They stole $7 million from Brinks but most of it has never been found — Thomas O’Connor retired from the Rochester Police Department but didn’t want to stay at home, at least that is what he told his loved ones. Instead, he took a position as a security guard at the Brinks in Rochester, New York. …

He was one of the best counterfeiters, then changed his life — Art Williams jr. did not have an easy life. His mother, Malinda, was diagnosed with bipolar schizophrenia when he was very young. While his father went to jail on grand theft auto charges. After being released from jail, Arthur Williams sr. came back, took his kids, and they didn’t see…

After a month away, something clicked — November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). For this period, I scaled back writing anything other than my book, The Opposite of Love. I’m lucky enough to have a back catalog on multiple platforms that will continue to make me money. During this time away, I realized that writing books…

She was a Wild West outlaw and icon, did it lead to her death? — Myra Maybelle (Belle) Shirley was born on her father’s farm in Missouri on February 5, 1848. While her father, John, was a successful farmer but the black sheep of his well-to-do family. He married and divorced several times. …

What started as a marketing plot turned into a Christmas Tradition — Today, “Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer” is an iconic Christmas song that has been covered by artists like Dean Martin, RuPaul, and Harry Connick Jr. The first recording of the song happened in 1939 by Gene Autry. It hit #1 and instantly became a classic. By 1964, the song was…

He made a career out of being avant garde — Harris Glenn Milstead gifted the world with his presence starting October 19, 1945. His parents were conservative and often wondered what was going on with their little boy. They worried that the Baltimore community wouldn’t accept a queer person amongst their ranks. As a young man, he began dressing in…

Three NASA interns stole moon rocks and destroyed relationships — In 1969, millions of people watched as The Apollo landed on the moon for the first time. Astronauts gathered rocks and minerals while they were there. Along with those samples, other astronauts brought back a piece of a meteorite that was thought to prove that there was life on Mars. …

Michigan’s first governor had a tragic end — Stevens Thomson Mason took over as secretary of the Michigan Territory and superintendent of Indian affairs in 1831. He took over for his father, who was sent by President Jackson on a mission to Mexico. The junior Mason was just 19 years old at the time. During this era, the…

Her name is Ruth Marie Terry and the mystery deepens — The Lady of the Dunes, Massachusetts’ oldest cold case has moved a step closer to being solved. On October 31, 2022, the woman found in the dnes of Provincetown received her identity back. FBI agents announced that the victim was Ruth Marie Terry. …