Vietnam Wall Washers

Michael Najarian found his name chiseled on a list of war dead.  His was one of more than 58 thousand names on the Wall of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C.  Najarian served in Vietnam, but was still very much alive. “I just sort of sank on...

Doctor Finds Poor Friends

Jack McConnell stopped to pick up a man who was walking down a dirt road without an umbrella on a drizzly day. “Where you headed?” McConnell called out the window. “To look for a job,” the man answered. “Any one I can get.” “What’s your name?” “James.” “You married?”...

Who Invented the Wild West?

Lewis Whirlwind Horse was the last living member of a traveling troupe of cowboys and Indians who invented the way we imagine the Old West must have been.   “We were playing at the old Madison Square Garden in New York City, which is neither square nor a garden,”...

Cold Case

TV would have us believe that “high-tech” catches criminals, but only about a third of the cases get solved with DNA evidence. The rest rely on people whose minds never retire.  BILL PETERS SOLVED THE MYSTERY TO A LIFE LONG ROMANCE. Share this: Click...