The United States has long been a crucible of contradiction—where folklore collides with law, power reshapes identity, and belief systems evolve under pressure. This category houses artifacts rooted in American soil: presidential oddities, courtroom anomalies, cultural flashpoints, and moments where national myth meets historical record.
In 1897 West Virginia, a quiet homestead became the centre of a murder trial shaped by spectral testimony. The Greenbrier Ghost remains one of the few cases where folklore entered the courtroom — and changed its outcome.
The Ghost Who Testified: Zona Heaster Shue and the Greenbrier Murder Trial Read More
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
