History

The Pumpkin Seed Tester. Put that on a business card.

Many people consider "The Exorcist" the scariest movie of all time. While the creator admits that he changed some of the details, but the movie was truly based on real events that happened in St. Louis, Missouri in 1949 that are much more terrifying than the movie it inspired.

I almost expect Morgan Freeman to step in here with some ominous narration. And by this point, Abel notes he knew these guys were bad news, but...

The internet thinks it knows the best county to live in for the state of Missouri. What the internet likely doesn't realize is their recommendation also used to be the home of notorious outlaws Bonnie & Clyde.

It's the diner everyone who watched TV in the 1970's knew even if they didn't know exactly where it was. Yes, the diner where Rosie showed everyone why Bounty was "the quicker picker upper" that originally was born in New Jersey is now incoming to the middle of Missouri.

Heritage Days featuring handmade crafts, history, fair food, and more is happening the weekend of October 21, and October 22, 2023, in Warsaw, Missouri.

It was for a scenario that fortunately never happened in real life, but there was a time when stealth bombers in Missouri were doing practice runs in the event that they were needed to attack North Korea. New audio reveals what those practice runs were like.

One of the benefits of growing up in or near Illinois is having so much history around you. That includes Abraham Lincoln and the many places in Illinois where he visited. There is one fact about him that you might not know and that's the fact that his body was exhumed 17 times after his assassination.

There isn't a ton of personal information about Mord (other than the fact that his name is amazing), but he was one of the first vets in Sedalia,... ever.

What do you think? Did you know about some of these details? If you were allowed to watch it at the time, what were your memories of the movie?