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Scandals and Controversies
Scandals and Controversies
The Magician Sex Scandal
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jul 05, 2024 -
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Category: Delusions, Fantasies and Other Tricks of the Imagination, Magic and Illusions and Sleight of Hand, Scandals and Controversies, Teenagers, 1950s, Sex
A Comic That Scared the Senate
The infamous Senate Hearings on horror comics in the 1950s are well known. And in fact, you can read the whole 316-page transcript here.I thought it might be fun to see one of the actual stories that triggered the politicians. It follows after the next two images.
Posted By: Paul - Fri May 19, 2023 -
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Category: Horror, Politics, Scandals and Controversies, Comics, Children, 1950s
Blaze, the Dog That Flew First Class
In the year 1945, a dog named Blaze, while being shipped on Army Transport planes, bumped off several traveling soldiers, causing a national controversy.
Read about it here.
A funnier account was composed by James Thurber, viewable after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 30, 2020 -
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Category: Government, Scandals and Controversies, War, Air Travel and Airlines, Dogs, 1940s
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