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    Message in a Black Box: Alien Encounters at Area 51

    by Malcolm Logan September 15, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan September 15, 2018

    The black mailbox was white. Or more precisely it was a black mailbox locked inside a white outer box, a mystery locked …

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    The Wickedest Town in the West: Dodge City and the Wages of Progress

    by Malcolm Logan June 6, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan June 6, 2018

    The Old West was just the briefest snapshot in time. It’s odd to think that the era we consider the Rootin’ Tootin’ …

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    Astronomical: Evaluating the Cost of the US Space Program in Huntsville, AL

    by Malcolm Logan March 30, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan March 30, 2018

    In all of human history there may be nothing as anti-climactic as a moon rock. After spending 10 years and $150 billion, …

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    Longevity: Discovering the Real Fountain of Youth in St. Augustine, FL

    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2018
    by Malcolm Logan February 23, 2018

    As I came into Florida, home of the largest concentration of senior citizens in the United States, on my way to the …

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    Dirty Business: Looking into a Mine Disaster in Beckley, WV

    by Malcolm Logan November 15, 2017
    by Malcolm Logan November 15, 2017

    At around 3:25pm on April 5, 2010 Rex Mullins and Nick McCroskey were working 1000 feet underground at the Upper Big Branch …

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    Maximum Mediums: Communicating with the Dead in Lily Dale, NY

    by Malcolm Logan August 3, 2017
    by Malcolm Logan August 3, 2017

    My medium was striking out. Oh sure, she had gotten June.  Sitting in a white wicker chair in the sunroom at the …

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    Digging Detroit: Ambitious Plans to Grow a City in Decline

    by Malcolm Logan July 24, 2017
    by Malcolm Logan July 24, 2017

    On Jefferson Avenue near downtown Detroit there’s a restaurant called Dr. Dre’s Open Pit and Bait Shop whose name pretty much says …

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

    by Malcolm Logan May 27, 2017
    by Malcolm Logan May 27, 2017

    A popular trope in horror is the isolated farmhouse, the remote village, where gruesome serial murders take place. Innocent victims stumble onto …

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  • MinnesotaThe Midwest

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

    by Malcolm Logan March 30, 2017
    by Malcolm Logan March 30, 2017

    It started with a disaster. When the tornado struck, devastating the town of Rochester, wiping out a third of the town, killing …

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  • Kentucky

    What the Hell: Visiting The Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY

    by Malcolm Logan November 28, 2016
    by Malcolm Logan November 28, 2016

    Enroute to the Creation Museum in Petersburg, KY, I stopped at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago and learned that the world came …

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My American Odyssey
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