For those who believe that the mainstream media is the watchdog for the people and against those who would use and abuse power against citizens globally, consider what Washington Post publisher Katherine Graham said as she addressed CIA officials in 1988. “We live in a dirty and dangerous world,” Graham said. “There are some things the general public does not need to know and … [Read more...]
24 Years Later, MWN Remembers Those Branch Davidians Who Died in Waco
Midnight Writer News - 24 years later - remembers those Branch Davidians killed in 1993. They died defending their beliefs. May they rest in peace. Died February 28, 1993 Winston Blake, 28, black, British Peter Gent, 24, white, Australian Peter Hipsman, 28, white, American Perry Jones, 64, white, American Michael Schroeder, 29, white, American Jaydean … [Read more...]
The Disappearance of Jack the Ripper’s Final Victim
Author Patricia Cornwall assembled a team of experts to locate the missing remains of Jack the Ripper's final official victim, Mary Jane Kelly. The team, credited with the 2012 finding of the remains of King Richard III, admitted that they were confident they had found the cemetery, but they were unable to pinpoint a precise location. Kelly may have been buried in a communal … [Read more...]
Did Otto Frank Co-Write Daughter Anne Frank’s Diary?
A Swiss foundation, the Anne Frank Fonds, is moving to add Otto Frank as the legal co-author of his daughter’s diary, The Diary of Anne Frank. The move would have an immediate monetary effect. The copyright is set to expire throughout Europe on January 1, 2017. European copyrights expire 70 years after the artist or author’s death. If Otto Frank is added as a co-author, the … [Read more...]
FDR Tinkered with the Turkey
Thanksgiving is legally celebrated in America on the fourth Thursday in November. President Franklin D. Roosevelt tinkered with the date of Thanksgiving by moving it up one week. It was returned to its rightful place on the calendar two years later when FDR admitted that his micro-tinkering was once again unwanted and unneeded by a majority of Americans. … [Read more...]