Near the beginning of the movie A Star is Born, you see…
Tag: True Crime
Discoveries triggered by sleeping effigies at Père Lachaise
There are numerous graves at Père Lachaise with sculpted effigies of people…
Pablo Escobar & the Mystery Plane
While leaving the reef after snorkelling, I asked the captain of our…
The Granite Street Fracas
Vermont is a major player in the world’s granite market. Just outside…
The Panthéon and Hoche
The Panthéon in Paris is King Louis XV’s great contribution to the…
Civil Rights Violence & the Case of Wharlest Jackson
The next stop on the road trip is Natchez, Mississippi… a small…
The Macabre Epilogue of those who Drowned in the Seine
Meet the Seine River: it’s 776km long, the second largest river in…
The Sick Children of Alijn’s Hofje
It seems that in Dutch, there are dozens of words that can…
The Curious Case of Tom Thomson
During the spring/summer of 1917, when most able-bodied, male Canadians were fighting…
Victoria Harbour, Burlington and The Murder of Theresa Balsor
The next destination on the find-all-the-places-with-harbour-in-the-name road trip is Victoria Harbour: the…
Calico Cemetery — Clues About the Mining Community
The Calico Ghost Town by itself told me very little about the…
The Grevin, Paris
The Grévin is France’s equivalent to London’s Madame Tussauds… which is rather…