Charles Howard Schmid Jr. charmed and befriended the teenagers of Tucson, Arizona in the 1960s — all while brutally murdering three young girls.Bettmann/Getty Charles Schmid was known as the “Pied Piper of Tucson” because of how easily he charmed the teenage population of his hometown.
Charles Schmid was slight, short, and scrawny, and often wore garish makeup and lifts in his shoes to make himself seem more imposing than he really was. Read More...
In 1961, Ham made history when he became the first chimp to survive spaceflight. Though he returned to Earth as a celebrity, his training was controversial. NASAHam the chimpanzee in his capsule with handler Edward Dittmer.
Ham the chimp made history as the first chimp in space on January 31, 1961. Project Mercury, NASA’s first human spaceflight program, hoped to send a man into Earth’s orbit and safely return him. With Ham’s help, it did just over three months later. Read More...
The water that fills the shoes' soles was taken from the River Jordan and blessed by a priest in Brooklyn.MSCHFAn advertisement for the holy water-filled sneakers reselling for $4,000.
A pair of Nike Air Max 97s often sells for about $160, already a sizeable price tag for a pair of sneakers. But now, one Brooklyn company has raised that price point to a whopping $1,425 by filling the soles with holy water and marketing them as “Jesus Shoes. Read More...
