A cabin hidden behind a padlocked gate, Revelation and a .38. but Ginger escaped. In 2000 she left with her two boys, her hair wet with the coffee her husband … [Read more...]
Sparks Fly for Old Lovers
The husband leans over and asks his wife, "Do you remember the first time we had sex together over fifty years ago? We went behind the village … [Read more...]
Cousin Claude and That One-Legged Woman
Just because somebody’s kin, you don’t have to like him, but you can’t bust your buttons telling tales about his funeral else kinfolk you do like might be hurt. … [Read more...]
Teen Saves Kidnapped Woman
An alert seventeen-year-old in Montreal sensed something was wrong. He saw the woman resisting the man but he couldn't be sure. So he pretended to befriend the … [Read more...]
The Last of Mountain Tom
Lee Freeman paints Tom as an urban legend in a scholarly paper. Here are the first paragraphs: Tales from Beyond the Grave: The Life and Legend of Thomas … [Read more...]
More About Mountain Tom’s Lynching
Mountain Tom Clark, the outlaw who was lynched and then buried under a highway in Florence, Alabama, first surfaced in Lauderdale County, Alabama, … [Read more...]
Funeral Fresh Flowers
“Funeral Fresh Flowers” read the sign on the plate glass window of a florist shop, and I did a doubletake. Funeral fresh? What on earth does “funeral fresh” … [Read more...]
Mountain Tom Clark and 150 Year Revenge
It’s doubtful Mountain Tom Clark had a funeral. Hard to imagine a lynching ending in a ceremony, so call this a “laying to rest story.” Mountain Tom, … [Read more...]
Pistol-Toting Granny Thwarts Car-Jackers
An elderly Florida lady did her shopping and, upon returning to her car, found four males in the act of leaving with her vehicle. She dropped her shopping … [Read more...]
An Elephant, Stag and Rambling about Research
By Jennie Helderman In 1810 a man in Huntsville, Alabama, sold tickets to see an elephant. I have a copy of the flyer advertising the event. Now I happen … [Read more...]