Day: March 15, 2025

Written by Christopher Benedict From Tobacco Farm to Moulin Rouge November 16, 1926 was opening night for the rechristened Seven-Eleven Club in midtown Manhattan, 47th Street and 7th Avenue to be precise, after having been padlocked by Federal decree back in March when it was known as the Chummy Club. An entirely African American revue

Written by Christopher Benedict Sometimes Truth is Stranger Than Fiction Shortly after Jackson Lake Park Ranger Harry Grace heard gunshots coming from up the mountain road, a distraught young man swinging a suitcase riddled with bullet holes burst through the door of his station house, babbling a breathless, barely coherent story about the gruesome discovery