CLOSE SHAVE by Leigh Lundin Geologists believe Florida was not originally part of North America. They postulate when Pangea split into the supercontinents of Gondwana and Laurasia, the land destined to become Africa deposited Florida upon North America as if scraping mud from its shoes. That may explain Florida’s propensity toward weirdness, which I’ve documented […]

MUSICAL MYSTERY by Leigh Lundin Several of us wrote about music recently. I hadn’t intended to continue the, em, theme but an internet musical mystery too intriguing to resist is circulating on the web. In late December, a surreal clip less than a minute long appeared on YouTube submitted by ‘iamamiwhoami’. A second appeared and […]

FACT, FICTION, FAKERY I by Leigh Lundin The world needs another literary scandal. Last Train to Hiroshima Charles Pellegrino Questions arose last week confronting the most recent book by Charles Pellegrino, the noted author who combines science and archaeology. The purported account of WW-II veteran Joseph Fuoco the day before he died has been challenged […]

A MONTH of SUNDAYS by Leigh Lundin Some days you wonder what to write about. Last week’s article on Tom Dooley took forever to piece together and the week before that, I was dealing with neighborhood crime, dreadfully dull. Cops and criminals must be watching the Olympics because weird crime stories are thin. The truth […]

WHO KILLED LAURA FOSTER? by Leigh Lundin When they dug up the poor girl’s grave, they found Laura’s decomposing body. She had been stabbed multiple times until one of the strikes slipped between her ribs piercing her broken heart. According to a newspaper at the time, an autopsy found she was enceinte– she was ‘with […]

SUMMER ROSE, part II by Leigh Lundin with John Floyd continued from yesterday… A block from the café she got her answer— and stopped dead in her tracks. There was Ross Stevens on the sidewalk, hugging another woman. Young, slim, dark-haired. And wearing a wedding ring. Rose watched them climb into a parked BMW and […]

WEIRD CRIME STORIES, Feb by Leigh Lundin Chargers 1, Free Speech 0 San Diego, CA.  Half the population is watching Super Bowl XLIV, which means you’re missing your dose of sports. Twice recently I’ve read sports items suggesting fans sitting in the wrong section should be arrested. One story attempted to justify a basketball player […]