Houses of Horror: The Serial Murder Sites of Chicago and Milwaukee

May 27, 2017 / by Malcolm Logan

A popular trope in horror is the isolated farmhouse, the remote village, where gruesome serial murders take place. Innocent victims stumble onto the site and are brutally tortured and slain. Shockingly the only thing flawed with this rendition is the setting. The most notorious serial murders have not taken place…

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The Midwest, Wisconsin

The Tyrant’s Art: Living in a Dream House in Two Rivers, WI

April 14, 2017 / by Malcolm Logan

Living in his house, it was hard to comprehend how such a cold, self-absorbed person could create a thing of such beauty. By 1938 he had left a trail of tragedy and destruction behind him. An unapologetic womanizer and adulterer, he had left his first wife and six children and…

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Minnesota, The Midwest

The Patients of Saints: Visiting The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

March 30, 2017 / by Malcolm Logan

It started with a disaster. When the tornado struck, devastating the town of Rochester, wiping out a third of the town, killing 37 and leaving hundreds injured, a temporary hospital was erected and the hard-pressed medical community went to work treating the wounded. It was hard work made more difficult…

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Illinois, The Midwest

Stalking Stuffer: Plotting a Diabolical Christmas Binge in Chicago

December 13, 2016 / by Malcolm Logan

They have a name for me. They call me a Grinch, a curmudgeon, a Scrooge, and a grouch. The number of words available to describe me, and others like me, says something about how common we are. We are legion. And for good reason. Christmas is an overblown, garish exercise…

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Missouri, The Midwest

Facing up to White Nose: Exploring a Cave in Stanton, MO

September 29, 2016 / by Malcolm Logan

Caves are cool. Slipping out of a hot, muggy day into the cool environs of a cave is the pre-modern equivalent of air conditioning. What’s more, caves are a world unto themselves, unique ecosystems akin to tropical reefs or desert floors. So it’s no wonder human beings have always been…

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Iowa, The Midwest

The Field of Dreams: A Crack at Redemption in Dyersville, Iowa

April 26, 2014 / by Malcolm Logan

Field of Dreams is about dreams, magic, life, and what is quintessentially American. Naturally, some people despise it. In the spring of 1988 a film crew rolled into the small town of Dyersville, Iowa to begin making a movie that the Philadelphia Inquirer came to describe as “not so much…

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Kentucky, West Virginia

Bad Blood: Tracing the Family Blood Lines Through the Hatfields & McCoys

March 15, 2014 / by Malcolm Logan

I suspect my daughter is a hillbilly. That is, I think she may have hillbilly blood running in her veins. How much hillbilly blood, you might ask? Well, check this out. Her mother’s name is Marie Hatfield. Her grandfather’s name is Clarence. His father’s name was Floyd, and he was…

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The Midwest, Wisconsin

A Devil Among the Apostles: Blood and Betrayal in the Apostle Islands

October 8, 2013 / by Malcolm Logan

Kaydan awoke in the middle of the night demanding Deet. I told him to go back to sleep, told him I was not his servant, which didn’t faze him. Kaydan was on a roll. Had been all night. Earlier he had been demanding Tom’s pup tent, the tent Tom had…

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Minnesota, The Midwest

Rock of Ages: Mining the Depth of Old Friendship in Northern Minnesota

September 5, 2013 / by Malcolm Logan

Lincoln wanted to get away. He said, “Find me a dock on a lake somewhere up north where I can dangle my legs in the water and fish.” I like to impress Lincoln so I found him a lake – in fact, I found him 10,000 of them, many of…

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Illinois, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, The Midwest, The Plains States

Our Broken Asphalt Heart: Reflections on Route 66 (Part 1)

March 21, 2012 / by Malcolm Logan

It was once hailed as “The Mother Road,” saluted as “Main Street U.S.A.”. There have been songs written about it, books, movies, a television show. In our collective imagination it carries us back to a more innocent time, when America was young, when entrepreneurialism was grass roots, before cookie cutter…

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The Midwest

Houses of Horror: The Serial Murder Sites of Chicago and Milwaukee

The Tyrant’s Art: Living in a Dream House in Two Rivers, WI

The Patients of Saints: Visiting The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

Stalking Stuffer: Plotting a Diabolical Christmas Binge in Chicago

Facing up to White Nose: Exploring a Cave in Stanton, MO

The Field of Dreams: A Crack at Redemption in Dyersville, Iowa

Bad Blood: Tracing the Family Blood Lines Through the Hatfields & McCoys

A Devil Among the Apostles: Blood and Betrayal in the Apostle Islands

Rock of Ages: Mining the Depth of Old Friendship in Northern Minnesota

Our Broken Asphalt Heart: Reflections on Route 66 (Part 1)

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