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A Look Behind the Curtains of the Funeral Industry
For Tom Jokinen, the decision to devote eight months handling coffins, corpses and embalming fluid wasn't a career move set in marble. It wasn't like he woke one morning with an epiphany to his life's true calling. In fact, the decision to quit his job as a CBC radio producer in order to become an[...]
Lover of the Russian Queen
Rasputin, otherwise lovingly known as the "Mad Monk", was a close confidante and influential advisor to the Romanovs of the Russian empire. He was especially close with Alexandra and their only son Tsarevich Alexei, who suffered from hemophilia. Alexandra felt vulnerable due to Alexei's very delicate condition, so she turned to the faith healer for guidance which she needed in most[...]
You Can Checkout Anytime You'd Like but You Can Never Leave
The Hotel del Coronado overlooking the San Francisco Bay, has hosted famous celebrities such as Babe Ruth, Charlie Chaplin, Brad Pitt and Madonna. It's most famous visitor however, Kate Morgan, has never left. Stories of ghostly occurrences have been circulating at the hotel, since the young woman[...]
This Is a Tribute
Don McLean's 1971 folk rock hit American Pie is well known as a tribute to Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and the Big Bopper, who all died in a tragic plane crash in 1959. Did you know that Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd is a tribute to the memory of Duane Allman from the Allman Brothers Band? Gary Rossington used a glass bottle for slide guitar, to emulate Duane Allman who was one of his[...]
Shakespeare's Tragedies
Undoubtedly one of the most renowned writers in history wrote tales that for his time were greatly admired, and even now a fondness for them still resonates today. Although he wrote some of the most beloved romances, he also wrote tragedies that could make anyone question humanity. The following are stories of life and death scribed at the hand of none other than William Shakespeare.In[...]
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