Happy Halloween!  Enjoy this episode, which sways from our usual format a bit, but is worth every second!  We share some Halloween history, a few scary stories, a few funny quips, and a very interesting interview with Darrell King, author and self-made publisher, regarding his book Hayabusa-about a very haunted crotch rocket from a haunted forest in Japan. https://www.amazon.com/Hayabusa-Terror-Mr-Darrell-King/dp/1539173135

2007 was bombarded by Hollywood sequels, retro fashion and the election of Argentina’s first female president.  Ohio witnesses the longest execution in history, Florida is on fire and experiences unprecedented victory in the sporting scene, and the Mitchell Report identifies an ongoing problem in the arena of professional athletics. We present a very special guest on this episode-check out his FaceBook page  We thank him for his honest, sincere interview.  He is amazing, and his students love him!

1957 was a year when Elvis makes his first appearance in movies and his final appearance on a very popular television show.  We learn about a new sport in Britain, and the ladies fashion scene is very feminine.   Movies, still largely in black and white, focus on war, secrets, delinquencies, scandals, politics, prostitution, the legal system, thugs, hot rods and werewolves.

2000 was a year when the Concorde sees its last air, the Mississippi River overflows with sludge and the nation gains a new pastime!  Bieber rules the hairstyles, and we begin to see the results of drug testing in professional athletics.  Tune in to this episode and hear a very special interview with one of our own service men as to how he spends his rare free time!

1971 was a year when the space race was in full swing.  Earth day is founded, and a serial killer and his followers are judged by their peers.  The Vietnam War continues, and it sees its troop numbers decrease dramatically, and experiences much public dissension as voters get younger.  Christie's auctions a fake, and we saw the beginning of the e-book era.  Meanwhile, the movie scene is filled with drama and popular music saw everything from disco to ballads to jazz.  Hot pants, bell bottoms and knickers dominated the bottom of the fashion world, while cowl necks covered our tops.  Hairstyles were still influenced by the hippie scene. Music media file found and credit given to http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/top-100-songs-of-the-year/?year=1971

1985 is a year when England sees the most devastating disaster in history of sports arenas, Pokeman Go! Gets its unexpected beginning, a recluse, domestic terrorist, anarchist and mathematical prodigy murders his first of many victims, and our U.S. road system loses a significant historical highway that will later be depicted in many animated movies and songs. Our beverage choices are tested, and we lose a beloved writer who introduced us to a  kind, motherly arachnid and her friends in the barn. One of the most famous action movie actors is extremely busy, and Wham! goes our music scene… Listen to this episode for more fun facts about 1985!

1963 was a time of political upheaval, with the delivery of Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, and later the same year, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, though there is still much debate about that.  The music scene is turned upside down in the United States, by the release of the Beatle’s second U.S. album, called “Please Please Me”, all recorded in just one day, mind you; just one year past them being rejected by an American record label, Decca Records, on January 1, 1962. . Medical advancements included the first polio vaccination, and the first artificial heart implantation was completed successfully. Alkatraz officially closed.  Only three people ever escaped from the island, and were never seen again.  They are presumed drowned, trying to get away. The Ku Klux Klan is active in the southern United States, yet James Meredith was the first African American to graduate from college with a degree from the University of Mississippi. Listen to this episode for more interesting information about the year 1963.

1997 was a year when a comet came as close to the earth as it will again until the year 4397, and 39 people attempted to follow it. The atmosphere at Buckingham turned to mourning and two boys were left without a mother. An unsinkable ship crashed into theaters, as dinosaurs once again roamed the earth. Also, the city of Cleveland is devastated.