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Tag Archives: police
June 17, 1994
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1994, millions of Americans watched the slowest police car chase in history that did not involve the driver smoking marijuana, as former football player O.J. Simpson drove through Los Angeles in his Ford Bronco as he was followed by car after car after car filled with policemen. Close Bookmark and … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, Crazy Americans, J. Simpson, Los Angeles, O, police, police chase
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May 18, 1926
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1926, Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson vanished while visiting a beach in Venice, CA. She reappeared a month later with the claim that she had been kidnapped. It was believed by the police that Mrs. McPherson had staged her kidnapping to promote her nationwide radio ministry, but they were never … Continue reading
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Tagged California, fake kidnapping, police, preachers and the crazy, radio, religion, women
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May 16, 1910
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1910 the U.S. Bureau of Mines was authorized by the U.S. Congress. Two years later, the U.S. Bureau of Mimes was authorized after the tragic incident in Philadelphia on June 23, 1911 when 23 street mimes found themselves trapped in the same invisible box and starved to death before … Continue reading
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Tagged Mimes, Philadephia, police, Thinning the Herd, US Government
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January 5, 1998
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1998 U.S. Representative Sonny Bono was found dead on a ski slope in Stateline, Nevada. It was believed that Mr. Bono, an experienced skier, had skied directly into a tree at a high rate of speed and died on impact. In April 2008, Private Investigator Bob Fletcher claimed that … Continue reading
January 3, 1496
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1496, it is believed that Leonardo da Vinci tested his flying machine from references written in his notebooks. The test didn’t succeed and he didn’t try again for several years. Also noted in other sources from 1496, Mr. da Vinci’s manservant, Marcos of Africa, died after being hit by … Continue reading
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Tagged flight, hiding the body, Leonardo da Vinci, police, scientific experiments
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December 19, 1887
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1887 Jake Kilrain and Jim Smith fought in a bare knuckles fight that lasted 106 rounds. At that time, a round lasted until one fighter was knocked down, and the fight lasted until one of the fighters could not get up after being knocked down. In addition, most wrestling … Continue reading
Posted in 19th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged americans, boxing, police, sports, the english, world record
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November 10, 1993
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1993 – John Wayne Bobbitt was acquitted on the charge of marital sexual assault against his wife who had sexually mutilated him. Lorena Bobbitt was also later acquitted of malicious wounding her husband. The two police officers who found and placed John Wayne Bobbitt’s severed penis in a plastic … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged crime, men, police, relationships gone wrong, women
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October 28, 1904
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1904, the St. Louis Police Department became the first one to use fingerprinting. Fingerprinting became an invaluable evidence gathering tool for the solving of cases involving murder, armed robbery, and burglary. Although when the police tried to dust the breasts of the young and recently widow Alice Mulgoonie to … Continue reading
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Tagged breasts, forensics, police, St. Louis, technology, women
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October 2, 2010
On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY! in 2010 France experienced over 200 protests as the older members of the work-force strike against the government’s plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62. Police and jails found themselves overburdened as they arrested the protesters, who are older men and women hopped up on Viagra … Continue reading
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Tagged elderly, police, protests, the french, the law
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September 12, 1910
On THIS DATE IN TWISTED-HISTORY! in 1910 the World’s 1st female cop, Alice Stebbins Wells, was appointed to the LAPD. Her phone answering and coffee making skills attained god-like attributes among the men of the department and her late night barista skills were openly acknowledged in helping the men break many of the murder and … Continue reading
Posted in 20th Century, Historical Facts
Tagged crime, Los Angeles, police, the law, women
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