I finally had the chance to visit the historic Oaklawn Cemetery in downtown Tampa and found it to be fascinating. Although it has fallen into a bit of disrepair it is a great place for a casual walk through. Two interesting abandoned historic buildings on the grounds and tons of Floridas history can be found…
Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story? AUTHOR DANIEL WALLACE ONCE WROTE that “when a man’s stories are remembered, then he is immortal.” In the unusual case of Charlie Smith, while his stories may have fallen short of…
ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST recognizable television figures of the 1980s and ’90s, Bob Ross taught generations of Americans how to paint rolling hills and fluffy clouds on his show “The Joy of Painting.” Known for his perpetually permed ‘fro and rather soothing voice, the Air Force veteran used what he called his wet-on-wet technique…
The brochure reads, “The Rosicrucian Order is a worldwide philosophical and initiatic tradition that offers time-tested techniques for re-discovering the wisdom, compassion, strength and inner peace that already reside within each human being.” That all sounds good, but the message would seem a lot more serious if there wasn’t a statue of a saggy breasted…
This cemetery is located off of Fort Dade Ave. in Brooksville and it is an old black cemetery with the earliest “known” burial starting in the late 1800s. It has been said that at dusk, you can see what seems to be a man hanging from a tree limb. Groups of ghosts have also been…
There used to be a land the Munchkin houses in La Jolla, but recent developments and developers have wiped out all but one of these diminutive domiciles. While searching for the elusive locale, a local jogger related the accepted legend: After production wrapped on The Wizard of Oz in 1939, a few of the actors…
The city of Tampa located in Florida is just the place to be, what with the beautiful fauna and flora. Not to mention the skyline of downtown Tampa that is just simply breathtaking. The whole area is filled with many many businesses, restaurants, and landmarks that will always have a place in history. Touring the…
Lupe Velez was an actress who made her way from a performer in Mexican vaudeville to a star of the silver screen. Recovering from a failed marriage, Velez fell in love with Harold Ramond and became pregnant out of wedlock. On December 13, 1944, after spending an evening with friends, Velez Swallowed 70 Secobarbital with…
The 999 phone charging myth is an urban legend which claims that calling an emergency telephone number, then promptly hanging up, charges mobile phone batteries
The 27 Club The 27 Club is an urban legend that popular musicians and other celebrated artists die at age 27 with statistically anomalous frequency, notably Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse. The claim of a “statistical spike” for the death of musicians at that age has been…