The Motorcycle Gang
Genre: True Crime
I responded to a fight at a local bar in Baytown, Texas, that was frequented by members of a motorcycle gang.
That said, the gang members usually outgunned us and carried guns in their boots as well as knives. At that point in time, we carried Veratcom radios.
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Coins (Part 2)
Genre: Teen
A brilliant student at a Catholic high school is too ambitious for his own good.
It was decided to first visit the senior class with the lowest collective grades of all the senior classes.
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Coins (Part 1)
Genre: Teen
A brilliant student at a Catholic high school is too ambitious for his own good.
Charlie Resnick was an exceptional math student set to graduate that June of 1968 from Malloy High School in Chicago. Father Ed, his Advanced Trigonometry teacher crowed in the teacher’s lounge that
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Baby Boomer: Living Through a Phenomenon
Genre: Historical/FolkTales
Follow Vince Stalla through the years as he shares his anecdotes and experiences in this unique history of the "Baby Boomers."
Can you remember the excitement and hysteria of Beatlemania? Were you drafted by the U.S. Selective Service into the war in Southeast Asia or did you burn your draft card at a college sit-in? Can you
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FAITH, FAMILY, FRIENDS
Genre: Folk Tales
More stories by David Smith and "Texas Spirit."
Wy wife Charis, my only wife, is a teacher.
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Olivia Took Her Place
Genre: Folk Tales
Luke Boyd brings us more stories in "Coon Dogs and Outhouses V1."
On those Sunday afternoons when Doc's regular office person was not available, Olivia took her place.
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The Watcher
Genre: True Crime
John Wills shares more stories of the heroic women in law enforcement in "Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Line."
In 1989, during a day tour in my third year of patrol in the Suffolk County Police Department, I received the kind of 911 call that typically does not end well—
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Locomotives, Bells, and Collections
Genre: Folk Tales
More stories by David Smith and "Texas Spirit."
Back in the ’60s when we lived in Dayton, Texas, Charis and I found ourselves saddled with a 75-ton diesel locomotive switch engine
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Doc Smith
Genre: Folk Tales
Luke Boyd tells us more stories in "Coon Dogs and Outhouses V1."
In that day and time, all doctors made house calls, and Doc Smith was no exception.
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One Good Shot
Genre: True Crime
John Wills collects more stories by women law enforcement in "Women Warriors: Stories from the Thin Blue Line."
So, there I was, trying to stay warm inside my patrol car on a frigid night in Kansas.
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