Ghosts of DC The lost and untold history of Washington

Look at all the empty lots in what would become weekend crazytown for drunk 20-somethings. Read More »

This is pretty scary. The crazy headline in the Washington Post on October 19th, 1902 was the cryptic and terrifying “Mad Wolf From Zoo.” Below is the account of multiple attacks in Cleveland Park. Residents of Cleveland Park and vicinity were given a good deal of a fright yesterday forenoon by the appearance of a wolf which had escaped from ... Read More »

We are a great nation and Americans in the 1880s were proud of their rapidly growing and dominant country. But how can you truly be a great nation without a national zoo to show off all the wonderful creatures that roam your lands, as well as those of foreign lands? Not only that, how will you help preserve the species ... Read More »

Here is a recent crazy story … very crazy. This one is from March of 1995, so I’m guessing there are a few of you who remember this. In the spring of that year, Margaret Davis King, 36, had arrived in Washington from Arkansas to get back custody of her children. She was a homeless and mentally ill mother of ... Read More »