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Recently Posted American Stories
Town Denial (Susan Smith Murders)
Susan Smith murdered her two little boys 30 years ago today. She strapped them into their car seats. Stepped out and pushed them into a lake. Smith told police she was carjacked. That a black man drove away with her sons still inside. For nine days, she made dramatic pleas on national television for their safe return. After an intensive investigation and nationwide search, Smith finally confessed to drowning her two sons. She was sentenced to life in prison without a chance of parole until she was past childbearing age. Next month, she will have her first parol hearing at age 53.
Blind Musher
Some races in life begin far from the starting line. That’s why Rachael Scdoris and her dad drove 25-hundred miles, to the top of the globe, in the dead of winter, to help her chase a dream she cannot see.
Hiding for Half a Century
When Private D.B. Benson decided to hide out from World War Two, he was able to disappear completely for 36 years. Benson slipped into the Kiamichi Wilderness in 1943, after a sergeant told him to go home because he could not read. He thought he was being...
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