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Was Madeleine (Hamilton) Smith Guilty? 1857 Trial
Was Madeleine Smith guilty? A fascinating piece of historical non-fiction…by Ann Swinfen – one of The History Girls – (A group of best-selling, award-winning writers of historical fiction and non-fiction.) What do you think?…Was Madeleine Smith guilty of murdering her husband? Here’s a quote from Ann Swinfen’s January 20th post… “In the words of John […]
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MGM Roar – What’s the Story?
A little bit of movie making history… “Jackie’s ROAR (recorded in 1928) being recorded for use at the beginning of MGM talking movies. A sound stage was built around his cage to make the recording.” (Wikipedia) Jackie was the second lion used for the MGM logo. He died in 1952. The first lion trained for […]