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I like to peruse the garage sales that pop up on long weekends during the short Canadian summers an I remember a couple of years ago I was at one particular sale that was sketchy right off the bat. I was afraid to touch anything and the large, scraggle-bearded man who hacked between drags on his cigarette kept trying to push various superfluous, dust covered items into my hands. My interest in his ramshackle garage sale was dwindling until I saw a stack of 6 cardboard boxes labeled “Mystery box” with prices anywhere from $5.00 – $10.00 on them. I am a sucker for a mystery. Hesitantly, I picked up one box, handed a crisp bill to the man and left with my box of secrets. I justified by thinking that the mystery itself was worth the cash I had spent…I was wrong. In the box was old camping gear which included plastic cutlery in a smoky plastic bag, a
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Tony E. Valenzuela’s paranormal thriller, ‘The Axe Murders of Villisca’, is now available in select theaters, on VOD, and on Digital HD, as of January 20th. The haunting film was inspired by the true story of the viscous, unsolved murder of an entire family. The Crime Sometime around midnight on Sunday, June 9, 1912, a killer or killers entered a home in Villisca, Iowa, and slaughtered eight people in their sleep. The victims included two adults and six children from the ages of 5 to 12. The night before the murders, the family had spent the evening in church, then walked the 3 blocks to their home. Sometime after midnight one or more killers entered the residence, one armed with the father’s ax and bludgeoned to death each person in the home. By 8:00 am on the 10th, the father’s brother Ross arrived at the house. Upon entering he saw Joe and Sarah Moore’s bodies covered by a bedsheet. Ross
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The largest mass murder in the history of the state of Michigan is a truly horrific and unique tale. Nearly 7,000 miners went on strike in Calumet, Michigan. Their strike demands were simple: increased wages, no more child labor, and safer conditions (including support beams in the mines to prevent cave-ins). The response was a stalwart “NO” because support beams were expensive and dead miners “cost nothing.” The strike had been going on for six months by the time Christmas came around and the out-of-work families decided to have a massive, community Christmas party. 500 children and 200 adults ascended the long, steep staircase at the only entrance and packed in to the upstairs of the Calumet’s Italian Hall on Christmas Eve, 1913. As the party started to wind down late at night, the children gathered at the stage to receive what would surely be their only gift that year. Just then, a man described only as wearing Citizen’s Alliance
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True Story
I like to peruse the garage sales that pop up on long weekends during the short Canadian summers an I remember a couple of years ago I was at one particular sale that was sketchy right off the bat. I was afraid to touch anything and the large, scraggle-bearded man who hacked between drags on his cigarette kept trying to push various superfluous, dust covered items into my hands. My interest in his ramshackle garage sale was dwindling until I saw a stack of 6 cardboard boxes labeled “Mystery box” with prices anywhere from $5.00 – $10.00 on them. I am a sucker for a mystery. Hesitantly, I picked up one box, handed a crisp bill to the man and left with my box of secrets. I justified by thinking that the mystery itself was worth the cash I had spent…I was wrong. In the box was old camping gear which included plastic cutlery in a smoky plastic bag, a
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True CrimeTrue Story
Tony E. Valenzuela’s paranormal thriller, ‘The Axe Murders of Villisca’, is now available in select theaters, on VOD, and on Digital HD, as of January 20th. The haunting film was inspired by the true story of the viscous, unsolved murder of an entire family. The Crime Sometime around midnight on Sunday, June 9, 1912, a killer or killers entered a home in Villisca, Iowa, and slaughtered eight people in their sleep. The victims included two adults and six children from the ages of 5 to 12. The night before the murders, the family had spent the evening in church, then walked the 3 blocks to their home. Sometime after midnight one or more killers entered the residence, one armed with the father’s ax and bludgeoned to death each person in the home. By 8:00 am on the 10th, the father’s brother Ross arrived at the house. Upon entering he saw Joe and Sarah Moore’s bodies covered by a bedsheet. Ross
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The largest mass murder in the history of the state of Michigan is a truly horrific and unique tale. Nearly 7,000 miners went on strike in Calumet, Michigan. Their strike demands were simple: increased wages, no more child labor, and safer conditions (including support beams in the mines to prevent cave-ins). The response was a stalwart “NO” because support beams were expensive and dead miners “cost nothing.” The strike had been going on for six months by the time Christmas came around and the out-of-work families decided to have a massive, community Christmas party. 500 children and 200 adults ascended the long, steep staircase at the only entrance and packed in to the upstairs of the Calumet’s Italian Hall on Christmas Eve, 1913. As the party started to wind down late at night, the children gathered at the stage to receive what would surely be their only gift that year. Just then, a man described only as wearing Citizen’s Alliance
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