War of the Worlds: 5 Facts you didn’t know about the Fake Newscast
On October 30th, 1938, a radio broadcast on the CBS Radio station "The War of the Worlds" supposedly led to widespread panic all over…
On October 30th, 1938, a radio broadcast on the CBS Radio station "The War of the Worlds" supposedly led to widespread panic all over…
How could any good come from a pandemic that devastated the known world? Hard to believe, but in the aftermath of the Great Pestilence…
The Black Death. The Bubonic plague. The Great Pestilence. The Great Mortality. Whatever name you choose, 60% of the world's population died from it…
Are masks the answer to getting back to a 'new normal' after COVID19? During the 1918 influenza, the widespread use of masks was a…
As we shelter at home and follow the rising numbers of infections and deaths from COVID-19, I have a new understanding and appreciation for…
A short-lived illness that left 38 people dead in Italy in 1623 can hardly be called an epidemic of the likes of COVID19 or…
Bradshaw Crandall, Beautiful Lady with Parrot, circa 1929, Public Domain In my last post, I told about how my youngest daughter contracted an obscure…