Harry Houdini AKA Erik Weisz was born on March 24, 1874 in Budapest Hungary. His parents were Mayer Samuel Weiss a rabbinical lawyer and Cecilia Sterner. Erik was the fourth of seven children. The family moved to the United States in 1878 and settled in Appleton Wisconsin where his father got work as a Rabbi.… Read More
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The Phantom Of The Opera On Broadway January 26, 1988
(PCM) The Phantom of the Opera did not get its start on Broadway. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical opened On The West End London, at Her Majesty’s Theatre on October 9, 1986. The West End is London’s equivalent to New York City’s Broadway. The Phantom however has a much longer history than that. The Phantom… Read More
Edgar Allen Poe Born January 19, 1809. Quoth The Raven Nevermore.
Edgar Allen Poe was born on January 19, 1809 to a married couple of traveling actors in Boston. Soon after his birth both of his parents passed away. Before reading this we must cast away our preconceived notions of the life of Poe. For many years it was taught that Poe was an alcoholic, a… Read More
General Tom Thumb born January 4, 1837
P.T. Barnum had already made a name for himself as a showman before he discovered Tom Thumb. Barnum had toured the country with a woman who claimed to be George Washington’s nurse and was well over 100 years old. On that tour he was able to take in about $1500.00 a week, and with that… Read More
The Disappearance Of JFK’s Brain
(PCM) President John F. Kennedy was tragically assassinated on November 22, 1963. It was a death that forever scarred a nation and left law enforcement, scientists and historians baffled as conspiracy theories erupted in an attempt to analyze exactly what occurred on that fateful afternoon. We have all read the reports released by the Warren Commission,… Read More
Biggest Egos in History: Top Thirteen Infamously Egotistical People
(PCM) Did you ever wonder how someone with a tremendously huge ego could even fit their head through a doorway? A little bit of an ego never hurt anyone; being confident in oneself and one’s abilities are assets in life. But there are some people who just take it too far.Narcissistic and self-involved, egotistical people… Read More
What Really Happened To Amelia Earhart?
(PCM) The details surrounding the disappearance of pioneering female pilot Amelia Earhart has been something that has baffled experts and historians, as well as, everyday people for years. Many at one point or another thought that they had it figured out and then all of a sudden new evidence will surface and many of their… Read More
A History of the Fist Pump
Fist Pump like a Champ : A History of the Fist Pump by Lisa Poirier (aMyth) It’s hard to escape it these days. It is sweeping the world like an epidemic. When you see someone’s fingers and thumb start to curl into their palm and they begin to raise their arm, there’s only one thing… Read More
Did You Hear This One About Andy?
Andy does not have a daughter born in 1989! Although she claimed to be Andy’s daughter in November of 2013, actress Alexandra Tatarsky is not. Many people claim that he is still interred (buried) at Beth David Cemetery, next to his mother, Janice T. Kaufman. She was born in 1989 and was probably hired by… Read More
The Curious History Of Beloved Internet Sensation ‘Keyboard Cat’
(PCM) Each and everyday while surfing across our various social media accounts we are inundated with literally hundreds of funny pictures, memes and viral videos. It appears that almost everyone wants their quick 15 minutes of viral internet fame and then they often vanish leaving very little trace. One of the earliest viral videos that… Read More
Ever Wonder Who Created The Infamous McDonald’s ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ Jingle? We Would Have Never Guessed!
(PCM) For many years it has been speculated with pop superstar Justin Timberlake was the artist behind the infamous and delightfully catchy McDonald’s advertising jingle “I’m Lovin’ It”, after all he is the one who sings that delicious ear worm. How can you hear “bada-ba-ba-ba, I’m lovin’ it” and not start craving a juicy hamburger… Read More
The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders And The Story Of Christine Collins
(PCM) We always love an odd crime story and this one certainly had enough people talking! Mother Christine Collins was committed to a psych ward in 1928 after her young son went missing. She was committed after the LAPD claimed they had “found” her son five months later, however Collins denied the boy the police… Read More
(PCM) Daniel Buckley was planning a stay at The Pembroke in Kilkenny, Ireland when he took it upon himself to have a little fun with the hotel reservation system’s “Special Request” section. Like most amenities that you can book online the form you fill out usually has a space to fill in any special requests you… Read More
(PCM) A church in Sri Lanka made a hilarious mistake over the holiday season when they accidentally printed lyrics to the Tupac Shakur song “Hail Mary” rather than the actual prayer “Hail Mary”. The church did not notice the mistake until it was too late and all of the booklets that were printed for their… Read More
(PCM) The underground art movement INDECLINE recently erected statues depicting a overly exaggerated and severely poor endowed naked Donald Trump in five U.S. cities, as part of their “Emperor Has No Balls” art campaign. The statues were designed by an artist named Joshua “Ginger” Monroe for INDECLINE, which is an anonymous art collective. The statues… Read More
(PCM) James Meyers of North Carolina was recently arrested for quite a bizarre reason. It seems that Meyers forgot to return a VHS rental copy of the film “Freddy Got Fingered” fourteen years ago and there was a warrant placed out for his arrest. The arrest happened after Meyers, who was driving his daughter to… Read More
(PCM) For those that were curious about the fate of the ‘Scary Lucy’ statue, which was erected as a tribute to the late “I Love Lucy” actress Lucille Ball, but received a ton of backlash for depicting her in quite a terrifying way, will be happy to know that the statue is now part of… Read More
(PCM) A photo which shows Philadelphia Democratic congressman Bob Brady taking a sip of water from a drinking glass used by Pope Francis has been making it’s way around the internet. U.S. Rep Brady, a Catholic, made his way up to the lectern after Pope Francis had completed his speech to Congress members in Washington,… Read More
(PCM) 22-year old, Devon Staples, who is best known for portraying the character of Gaston at the Walt Disney World theme park, has tragically passed away after he accidentally launched a firework off the top of his head during a 4th of July barbecue in Maine. Sources say that Staples and several friends were setting… Read More
(PCM) A lawyer from Kenya by the name of Felix Kiprono is planning a visit to The States to ask for President Obama’s oldest daughter Malia’s hand in marriage. The lawyer is offering up livestock (50 cows, 70 sheep and 30 goats) to the President for his blessing of their union. Kiprono claims that he… Read More
(PCM) Bring new definitely to the phrase “Break me off a piece of that ..”, chocolatiers in London have crafted a 6ft tall all chocolate sculpture of actor Benedict Cumberbatch and it looks as delicious as you would imagine. The indulgent sculpture is said to have Cumberbatch’s exact height and measurements and it is said… Read More
(PCM) April Fools Day may not be for another day, but that did not stop Richard Branson, founder and CEO of Virgin America, from pranking the city of Branson, Missouri. Branson made a post via social media with an announcement that the company would be moving their headquarters to Branson, MO. The post included a… Read More
(PCM) As if the planned marriage between 80-year old convicted serial killer Charlie Manson and 27-year old Afton Burton, better known as Star was not controversial enough, there are now reports that claim Star is nothing more than a gold digger or more aptly phrased grave digger. According to The Independent, Manson has now gotten… Read More
(PCM) No, this is not the least bit strange! A 25-year old woman recently posted an ad on Craigslist offering to accompany your child to the upcoming Taylor Swift concert in Philadelphia, PA so the parents are not forced to attend. Swift’s upcoming 60 date “The 1989 World Tour” has already been selling out like… Read More
(PCM) There is a long-standing myth that the very first champagne glass was modeled after the left breast of Marie Antoinette, however historically this has been proven false and the actual first champagne glass was created in England for sparkling wine in 1663. That would be nearly a century before Marie Antoinette was born in… Read More
(PCM) It truly pains me to say it, but there are definitely quite a few..shall we say…intellectually challenged individuals roaming around the internet these days. Recently, a Facebook user uploaded an image of director Steven Spielberg posing next to a “poached triceratops”, which is actually just a robotic prop from the hit film “Jurassic Park”.… Read More
(PCM) Somehow this story reminded me of a really bad episode of that TV show “My Strange Addiction”! It seems that 39-year old Danielle Davis, a married woman from New Jersey, has become obsessed with a cardboard cutout of actor Bradley Cooper. Davis spends 24/7 will the cardboard Cooper. She eats, sleeps, cooks, cleans,and even… Read More
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