Watched 'Into the Wild' last night. Well worth watching. Surprised at the end that it was based on a true story. I think it is an interesting story at the very least:
Here is a Wiki piece on the main man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless)
Another interesting story (saw it on Twitter last night) was about this local thug who was shot dead in a small town with loads of witnesses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy). despite everyone knowing everyone else, no one saw who shot McElroy.
Anyone got any other Wiki links to interesting characters?
This guy mark Zuckerberg. I saw the movie the Social network and some one told me it was a true story. I didnt believe them untill they sent me this wiki page!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg
There was a good thread over on F365 entailed Creepy Good reads on Wikipedia - I'll post a list of the pages that are on there - some of them wouldn't be for the feint of heart
All split into sections
Evil People / Events / Murderers / Victims:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armin_Meiwes)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphine_LaLaurie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Parker_Ray (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Parker_Ray)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chase (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chase)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes#Chicago_and_the_.22Murder_Castle.22 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._H._Holmes#Chicago_and_the_.22Murder_Castle.22)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reginald_Christie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reginald_Christie)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_G%C3%A9rard#Trial.2C_torture.2C_and_execution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balthasar_G%C3%A9rard#Trial.2C_torture.2C_and_execution)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srebrenica_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_genocide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rwanda_genocide)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanking_Massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_Lucas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Lee_Lucas)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Panzram)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Lake)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ng (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ng)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete-Encased_High_School_Girl_murder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concrete-Encased_High_School_Girl_murder)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Bodom_murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Ramirez)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowtown_murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowtown_murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacker_murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backpacker_murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors_murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia ) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Arthur_massacre_(Australia%20))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wineville_Chicken_Murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_blanco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_blanco)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawney_Bean)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_James_Bulger)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wayne_Gacy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Gein)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Face_Killers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley_Face_Killers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_sniper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_sniper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Likens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Likens)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzs%C3%A9bet_B%C3%A1thory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erzs%C3%A9bet_B%C3%A1thory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Byrd,_Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Byrd,_Jr.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_H%C3%A9lio (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_H%C3%A9lio)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Chikatilo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Malloy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Petiot (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Petiot)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_West)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_Siege)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Tech_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_%28criminal%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_%28criminal%29)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_Vampire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highgate_Vampire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Calico)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_deaths)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol_Crisis_of_1982 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylenol_Crisis_of_1982)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunblane_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ryan_(mass_murderer) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Ryan_(mass_murderer))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritzl_case)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natascha_Kampusch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natascha_Kampusch)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Ripper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Milat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Milat)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Cobby_murder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Cobby_murder)
http://www.thecrimeweb.com/murder_of_anita_cobby.htm (http://www.thecrimeweb.com/murder_of_anita_cobby.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Bell)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramoana_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramoana_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_Massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Dahmer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Rais (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Rais)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Aki)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Berkowitz)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Bundy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shephard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Shephard)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankill_Butchers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shankill_Butchers)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_John (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_John)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_hare (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_hare)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_catacombs_of_Palermo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capuchin_catacombs_of_Palermo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Newsom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Newsom)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent_orange)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beslan_school_hostage_crisis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_De_Sade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marquis_De_Sade)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salo,_or_the_120_Days_of_Sodom)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Garavito (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Garavito)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Monster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_3 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_3)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wesson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Wesson)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_Massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bath_School_Massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Murphy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepropetrovsk_maniacs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_Airways_Flight_PY764 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surinam_Airways_Flight_PY764)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Abe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sada_Abe)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo,_Jr. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo,_Jr.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Whitman)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyama_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuyama_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woo_Bum-kon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottis_Toole (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottis_Toole)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Soucek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel_Soucek)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_Murders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hi-Fi_Murders)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_McCurdy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hansen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hansen)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Wuornos)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_killer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_killer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ridgway)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Kemper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._White (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._White)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Study_of_Untreated_Syphilis_in_the_Negro_Male (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Study_of_Untreated_Syphilis_in_the_Negro_Male)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevorkian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevorkian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Pierrepoint)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Leuchter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Leuchter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Heidnik (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Heidnik)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williamson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Williamson)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ayrton_Senna (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Ayrton_Senna)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955_Le_Mans_disaster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruinard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruinard)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Prison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Prison)
General Crime:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijvel_gang (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijvel_gang)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Douglas_Wells (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Douglas_Wells)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strip_search_prank_call_scam)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Chubbuck)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Dwyer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Dwyer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_H._Kenyon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ota_Benga)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty_murder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello_Kitty_murder)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Lamplugh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzy_Lamplugh)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogg)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Speck)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_Smith)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale)
"Eccentric" People:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gg_allen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gg_allen)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Tanzler)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Hooker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Hooker)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Portsmouth_Football_Club_Westwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Portsmouth_Football_Club_Westwood)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasputin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shining_Path)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Treadwell)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stace (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stace)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Phelps)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Margaret_Koepcke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliane_Margaret_Koepcke)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_McPherson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_McPherson)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man))
Unexplained Phenomena:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle_mutilation)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunguska_event)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borley_Rectory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borley_Rectory)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Masks_Case (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_Masks_Case)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Down_(unidentified_sound) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slow_Down_(unidentified_sound))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anneliese_Michel)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exorcism_of_Emily_Rose)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Sign (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Sign)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout_Lane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy_Scout_Lane)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_station)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinwalker_Ranch)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Footprints)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Vault (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase_Vault)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_of_human_feet_on_British_Columbia_beaches,_2007%E2%80%932008#Theories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discoveries_of_human_feet_on_British_Columbia_beaches,_2007%E2%80%932008#Theories)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_the_Sun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Miracle_of_the_Sun)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Walton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travis_Walton)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_of_Turin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Ramirez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Ramirez)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_UFO_Sighting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salyut_UFO_Sighting)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baychimo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baychimo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptibility (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorruptibility)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvey_Island_Monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvey_Island_Monster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_rods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_rods)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Joyita (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Joyita)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_and_Barney_Hill_abduction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_and_Barney_Hill_abduction)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montauk_Monster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N844AA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N844AA)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_UFO_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Lake_Incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falcon_Lake_Incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Villas_Boas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Villas_Boas)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_triangle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_triangle)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Canary_Island_UFO_sighting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Canary_Island_UFO_sighting)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chupacabra)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendlesham_Forest_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef_the_talking_mongoose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gef_the_talking_mongoose)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Witch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bell_Witch)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_rit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con_rit)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6odjuret (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storsj%C3%B6odjuret)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bodmin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Bodmin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_big_cats)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Los_Angeles)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tofts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Tofts)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_moon_landing_hoax_accusations)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_milk_miracle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_milk_miracle)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_World_Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Other_World_Kingdom)
Science:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_prison_experiment)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_third_wave (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_third_wave)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_note)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prypiat,_Ukraine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prypiat,_Ukraine)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eschatology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomacco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomacco)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_stations (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_stations)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndro (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndro)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monounme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monounme)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic_nonce)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_peigneur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_peigneur)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rain_in_Kerala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_rain_in_Kerala)
http://wikipedia.com/wiki/Liviu_Librescu (http://wikipedia.com/wiki/Liviu_Librescu)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_message#Critical_or_explicit_messages (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backward_message#Critical_or_explicit_messages)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion_incident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Headroom_broadcast_signal_intrusion_incident)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Mine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir_Mine)
http://www.umopit.ru/Faces/Mirny.htm (http://www.umopit.ru/Faces/Mirny.htm)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_Currents)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons_disease (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons_disease)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smallpox)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_Disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_Disaster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megastructure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megastructure)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_sphere)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_#Examples_of_hybrid_animals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_#Examples_of_hybrid_animals)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo _buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo%20_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjaman_Kyle)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Titor)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_cosmonauts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_cosmonauts)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candiru)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Cockroach_Wasp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Cockroach_Wasp)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptapanteles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyptapanteles)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoepimecis_argyraphaga (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenoepimecis_argyraphaga)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_rat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided_rat)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_strike)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_of_despair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_of_despair)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebola_virus)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam)
Wars / Snipers / Nazis / Japanese Toruture / Medal Winners / Weapons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_731)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4#_ref-0 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4#_ref-0)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipien ts_by_nationality (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Victoria_Cross_recipien%20ts_by_nationality)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients_for_World_War_II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients_for_World_War_II)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umrao_Singh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umrao_Singh)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Frank_Durrant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Frank_Durrant)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Mengele)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Yegorovna_Shanina (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roza_Yegorovna_Shanina)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Zaytsev (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasily_Zaytsev)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oradour-sur-Glane)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_War)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_flight)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katyn_massacre)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famagusta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Famagusta)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_bomb)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_powered_nuclear_bomb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_powered_nuclear_bomb)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1500_Monster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Crimes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Crimes)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Beharry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Beharry)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_UFOs)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foo_fighter)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Longewala)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gustloff_(ship) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Gustloff_(ship))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action_T4)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieppe_Raid)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Siege_of_Malta)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audie_Murphy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp#Mass_murder_and_cruelty (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasenovac_concentration_camp#Mass_murder_and_cruelty)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbosjek_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srbosjek_)(knife)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Kittinger)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_battles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_battles)
History:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roanoke_Colony)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_greece (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pederasty_in_ancient_greece)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/47_Ronin)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island#Treasure_theories (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island#Treasure_theories)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sark (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sark)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_templar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_templar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_theological_demons (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_theological_demons)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belial (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belial)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbaba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbaba)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vepar)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voynich_manuscript)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Chair (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_Chair)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principality_of_Sealand)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Norton)
Conspiracy Theories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkultra (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mkultra)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_12 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majestic_12)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_grove (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_grove)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kryptos)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_51)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Serpo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Serpo)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11_conspiracy)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_commission (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilateral_commission)
Misc (including Natural Distasters):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_torture (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_torture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat_king)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_Laughter_Epidemic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanganyika_Laughter_Epidemic)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#The_1986_disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos#The_1986_disaster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monoun#Disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Monoun#Disaster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_suicide (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_suicide)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatoli_Bugorski)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_blurred_out_on_Google_Maps (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_blurred_out_on_Google_Maps)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Island)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii#Vesuvius_eruption (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeii#Vesuvius_eruption)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Nyos)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Airlines_Flight_123)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan_Air_Force_Flight_571)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethiopian_Airlines_Flight_961)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazen_bull)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorea_(disease) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorea_(disease))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(singer) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle_(singer))
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralia,_Pennsylvania)
Just Plain Bizarre:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_baiting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_baiting)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fan_death)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St_Germain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_of_St_Germain)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capgras_delusion)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunny_Man)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_erection)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_personal_names (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unusual_personal_names)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_molasses_disaster (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_molasses_disaster)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous_human_combustion)
Any more Gabriel Hurl, I've nearly finished all of those links...
Quote from: Kerry Mike on December 17, 2010, 04:46:03 PM
Any more Gabriel Hurl, I've nearly finished all of those links...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_2005 ;)
Quote from: muppet on December 17, 2010, 03:42:23 PM
Watched 'Into the Wild' last night. Well worth watching. Surprised at the end that it was based on a true story. I think it is an interesting story at the very least:
Here is a Wiki piece on the main man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless)
Another interesting story (saw it on Twitter last night) was about this local thug who was shot dead in a small town with loads of witnesses: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_McElroy). despite everyone knowing everyone else, no one saw who shot McElroy.
Anyone got any other Wiki links to interesting characters?
Sean Penn did a documetary on McCandless, he retraced the steps that McCandless took including finding the bus where McCandless was stranded.
Iconoclasts - Sean Penn and Jon Krakauer - Into The Wild
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9qdgu_iconoclasts-sean-penn-et-jon-krakau_shortfilms
3 mins in starts about McCandless
Quote from: Gabriel_Hurl on December 17, 2010, 05:02:05 PM
Quote from: Kerry Mike on December 17, 2010, 04:46:03 PM
Any more Gabriel Hurl, I've nearly finished all of those links...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_2005 ;)
hehe
Cheers for the list Hurler - that will be some light reading for the week between christmas and new year at work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fish)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three)
Worryingly I have actually read most of the articles on the serial killers. Have a strange fascination with them and the level of detail (and pictures) on wikipedia.
Quote from: nrico2006 on October 15, 2013, 02:02:32 PM
Worryingly I have actually read most of the articles on the serial killers. Have a strange fascination with them and the level of detail (and pictures) on wikipedia.
Same as. I imagine most people are the same with murder cases, serial killers etc.
I love a good conspiracy theory as well. Most of them on that list don't really wet my appetite though. Liked the JFK ones.
Gilles de Rais on that long list. Medieval inspiration for the Bluebeard story.
I stumbled upon this a couple of months ago. Had never heard of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster
Always like to start on the on this day section and see where it takes me. Came across that Armagh rail disaster one on the anniversary of another rail disaster.
Quote from: LeoMc on October 15, 2013, 07:48:50 PM
Always like to start on the on this day section and see where it takes me. Came across that Armagh rail disaster one on the anniversary of another rail disaster.
Exactly the same circumstances. We should go for a skinny latte.
The Armagh Rail Disaster was covered by Dan Snow in one of the railway journeys programmes. Will hoke out a link.
Quote from: ONeill on October 15, 2013, 08:04:30 PM
Quote from: LeoMc on October 15, 2013, 07:48:50 PM
Always like to start on the on this day section and see where it takes me. Came across that Armagh rail disaster one on the anniversary of another rail disaster.
Exactly the same circumstances. We should go for a skinny latte.
Somewhere with wifi?
Quote from: Tony Baloney on October 15, 2013, 09:03:40 PM
The Armagh Rail Disaster was covered by Dan Snow in one of the railway journeys programmes. Will hoke out a link.
Good man Tony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B25h20P6yZo
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B25h20P6yZo)
Quote from: Under Lights on October 15, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three)
There's an absolutely brilliant documentary from either last year or early this year called "West of Memphis" about the case. Damien Echols co-produces it. A must for anyone with an interest in the case.
Quote from: gallsman on October 16, 2013, 03:38:17 PM
Quote from: Under Lights on October 15, 2013, 01:52:06 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Memphis_Three)
There's an absolutely brilliant documentary from either last year or early this year called "West of Memphis" about the case. Damien Echols co-produces it. A must for anyone with an interest in the case.
Just recently watched it.
I thought it was very good,
It doesnt pull any punches in casting the spotlight on the stepfather as the potential real killer
QuoteI stumbled upon this a couple of months ago. Had never heard of it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armagh_rail_disaster
This accident led to the redesign of brakes to fail safe, i.e. the power keeps the brake off and if the power was removed the brake activated.
There was some question in the recent Lac-Mégantic detailment in Québec as to whether this was the case.
The Armagh-Newry line was also notable for having the longest tunnel in Ireland, yet another Amagh superlative!