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TODAY WE REMEMBER MAJOR MEGAN MCCLUNG
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Semper Fi, Major!Copied from USMC VETS PAGE: TODAY WE REMEMBER MAJOR MEGAN MCCLUNG….who would have been 50 years old this coming Tuesday, the 14th on her birthday. Megan was the first female United States Marine Corps officer killed in combat during the Iraq War. Major McClung was serving as a…
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Two youth hung upside down, thrashed in Indian village
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Kaimur, (Hindustan Times) – Mere suspicion of a petty theft attracted mediaeval punishment for two young men at a village in western Bihar, on Saturday. The two youths,were tied with ropes ,hung upside down and given a sound thrashing by a group of muscle-wielding men, on a mere suspicion…
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A young woman that was victim to Ted Bundy
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Theodore Robert Bundy (né Cowell; November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was an American serial killer who kidnapped, raped and murdered dozens of young women and girls during the 1970s. After more than a decade of denials, he confessed to thirty murders committed in seven states between 1974 and 1978. His true victim total…
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Frank discussion on the Question;
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In war, do soldiers ever pose for pictures with the corpses of the enemies they killed? Although I saw a number of these pictures, I never witnessed anybody doing it. In the units I served, such behavior wouldn’t have been tolerated. The only exemption I remember was when some of…
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According to some legends; there was a French city where, during the Middle Ages, the women had an odd habit.
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In the morning, married women would put a small dose of poison in the breakfast they had prepared for their husbands. Later on, when their men returned home during the evening, they would be given the antidote. In this way, the poison would not become harmful and affect them. There…
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The Scavenger’s Daughter.
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During medieval times in Europe, a wide range of medieval torture devices were used for different purposes. Some of these devices were frequently used during the Spanish Institution and after it. However, there was also a category of lesser-used medieval torture devices. One of these devices was called Scavenger’s daughter and it…
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Pictures taken during the Battle for Hill 192 in Normandy – June/July 1944
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Note that some of these pictures were taken in or near Saint-Georges-d’Elle Hill 192 was located between the cities of Saint-Lô and Bayeux in Normandy. The Battle was fought between elements of the 2nd US Infantry Division and the 16,000 strong 3rd German Fallschirmjäger (Parachute) Division, commanded by Generalleutnant Richard…
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The story behind this photo continues to shock anyone who recognizes it.
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In 1968, two men kidnapped Kim Bird. They put her in a homemade coffin, took this photo and buried her in the woods. They hung the photo on a local bulletin board and signed on the back, “I am buried in the woods, you have no more than 5 days…
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The Thinking Man’s ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’
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In 1930 Georg Pabst’s ‘Westfront 1918’ was Germany’s most anticipated cinema release. It chronicled the shattering impact of the Great War upon four German soldiers on the Western Front. The film lived up to expectations. At its premiere in Berlin, its unsparing realism reportedly caused 20 people to faint. In…
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The Medieval Flute of Shame.
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In the medieval period things were…different, shall we say. It has been well documented that punishments for crimes were devilishly malicious and in all honesty sometimes almost artfully impressive. A visit to somewhere such as the Medieval Torture Museum in Prague will inform of gruesome torture methods such as The…