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Barbara Mikkelson

Was This 'Advice' for Brides Real?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 27, 1998

Did an 1894 treatise exhort young brides to 'give little, give seldom, and above all, give grudg ...

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Legend: Drunk Groom Accidentally Returns Home Alone from His Honeymoon

Written by: David Mikkelson Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 17, 1998

A group returns a soused young man to his hometown, not realizing he's a newly-married groom on ...

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Drunk Groom Accidentally Returned Home from His Honeymoon

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Aug. 17, 1998

Group returns soused young man to his hometown, not realizing he's a newly-married groom on his ...

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Death and the Wedding Party

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

The 1867 wedding of a princess and a duke was reportedly marred by tragedy on an unprecedented s ...

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Our First Fight

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

The dark side of the 'feeding each other cake' custom.

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'The Heel in the Grate' Wedding Legend

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

Legend: A bridesmaid walking down the aisle at a wedding caught her spike heel in a floor grate, ...

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Manured Bride

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

Jilted lover upends bucket of wet manure onto bride.

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Robin Hood Bridal Procession

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

The hilarious story of a request for bridal processional music gone wrong.

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Lousy Predicament

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

Bride's inflamed eye is caused by a body louse from a male stripper.

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The Shanghai'd Bride

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

Aug. 9, 1998

Bride kidnapped on honeymoon turns up years later as a mutilated sex show captive.

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Tandem Story Writing Assignment

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

July 19, 1998

What happens when two students are put together to write 'cooperatively.'

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I Saw Mommy . . .

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

June 22, 1998

Child blackmails mother in crowded store by threatening to reveal that she knows her parents hav ...

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Prostitution Medallion

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson David Mikkelson

June 9, 1998

The exotic foreign medallion worn so proudly by a society matron bore an embarrassing inscriptio ...

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Was 'Fargo' Based on a True Story?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

June 7, 1998

The kidnapping, string of murders, and wood chipper incident portrayed in the film "Fargo" suppo ...

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Phone Call From the Grave

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

May 13, 1998

A phone call from beyond the grave.

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Take My Kids!

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 15, 1998

Did an angry taxpayer threaten to turn over the raising of his children to the IRS?

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Are You a Cop?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 12, 1998

Must law enforcement officers answer truthfully when asked 'Are you a cop'?

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Etymology of Red Light District

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 12, 1998

Did 'red light district' come from railway brakemen leaving their lanterns on cathouse porches?

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Did Donald Trump Pay Off a Good Samaritan's Mortgage?

Written by: Barbara Mikkelson

March 3, 1998

Updated version of old urban legend claims Trump rewarded a stranger who helped him change a fla ...

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HIV-Infected Needle Attacks

Written by: Snopes Staff Barbara Mikkelson

March 1, 1998

Decades-old rumor holds that madmen are jabbing unsuspecting moviegoers with HIV-infected needles.

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