. Where had it been all this time?Click to Read More...
1967: Dead Elephant Her Valentine Published on March 7, 2023 Posted in: Animals & Pets, Love & Marriage, Tidbits Would you give a dead baby elephant to your significant other for Valentine's Day? Well, this Oregon man did...Click to Read More...
A Severed Relationship – Podcast #192 Published on March 6, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Podcast Ouch!!! The ghastly true story of Bertha Boronda who, in 1907, took a straight razor and sliced off her husband Frank’s penis. Did he survive?Click to Read More...
1930: Kissing Ban Proposed (Footnote) Published on March 3, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage A 10-year ban on kissing was proposed to slow the spread of tuberculosis. Could it work?Click to Read More...
1957: Doctor’s Stained-Glass Struggle Against Daughter’s Marriage Published on February 28, 2023 Posted in: Crime & Punishment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits A man objects to his daughter's marriage to her high school teacher by hurling stones at St. Patrick's cathedral's stained-glass windows.Click to Read More...
1928: Couple Waits 60 Years to Marry Published on February 24, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage It's never too late to marry one's sweetheart, even if they have to wait 60 years to do so.Click to Read More...
1904: The Match Head Man: A Strange Tale of Addiction Published on February 21, 2023 Posted in: Bizarre & Oddities, Law & Order, Love & Marriage, Tidbits A woman complains that her husband has been eating match heads since their honeymoon and wants to know what can be done about it.Click to Read More...
1927: Every Kiss Takes 3 Minutes From Lovers’ Life Span (Footnote) Published on February 17, 2023 Posted in: Footnotes to History, Love & Marriage, Science, Technology & Medicine Can kissing really shorten one's life? That's what students at Western State College concluded.Click to Read More...