Bigfoot for Breakfast

In the late 90's they took over pop culture for a while and it was likely the first that the majority of the people had even heard of them. Although, they seem to have been hiding among us for much, much longer. That's right folks, it's time to finally address the creepy, elusive, strongarm police of the extraterrestrial world.

Bridgeport Library. Bridgeport History Center. Michael Bielawa. Bridgeport's UFO Legacy: Men in Black and the Albert K. Bender Story. https://bportlibrary.org/hc/author/michael-bielawa/

The UFO Sightings that Launched 'Men in Black' Mythology. Justin Sablich. The History Channel. History Stories. https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins

Peter M. Rojcewicz, PhD. The Men in Black Experience and Tradition: Analogues with the Traditional Devil Hypothesis. Journal of American Folklore. https://www.academia.edu/7751217/Peter_M_Rojcewicz_PhD_The_Men_in_Black_Experience_and_Tradition_Analogues_with_the_Traditional_Devil_Hypothesis_published_in_the_Journal_of_American_Folklore

San Antonio Current. Redfern Suggests the Real Men in Black are Alien Enforcers. The Daily. Chasing Shadows. August 8th, 2011.

https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2011/08/08/redfern-suggests-the-real-men-in-black-are-alien-enforcers

Encyclopaedia Britannica. Kenneth Arnold. American Businessman. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Kenneth-Arnold

Convincing others to live their lives the way they are supposed to was hard to do during the medieval period. For God, King and Country, the people had to be convinced, come clean or simply die if they stepped out of line. But, how to make an impression while getting this accomplished? Lets examine the new and super handy tools that the people of the past came up with to get the job done.

https://allthatsinteresting.com/medieval-torture-devices/3 (photos)

History Extra: Q&A: Were ducking stools ever used as punishment for crimes other than witchcraft during the Middle Ages? https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/qa-were-ducking-stools-ever-used-as-punishment-for-crimes-other-than-witchcraft-during-the-middle-ages/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/brazen-bull-gruesome-ancient-greek-torture-device-turned-screams-music-021359

TORTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES: https://www.history.co.uk/shows/britains-bloodiest-dynasty/articles/torture-in-the-middle-ages

http://www.medievalwarfare.info/torture.htm#ducking

http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-torture-and-punishment/water-torture.htm

https://tortureum.com/history-of-torture/

BIOLOGY13 Gory Details About What It's Like To Be Skinned Alive, Laura Allan Updated October 10, 2018 https://www.ranker.com/list/what-being-skinned-alive-feels-like/laura-allan

Scold's Bridle - History of the Branks http://www.historyofmasks.net/famous-masks/scolds-bridle/

How the Spanish Inquisition Worked BY SHANNA FREEMAN https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-figures/spanish-inquisition3.htm

The Stomach-Turning History Of Rat Torture – Perhaps History's Worst Way To Die By Wyatt Redd Published November 30, 2017 https://allthatsinteresting.com/rat-torture-method

10 Additional Gruesome Torture Devices VALENTINEDRAGON https://listverse.com/2010/07/18/10-additional-gruesome-torture-devices/

Fl Hirsch, A. E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), p. 69ogging https://sites.google.com/a/uconn.edu/pirate-executions-and-methods-of-torture/flogging

Cat o'nine tails http://www.understandingslavery.com/index.php-option=com_content&view=article&id=532_cat-onine-tails&catid=145&Itemid=255.html

https://sites.google.com/a/uconn.edu/pirate-executions-and-methods-of-torture/flogging

The Curious Case of the Weapon that Didn't Exist by PAUL B. STURTEVANT on MAY 12, 2016 https://www.publicmedievalist.com/curious-case-weapon-didnt-exist/

Spanish boot http://www.occasionalhell.com/infdevice/detail.php?recordID=Spanish%20Boot

Instep borer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instep_borer

Hirsch, A. E., ed., The Book of Torture and Executions (Toronto: Golden Books, 1944), p. 69

10 Medieval Torture Devices BY ED GRABIANOWSKI: The Pear of Anguish https://history.howstuffworks.com/10-medieval-torture-devices10.htm

The Pear Of Anguish Is The Torture Device From Your Proctologist's Nightmares By Wyatt Redd Published April 10, 2018 Updated June 8, 2018 https://allthatsinteresting.com/pear-of-anguish

The Cradle of Judah http://torturemuseum.net/en/the-cradle-of-judah/

Foot Talk, Sunday, November 25, 2018 A concise history of foot torture: http://foottalk.blogspot.com/2006/02/a-concise-history-of-foot-torture.html

The Picquet: http://www.medievality.com/picquet.html

https://middleagetorture.weebly.com/the-boot-torture.html

Drawing and quartering capital punishment WRITTEN BY The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/drawing-and-quartering

http://www.medieval-life-and-times.info/medieval-torture-and-punishment/hung-drawn-quartered.htm

https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/torture-rack/

https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-torture-devices/catherine-wheel/

The Iron Chair and Jean Calas' Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day in 1762 by Marc Hartzman: https://www.weirdhistorian.com/iron-chair/

The astronomer who saved his mother from being burned as a witch: the guardian 2015 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/21/the-astronomer-and-the-witch-johannes-kepler-mother-katharina-witch-trial

The Dark and Brutal History of The Brazen Bull: Ancient History, October 15, 2016 https://historydaily.org/brazen-bull

The Jamestown Adventure: Accounts of the Virginia Colony, 1605–1614 (Real Voices, Real History) by Ed Southern (Editor) (Winston-Salem NC: Blair, 2004)

Water torture: http://www.lordsandladies.org/water-torture.htm

10 Medieval Torture Devices BY ED GRABIANOWSKi: Thumbscrews https://history.howstuffworks.com/10-medieval-torture-devices2.htm

Thumbscrews: Not For Carpentry, But For Torture By William DeLong Published April 20, 2018 Updated August 15, 2019 https://allthatsinteresting.com/thumbscrew

"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour." I Peter 5:8.

An analysis of the legends surrounding the infamous Stull Cemetery and what makes it "one of the worlds most haunted places".

Our Neighboring Community: Stull. Spring 1990. The LHS Newsletter Archive. Bald Eagle. LeCompton, KS. Vol. 16. No. 1. https://www.lecomptonkansas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bald.Eagle_.Vol16.No1_.Spring.1990.pdf

Haunted Cemeteries: Ghosts in the Graveyards. Daniel Hardie. Lulu Press. May 26th, 2015. https://books.google.com/books?id=rE9dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT21&lpg=PT21&dq=stable+boy+kills+mayor+stull+kansas&source=bl&ots=wnlTucGNyB&sig=ACfU3U1rkszxEAyJWxc2pSoBProQDWal9w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiGv8eIwenqAhXGaM0KHYnVAZUQ6AEwCXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=stable%20boy%20kills%20mayor%20stull%20kansas&f=false

The Ghost in my Machine: Stories of the Strange and Unusual. Encyclopedia of the Impossible. June 5, 2019. Lucia. Stull, Kansas. https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/06/05/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-stull-kansas-cemetery-gateway-hell/

The Story Behind This Disturbing Kansas Cemetery Will Give you Goosebumps. Only in Your State. Kansas. February 25th, 2016. Annie. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kansas/stull-ks/

Seemingly Harmless Ghost Story Gets Out of Hand in Stull, Kansas. Nathan Vickers, Christ Oberholtz. October 31st, 2019. KCTV NEWS 5. https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/seemingly-harmless-ghost-story-gets-out-of-hand-in-stull-kansas/article_cbf67bbe-fbe4-11e9-95fc-2fa8047b620e.html

Hell Hath No Fury: But the Long Suffering Residents of Stull are Another Story. Richard Gintowt. October 26th, 2004. Lawrence. http://www.lawrence.com/news/2004/oct/26/stull/

Haunted America and Other Paranormal Travels. Sherri Granato. April 9th, 2015. https://books.google.com/books?id=hXtLCAAAQBAJ&dq=devil%27s+road+stull+kansas+renamed&source=gbs_navlinks_s

Rumors, Urban Legends surround Stull Cemetery. Tom Dehart. October 31, 2013. The University Daily Kansan. https://www.kansan.com/features/rumors-urban-legends-surround-stull-cemetery/article_b001b503-19ba-5dc6-bea6-ca0086edff30.html

The Devil's Joke. The Legend of Stull, Kansas. Cyn. February 15, 2014. https://medium.com/@mortal_cyn/the-devils-joke-bd94b493d080

America's Most Haunted Places: Stull Cemetery. Marcus James. Dread Central. https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/203455/americas-haunted-places-stull-cemetery/

Stull Cemetery: The Legendary Gateway to Hell in Kansas. American Hauntings. https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/stull

Paranormal Experiences of the Stars. Zeleb.es. 10/22/2019. MSN. https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/celebrity/paranormal-experiences-of-the-stars/ss-AAJbgaE

It does seem that no matter how much you dabble in the historical spider web of CIA lies and deceit, there's always something new and exciting to explore. Let's dive into a small piece of the rabbit hole that was MK Ultra...

Works Cited:

Project MKULTRA: The CIA's Program Of Research In Behavioral Modification; JOINT HEARING BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON INTELLIGENCE AND THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH OF THE COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES; UNITED STATES SENATE NINETY-FIFTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION: AUGUST 3, 1977 https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rp3h/lansberry/mkultra.pdf

Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control Posted on September 11, 2019 by Stephen Kinzer https://www.thehistoryreader.com/us-history/sidney-gottlieb-and-the-cia-search-for-mind-control/

American History: The Assassination of JFK: Sidney Gottlieb https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKgottlieb.htm

British History >Spies and Spymasters >Richard Bissell https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKbissell.htm

British History >Spies and Spymasters >Richard Helms https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKhelms.htm

American History >Cold War >Allen Dulles https://spartacus-educational.com/USAdullesA.htm

Home Library Center for the Study of Intelligence Studies Archive Indexes Volume 44: An Interview with Richard Helms

Memoirs 1950-1963, Volume 2, George F. Kerman, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1972, pp 145-167. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/kent-csi/vol44no4/html/v44i4a07p_0021.htm

1953: MK-ULTRA was hatched by Allen Dulles and Richard Helms January 18, 2015 ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION: Advancing Voluntary, Informed Consent to Medical Intervention https://ahrp.org/1953-mk-ultra-was-hatched-by-allen-dulles-and-richard-helms/

1941: The term, "psychological warfare" was a Nazi concept adapted and "Americanized" January 18, 2015 ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION Advancing Voluntary, Informed Consent to Medical Intervention https://ahrp.org/1941-the-term-psychological-warfare-was-a-nazi-concept-adapted-and-americanized/

The Secret Surrender, Harpers Magazine, By Allen Dulles, July 1966 https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP70-00058R000300010059-3.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Intelligence_Agency#Controversies

MK-Ultra: HISTORY.COM UPDATED:AUG 21, 2018 ORIGINAL:JUN 16, 2017 EDITORS https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra

INSIDE THE ARCHIVE OF AN LSD RESEARCHER WITH TIES TO THE CIA'S MKULTRA MIND CONTROL PROJECT: Tom O'Neill, Dan Piepenbring November 24 2019 https://theintercept.com/2019/11/24/cia-mkultra-louis-jolyon-west/

The true story behind a CIA scientist's mysterious death By Lauren Sarner December 14, 2017 https://nypost.com/2017/12/14/the-true-story-behind-a-cia-scientists-mysterious-death/

THE SAD TALE OF FRANK OLSON, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S HALLUCINOGEN FALL MAN by JARED KELLERMAY 14, 2019 https://psmag.com/news/the-sad-tale-of-frank-olson-the-u-s-governments-hallucinogen-fall-man

Did the CIA's Dr. Frank Olson Jump to His Death or Was He Pushed? Paul Vidich Published Feb. 17, 2020 https://www.thedailybeast.com/did-the-cias-dr-frank-olson-jump-to-his-death-or-was-he-pushed

The Man Who Knew Too Much BY MARY A. FISCHER Gentleman's Quarterly – January, 2000 https://frankolsonproject.org/the-story/

CIA Papers Link Harvard To Mind-Control Project By Joseph L. Contreras September 28, 1977 https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1977/9/28/cia-papers-link-harvard-to-mind-control/

Madness, Part 3: Subproject 68 May 08, 2020 by Josh Swartz https://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2020/05/08/madness-part-three-subproject

After learning of Whitey Bulger LSD tests, juror has regrets: Nation Feb 18, 2020 3:10 PM EDT https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/after-learning-of-whitey-bulger-lsd-tests-juror-has-regrets

The conspiracy theorists convinced celebrities are under mind control By THOMAS HOBBS Thursday 9 May 2019 https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mkultra-conspiracy-theory-meme

A large, middle-class family experienced a house fire on Christmas morning of 1945 in which five of their ten children perished. Lots of speculation and concern for what may have really happened to these kids have surrounded the story for many years.

Spotlight West Virginia. Arts and Culture. Kristin. Winter 2015. Page 39. https://kriswritesstuff.files.wordpress.com/2016/03/swv-sodder-2.jpg

The Children Who Went Up in Smoke. A Tragic Christmas Mystery Remains Unsolved More than 60 Years After the Disappearance of Five Young Siblings. Karen Abbott. Smithsonian Magazine. December 25, 2012. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

Remember the Bone-Chilling Story of the Missing Sodder Children. Gavin Alexander. October 2, 2019.

https://www.ststworld.com/remembering-the-missing-sodder-children/

Their Fate: Kidnapped-Murdered or Are They Still Alive? Adelina Lancianese. November 6th, 2016. https://www.timeswv.com/news/their-fate-kidnapped-murdered-or-are-they-still-alive/article_be5920fe-a3f1-11e6-a3fc-43908d62effb.html

Sodder Mystery Holds National Appeal, Continues to Baffle Community. Sarah Plummer. Register Herald. January 28th, 2016. https://www.register-herald.com/news/sodder-mystery-holds-national-appeal-continues-to-baffle-community/article_2c6a06ad-e788-5e1b-a3cf-6e6fe65061f8.html

Baffling Christmas Mystery: What Happened to the Sodder Children. Nathan Jolly. NZ Herald. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=12182500

Certificate of Death for Maurice A. Sodder. http://www.forensicgenealogy.info/images/billboard_maurice_death_cert_cropped.jpg

Certificate of Death for Louis Sodder. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forensicgenealogy.info%2Fimages%2Fbillboard_louis_death_cert_cropped.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forensicgenealogy.info%2Fcontest_386_results.html&tbnid=oo0l1WH__k8Z6M&vet=10CKoBEDMoTGoXChMIoMyg6Lm16gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEBg..i&docid=l_JbbLVK1WetsM&w=1683&h=1451&q=The%20Sodder%20Children&ved=0CKoBEDMoTGoXChMIoMyg6Lm16gIVAAAAAB0AAAAAEBg

Louis Sodder Photo Message. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fpm1.narvii.com%2F7155%2F44de5cf27000d375439ab0e03cb9e1e06d75cd5ar1-1029-597v2_hq.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Faminoapps.com%2Fc%2Fconspiracytheory%2Fpage%2Fblog%2Fthe-sodder-children%2Fj0Vq_8W7hKu8PbmGBrpX8GKBvG741XkPQZZ&tbnid=wPNvqfZGvnLmbM&vet=10CL4BEDMovwFqFwoTCKDMoOi5teoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX..i&docid=V2FnXJSxGlS_2M&w=1024&h=594&q=The%20Sodder%20Children&ved=0CL4BEDMovwFqFwoTCKDMoOi5teoCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAX

In the 1930's, Iowa radio personality, Norman Baker, claimed to have found the cure for Cancer. People flocked to his hospital in desperation for a treatment. But things weren't exactly what they seemed to be.

"Norman Baker (A Life History)" by Ron Bopp Carousel Organ, Issue No. 28: July, 2006

Crescent Hotel History https://crescent-hotel.com/history.shtml

Norman G. Baker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_G._Baker#Early_life

Con Man: The Fraud Who Claimed To Have a Cure For Cancer By John killerlane https://historycollection.com/norman-baker-man-claimed-cure-cancer/

A nightmare of medical fraud in Kansas from decades ago inspired a movie currently in pre-production by: Jennifer Silvey, Sep 22, 2019, Updated: Sep 22, 2019 https://fox4kc.com/news/a-nightmare-of-medical-fraud-in-kansas-from-decades-ago-inspired-a-movie-currently-in-pre-production/

"The Crescent Hotel Is Haunted" Published by Tony Brueski on April 9, 2018 https://www.thegravetalks.com/the-crescent-hotel/

"Baker, Norman (November 27, 1882–September 8, 1958)" THE BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF IOWA, University of Iowa Press Digital Editions, Eric Juhnke http://uipress.lib.uiowa.edu/bdi/DetailsPage.aspx?id=18

Norman Baker (A Life History) Ron Bopp Carousel Organ, Issue No. 28 — July, 2006 https://coaa.us/index_archive/Issues_21_to_30/Norman%20Baker%20(A%20Life%20History)_%20Ron%20Bopp_%20_28%20&%2029.pdf

Photo Of The Day by Lux on May 27, 2016 https://www.whaleoil.net.nz/2016/05/photo-day-761-25

Baker, Norman, The Castle in the Air-Where Sick Folks Get Well Atop The Ozarks, Norman Baker Institute, Eureka Springs, Arkansas; 1939

Encyclopedia Britannica; Http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9071175.

Taylor, Troy, The Haunting of America; Whitechapel Press, Decatur, Illinois; 2001

Juhnke, Eric S., Quacks and Crusaders-The Fabulous Careers of John Brinkley, Norman Baker, & Harry Hoxsey; University Press of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas; 2002.

Historic hotels of America- National Trust for Historic Preservation:1886 Historic Crescent Hotel and Spa https://www.historichotels.org/us/hotels-resorts/1886-crescent-hotel-and-spa/ghost-stories.php

The Haunted Room 218 of Crescent Hotel: Anomalien.com Apr 30, 2020 https://anomalien.com/the-haunted-room-218-of-crescent-hotel/

The Crescent Hotel By JustanotherTori Date: 2012-07-05 https://www.yourghoststories.com/real-ghost-story.php?story=15831

The Crescent Hotel Published by Tony Brueski on April 9, 2018 https://www.thegravetalks.com/the-crescent-hotel/

Haunting Ghost Experiences Revealed Posted on September 24, 2014 by Amanda https://crescent-hotel.com/blog/haunting-ghost-experiences-revealed/

We hear stories throughout our lives of enormous and terrifying people who guard their property and threaten to eat us alive if we overstep. These people hold a strong place throughout all of literature, even the bible and many other religious books. Not only this, but there are stories from all over the world and throughout time that strongly suggest that these people were not just figures of lore.

Remember all of those beautiful, whimsical stories and fables that your childhood dreams were based on? Well, let us just ruin that for you as we take you on a tour through this popular form of entertainment and give you the dark, twisted, true accounts from which many of these "lessons learned" originated.

Ring Around the Rosie: Metafolklore, Rhyme and Reason July 24, 2014 by Stephen Winick https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2014/07/ring-around-the-rosie-metafolklore-rhyme-and-reason/

Brothers Grimm GERMAN FOLKLORISTS AND LINGUISTS WRITTEN BY: Ludwig Denecke Apr 2, 2020 https://www.britannica.com/biography/Brothers-Grimm

Grimm's law LINGUISTICS WRITTEN BY: The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Grimms-law

The Twisted History of Snow White BY ADAM GIDWITZ Oct 24, 2013 https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2013/10/24/the-twisted-history-of-snow-white

7 Disturbing Fairytales You Grew up Loving but Should Probably Spare Your Kids from by ELLIE GIBBONS MAR 19, 2015 https://books.allwomenstalk.com/disturbing-fairytales-you-grew-up-loving-but-should-probably-spare-your-kids-from/

Sleeping Beauty's original story: A medieval romance or a Norse ancient tale Terry graves https://terry-graves.com/sleeping-beautys-original-story/

12 Famous Fairytale Princesses, And The Real Stories, Folktales, And Actual History That Inspired Them; LUCIA PETERS April 26, 2018 https://www.bustle.com/p/12-famous-fairytale-princesses-the-real-stories-folktales-actual-history-that-inspired-them-8554483

The Real Beauty and the Beast Didn't Live Happily Ever After By Shannon Quinn https://historycollection.co/the-real-beauty-and-the-beast-didnt-live-happily-ever-after/

7 Parts Of The Grimms Brothers' 'Rapunzel' That Will Shock You (Or At Least Strike You As Slut-Shaming) By JR THORPE March 9, 2015 https://www.bustle.com/articles/68595-7-parts-of-the-grimms-brothers-rapunzel-that-will-shock-you-or-at-least-strike-you

Rapunzel, Children's and Household Tales collection, the Brothers Grimm http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Rapu.shtml

How the fantasy of Peter Pan turned sinister, Constance Grady Jul 27, 2017 https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/7/27/16021572/peter-pan-became-evil-jm-barrie-llewelyn-davies

The surprisingly morbid origins of Peter Pan; Charles Moss, December 4, 2014 https://theweek.com/articles/441765/surprisingly-morbid-origins-peter-pan

Ancient Chinese Cinderella Story: Golden shoes, fish bones, and a king: Cinderella from the Tang Dynasty 03·22·2015 Nargiz Koshoibekova https://www.theworldofchinese.com/2015/03/ancient-chinese-cinderella-story/

Grimm's 9 worst and most frightening fairy tales you've never heard of, Tiffany Antone, March 13, 2015 https://www.sheknows.com/entertainment/articles/1078231/grimms-9-worst-and-most-frightening-fairy-tales-youve-never-heard-of/

The Dead Mother (Russian Fairy Tales) by W. R. S. RALSTON http://www.fairytalenight.com/2017/07/13/the-dead-mother-russian-fairy-tales-by-w-r-s-ralston/

The Twisted Truth Behind 10 Creepy Nursery Rhymes: Their sweet melodies mask grisly tales of murder, sex, and death. By The Lineup Staff https://the-line-up.com/creepy-nursery-rhymes

https://www.history.com/news/the-dark-side-of-the-grimm-fairy-tales

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fairy-tale-true-story_b_6102602

https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/fairy-tale-origins-1025036-2017-07-18

The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairy Tales by Jessica Doyle https://www.abebooks.com/books/the-gruesome-origins-of-classic-fairy-tales/index.shtml

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/articles/the-10-most-dark-and-disturbing-fairy-tales/

A look into the highly controversial investigations, hearings and trials surrounding the Ruby Ridge standoff. Why it was incredibly obvious after this event and others during the 90's that a reform within the ranks and policies of federal law enforcement was sorely needed.

A family goes into the mountains of Idaho to live an off-the-grid separatist life and ended up getting the attention of the federal government. The long line of mistakes made on both sides of the fence and the resulting conflict will go down in history as a giant mark on the reputation of the federal government.

ADL. Fighting Hate for Good. White Separatism. https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/white-separatism

**Weaver Turned Racist in the West, Friend Says. Associated Press. 05/16/1993. https://www.adl.org/resources/glossary-terms/white-separatism

**Militant Relives Idaho Tragedy for Senators: Probe: Randy Weaver Admits Ruby Ridge Errors, Seeks "Accountability". Robert L. Jackson. 09/07/1995. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-07-mn-43224-story.html

**Excerpts from the Testimony of Kenneth Fadeley, ATF Undercover Agent. https://www.famous-trials.com/rubyridge/1165-fadeleytestimony

Ruby Ridge Report issued by the Office of Professional Responsibility.

https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opr/legacy/2006/11/09/rubyreport40_84.pdf

Ruby Ridge (Weaver) Trial (1993). Famous Trials. Professor Douglas O. Linder.

http://www.famous-trials.com/rubyridge

Ruby Ridge: Sara Weaver Discusses Inside Details of Siege – Part 1 – Crime Watch Daily. True Crime Daily. June 1, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVLxdWwGB0I

Ruby Ridge: Sara Weaver Discusses Inside Details of Siege – Part 2 – Crime Watch Daily. True Crime Daily. June 1, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SC820Ii_RxM

Negotiator Bo Gritz Reports Vicki Weaver's Death. The Spokesman-Review. 08/28/1992. Jess Walter and J. Todd Foster. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/1992/aug/28/negotiator-bo-gritz-reports-vicki-weavers-death/

U.S. Department of Justice. Report of the Ruby Ridge Task Force to the Office of Professional Responsibility of Investigation of Allegations of Improper Governmental Conduct in the Investigation, Apprehension and Prosecution of Randall C. Weaver and Kevin L. Harris. June 10, 1994. Report.