Autumn's Oddities Autumn Grube

What began as a wellness check on a member of a religious group in Colorado turned into a bizarre horror story after the corpse of the group’s leader “Mother God” was found wrapped in a sleeping bag, covered in Christmas lights, the eyeless sockets of her skull decorated with glitter.

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Lisa Ziegert drew people in with her sparkling blue eyes and warm smile. Her laughter was contagious. But her light was snuffed out and her murder remained unsolved for decades.

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https://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2021/06/22/noelle-deslauriers/
https://hampdenda.com/gary-schara-pleads-guilty-to-first-degree-murder-in-the-homicide-of-lisa-ziegert/
https://www.boston.com/news/crime/2019/09/25/suspect-in-1992-slaying-of-mass-teachers-aide-pleads-guilty/
https://www.masslive.com/news/2019/09/lisa-ziegert-killer-gary-schara-hand-wrote-letters-saying-he-was-ready-to-face-the-music-25-years-after-murder.html
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5741697/lisa-zeigert-dateline-murder-case-gary-schara/
https://www.masslive.com/news/2017/09/gary_schara_ziegert_dna_evidence.html#:~:text=Those%20results%20finally%20came%20with,the%2025%20year%2Dold%20crime.&text=It%20is%20no%20exaggeration%20to,in%20its%20infancy%20in%201992.

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The holidays are stressful for most of us, but especially for the folks on this list of turkey day dumb as*ses. Enjoy this smattering of thefts gone wrong, holiday stabbings, and cautionary tales.

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Where is the tomb of Alexander the Great, one of the greatest rulers and military strategists of all time? He was only 33 years old when he died in 323 BC, but his final resting place remains a mystery.

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http://historyofmacedonia.org/AncientMacedonia/AlexandertheGreat.html
https://www.archaeology.org/issues/95-1307/features/1089-alexander-the-great-macedon-alexandria-the-soma
Chugg, A. M. (2004), The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great, London.

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In the second half of Nikola Tesla's life, the brilliant inventor conceived inventions that were precursors to technology we use daily. What he lacked was funding and support for his visions. One idea that came just before WWI that Tesla believed would end war forever: his "peace beam". Of course, the particle beam was only theoretical, but that didn't deter several countries from trying to weaponize it.

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The engineer and scientist Nikola Tesla's name is surrounded by mystery and conspiracy theories, with speculation that he created a death ray. The scientist also had a plan for a massive tower that would, if it worked, create free electricity for all but died before he could execute his vision. After his death, his papers were seized by the FBI, but for what purpose?

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https://vault.fbi.gov/nikola-tesla/Nikola%20Tesla%20Part%2001%20of%2003/view
https://www.chemeurope.com/en/encyclopedia/Free_energy_suppression.html
https://web.mit.edu/most/Public/Tesla1/alpha_tesla.html
https://www.history.com/news/nikola-tesla-files-declassified-fbi
https://www.energy.gov/articles/top-11-things-you-didnt-know-about-nikola-tesla
https://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_mispapers.html

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