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on November 13, 2015

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The Sandra Bland mugshot conspiracy debunked

The alleged "corpse mugshot" The Twitterverse has been exploding in recent hours with allegations being made that the mugshot of Sandra Bland, who authorities claim hanged herself inside her jail cell after a controversial arrest in Texas on July 20, is not really a mugshot at all- but was taken after she was murdered by police. Many proponents of this theory allege that Bland's corpse was "posed", and then digitally manipulated or enhanced to make it appear as though she were alive. Unfortunately, this conspiracy is difficult to debunk or confirm with so little that is presently known about Bland's death (which was ruled a suicide after her autopsy). What's worse is that very few "sources" in regards to the mugshot photo are unbiased, with those denying the conspiracy being labeled as racists, and those alleging a conspiracy labeled as race-baiters. Since we have no political or social biases when it comes to investigating the strange a

The Cursed Chair of the Bindley Hotel

In the tiny town of Blanchester in southwestern Ohio once stood a hotel owned by Edward Hawk. By the early 1900s business had dwindled to such an extent that Hawk was on the brink of financial ruin. The hotel's troubles had nothing to do with its accommodations-- for it was a fine establishment-- nor its owner, who, by all accounts, was a jovial and hospitable fellow. Edward Hawk's financial woes were the result of a wooden rocking chair that was said to be cursed. Normally, a man in Hawk's situation would've been able to solve the problem by getting rid of the cursed piece of furniture. But, try as he might, the chair refused to leave the premises. (Interestingly, not too long ago a reader sent us a story featuring a cursed chair with similar qualities) The trouble with the chair began on the day of its arrival. It was delivered to the hotel-- then known as the Bindley Hotel-- along with fifteen other brand-new chairs, and it claimed the life of the very fir

The Incest Capital of the World?

If you resemble any of these people, you probably live in Kentucky. At the far eastern edge of Kentucky , nestled in Appalachia, resides Letcher County. In spite of its isolation and poverty (approximately 30% of the county's population lives below the poverty line), Letcher County has managed to grow at an impressive rate, from a population of just 9,172 in 1900 to a present-day population of nearly 25,000. However, even if Letcher County tripled or quadrupled its present population, there's still a pretty good chance that virtually all of the county's inhabitants would be related to each other-- thanks to one particularly fertile family whose astounding rate of reproduction can put even the friskiest rabbit to shame. Around the year 1900, Letcher County was the home of a man by the name of Jason L. Webb, who made national headlines for having the one of the largest families in the world. According to newspaper reports of the era, Jason had 19 children, 175 grandch

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