The Wrong Man Published on March 31, 2019 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Tidbits On June 3, 1952, Mrs. June Rivers discovered that the man that she had been intimate with was not her husband. William Williams was accused of raping her. Click to Read More...
Loses Job for Taking Out a Personal Ad Published on March 25, 2018 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Tidbits In early August of 1956, 22-year-old Vida Hutto took an ad out in a Houston newspaper seeking a husband. She was seeking a man who was “Fairly handsome, Protestant, dependable, likes to fish and earns at least $400 monthly.” Click to Read More...
Needed a Husband to Pay Off Debt Published on March 17, 2018 Posted in: Love & Marriage, Tidbits In January of 1952, Jane Gorden placed an ad in the Montgomery, Alabama Advertiser for a husband to help pay off her $6,000 in debt (approximately $56,000 adjusted for inflation). Click to Read More...
Wife for Sale – Podcast #110 Published on March 2, 2018 Posted in: Forgotten History, Love & Marriage, Podcast In 1948, Dorothy Lawlor decided to take an ad out in the Newsday newspaper seeking a husband in exchange for $10,000. Within twenty-four hours she became a media sensation. Did she really marry one of these men? The answer may surprise you. Click to Read More...
One Too Many Kisses for Opera Star Published on February 28, 2015 Posted in: Entertainment, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1922 Rafaelo Diaz, a tenor for the Metropolitan Opera was giving kisses to his female fans. This angered one husband and he slugged Diaz. Click to Read More...
Wrong Man Identified Published on November 4, 2014 Posted in: Death and Murder, Tidbits In 1931, Charles Edmund Kneale slipped off of a ladder and fell 30 feet to his death. Two different Mrs. Kneales claimed the body. Click to Read More...
Ring Turning Fad Published on July 1, 2014 Posted in: Fashion & Design, Love & Marriage, Tidbits In 1893, a ring-turning fad was sweeping the nation. If a woman followed the steps exactly, she would meet her future husband. Click to Read More...