Today’s Innocent Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Personal tragedies can arise if unqualified people attempt to form their own Morals Squads, and this was emphasized in the tragic death of a retired shopkeeper in Flint, North Wales, in August, 1973. Two eight-year-old girls had been molested in the neighborhood and when the elderly shopkeeper was seen giving sweets to other little girls, a local vigilante squad made the grave error of thinking he was responsible for the sex attacks.
They beat him up, and the next day he was found dead in bed. Yet he was absolutely innocent of any sexual offense. The police were already interviewing another man in connection with the attacks on the little girls. “He was a kind but lonely man,” an observer said. “He was always glad to give sweets to the children.” That kindness cost him his life.
Culled from: Crimes and Punishment: The Illustrated Crime Encyclopedia, Volume 18
Lesser Known Photos From The Hindenburg Disaster
Teelo sent me a link to some lesser-known photos of the Hindenburg disaster – including photos of the pristine airship high above the New York skyline, photos of the wreckage, and Nazi-draped coffins of the German dead.
Lesser Known Photos of the Hindenburg Disaster
Incidentally, I was recently at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Air and Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia and I was excited to see a few little pieces of the doomed dirigible.
Look! A girder from the Hindenburg!
Look! A piece of Hindenburg skin!
And also, a cup and saucer from the Hindenburg!
Those were exciting to see but there were even bigger morbid highlights at this museum. I’ll share a full travelogue soon!
You were right in my backyard! almost literally!.
Did you get to see the piloted Japanese Bomb that was on the floor near the Enola Gay?
I was looking at it a few years ago when a couple of teenagers walked up to it thinking it was a rocket plane. they lost interest as soon as they figured out it just a bomb that some guy was going to happily climb into and ride down to an explosive death.
I did see that! I was so amazed to see Enola Gay. That was virtually a religious experience. What a great place!