In 1826, a ghostly sighting near a Campbelltown creek led to the discovery of Frederick Fisher’s body and the conviction of George Worrall. This post explores the blurred line between folklore and legal record, tracing how civic memory shaped one of Australia’s most enduring legends.
Fisher’s Ghost Bridge: Spectral Testimony in Colonial Australia Read More
George Washington’s survival in battle often defied logic. From the chaos of Monongahela to the daring charge at Princeton, he emerged unscathed while death claimed those around him. His men saw it. His enemies noted it. And Washington himself, though reserved, acknowledged it. Was it providence, luck — or something else?
Bulletproof George Washington: Was He Protected by Providence or Luck? Read More
On July 4th, 1826 — exactly fifty years after the Declaration of Independence — John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other. Once allies, then bitter political enemies, they reconciled through years of candid correspondence. Their deaths on the nation’s golden jubilee fed the myth of divine providence and helped shape America’s sense of manifest destiny.
Died on the Same Day: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Read More
In the American cultural archive, few names diverge more dramatically than Jimmy Dean and James Dean. One became a symbol of cinematic rebellion; the other, a pitchman with a grin. Yet both left their mark on screen — and one more James Dean left his mark in politics. Three men. One name. Three fates.
Same Name, Different Fate: Jimmy Dean vs James Dean Read More
In 1898, a novel described an unsinkable ship named Titan. Fourteen years later, Titanic, a nearly identical ship, met a nearly identical fate.
Morgan Robertson’s ‘Futility’: Did This 1898 Novel Foresee the Titanic Tragedy? Read More
Tsutomu Yamaguchi was bombed twice and survived twice. In Hiroshima, he was burned and blinded. In Nagasaki, he was disbelieved — until the second bomb fell.
Tsutomu Yamaguchi Survived Both Atomic Bombs — And No One Believed Him Read More
“I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime,” Margaret Thatcher told a boy named Roger on BBC1 in 1973. She wasn’t hedging. She wasn’t speculating. She dismissed the idea outright. Six years later, she became Britain’s first — and longest-serving — female Prime Minister.
On February 19th, 2002, President George W. Bush addressed the Japanese Diet and quietly rewrote history. His reference to “a century and a half” of peaceful U.S.– Japan relations erased World War II from the timeline. This post threads that moment into a broader sweep of Bushisms — those surreal fragments of presidential speech that live on in public memory.
Don’t Mention the War: Bushisms from Tokyo to Texas Read More
