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Strange Alabama Co-Founder and Author Book Signing June 15!

29 May 2019
Beverly Crider Strange Alabama co-founder and author Beverly Crider will be signing her books Lost Birmingham and Legends and Lore of Birmingham and Central Alabama Saturday, June 15, 2 PM, at the Books A Million located at…
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Old Shelby Hotel ‘a total loss’ following Sunday fire

28 May 2019
By William Thornton | wthornton@al.com A crumbling piece of Alabama history in Shelby County is no more. The old Shelby Hotel, off Shelby County Road 42, was destroyed by fire Sunday.…
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Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating – al.com

26 Feb 201926 Feb 2019
Fire ants huddle together during floods and use air pockets to float on water. Source: Watch this ant colony escape Alabama floodwaters by floating - al.com
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Alabama librarians spooked after seeing floating orbs | WBMA

15 Feb 201915 Feb 2019
A group of east Alabama librarians say something spooky is happening in the stacks. They’re seeing floating orbs and moving objects. Some even say they’ve been touched. Jenni Jennings has…
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What You Need to Know About the Southern Flannel Moth Caterpillar—AKA the Country’s Most Poisonous Caterpillar – Southern Living

1 Nov 2018
  Ever heard of the Southern flannel moth (Megalopyge opercularis)? It has a distinctive look—so if you ever run into one, you definitely won’t be able to miss it. Its larval…
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9 words Southerners use to describe ghosts and ghouls – It’s a Southern Thing

31 Oct 2018
https://www.southernthing.com/9-words-southerners-use-to-describe-ghosts-and-ghouls-2616511914.html
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This 90-year-old Alabamian changed the world | al.com

30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018
She’s not a household name in Alabama, but Mary Allen Jolley changed the world. When Jolley turned 90 in August, over 250 people gathered in Tuscaloosa to pay homage to…
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The Hidden History of African-American Burial Sites in the Antebellum South – Atlas Obscura

30 Oct 201830 Oct 2018
Enslaved people used codes to mark graves on plantation grounds. IN MODERN-DAY ALTAVISTA, VIRGINIA, A town that covers 5 square miles of what was the first English colony in North America,…
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The Strider from Chernobyl

29 Oct 201829 Oct 2018
I caught might first glimpse of world-renowned folk artist Ronald Godwin as he peddled his small bicycle down the gravel road between his workshop and his home in Brundidge, Alabama.…
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Haint Blue at the Historic Lowry House

29 Oct 201830 Oct 2018
Saturday night I had the pleasure of accompanying author and paranormal investigator Kim Johnston and her team from SCARe (Spirit Communications and Research) to the Historic Lowry House in Huntsville. In addition…

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