Ned Jarrett, Dee Palmer, Foster Sylvers, and Duane Ollinger Die

Four more losses to reflect on here in 2026.

These individuals were a NASCAR driver and champion as well as a broadcaster; an English composer, arranger and keyboardist known for work with Jethro Tull; a singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist, member of the Sylvers; and a contractor and entrepreneur in the oil and gas industry, treasure hunter, and owner of Blind Frog Ranch.

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Jack the Ripper (Part Two) : In Pop Culture

The Jack the Ripper murders have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.

Jack the Ripper, one of history’s most infamous serial killers, has been a source of fascination and horror for over a century. His gruesome murders in the Whitechapel district of London in 1888 have inspired a plethora of movies, documentaries, television shows, video games, books, artwork, and even board games.

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Jack Osbourne

“As long as I know my head’s in the right place, my feet are on the ground, I think I’ll be fine.”

Jack Joseph Osbourne (born November 8, 1985) is the son of heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. He was born in London to Ozzy and his wife Sharon. Jack Osbourne has stated that his childhood was “perfectly happy and contented”.

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Mike Wallace is Here

About the legendary and influential television interviewer who defined a particular kind of broadcast journalism

I watched the documentary “Mike Wallace is Here” on Netflix DVD. It is a 2019 biographical documentary film directed by Avi Belkin. It was produced by Rafael Marmor, Peggy Drexler, John Battsek, Avi Belkin, and Chris Leggett, under the banner of Drexler Films, Delirio Films, and Rock Paper Scissors Entertainment. The film follows the life and career of American journalist Mike Wallace, using never-before-seen archival footage of the journalist preparing for and speaking about his work.

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Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)

Frame by frame analysis of video and audio to hunt down an animal abuser

I watched the 2019 “Don’t F**k With Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer” a 3 episode documentary on Netflix. It is really good, a little hard to watch at times, but a great crime-solving true story. After an internet video goes viral of a teenager killing two kittens, a group of cat-loving sleuths goes on the hunt. For Luka Magnotta, the murderer, it is just a matter of time before he will turn into a killer of humans. The police are having trouble tracking him down but the story will certainly earn its title.

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Alison Towner

Always find time for things that make you feel happy to be alive

Spending hours engrossed in the adventures of Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Australian shark experts Ron and Valerie Taylor, Alison Towner wanted nothing more than to study sharks. She grew up in Lancashire, England, where the weather was wet and it was a long drive to the coast.

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The Frozen Ground (2013) (Spoilers)

The press nicknamed Robert Hansen, the well respected, normal in everyone’s eyes, owner of a bakery, the “Butcher Baker”. He killed, possibly up to 17 women, between 1971 and 1983 in and around Anchorage, Alaska. The 2013 movie, Frozen Ground, is the telling of the story, of his capture and conviction in 1983, by Scott Walker. Scott was writing a fictional story about a hunter when someone said that it was a true story and turned him toward the Robert Hansen killings.

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The Frozen Ground (2013)

I watched the 2013 Lionsgate Docu-thriller The Frozen Ground on Netflix DVD. It is a Scott Walker film, who both wrote and directed the movie, which was his first. It is a factual based account of the Alaskan State Patrol hunting down a serial killer with the help of the only known victim to have gotten away. The Frozen Ground takes place in and around Anchorage Alaska in 1983. The movie is produced by Curtis Jackson (50 Cent – 13, Setup, Freelancers, Escape Plan movies, The Prince, Spy, Den of Thieves) who also is the pimp in the film.

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Roswell: The First Witness (2020)

This has been a mystery since July 1947 and may go on forever.

I just watched “Roswell: The First Witness” three, two-hour, episodes on History’s Greatest Mysteries hosted by Laurence Fishburne. Former CIA operative, Ben Smith, is the investigator on this special event. His main clue is Jesse Marcel who was the first official to arrive on the scene of the reported crash.

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Vintage Computer History Films: From IBM to SAGE

This is a collection of old video shorts, reminding me of the kind of 1960’s films they would show us in school. They come from the time where computers were the size of rooms, buildings, not something we carry around in our pockets every day.

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