Alex Johnson, Author at Museum Hack Sun, 20 Nov 2022 05:54:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://museumhack.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/museumhack-min.jpg Alex Johnson, Author at Museum Hack 32 32 The Real Story of the Chastity Belt https://museumhack.com/chastity-belt/ https://museumhack.com/chastity-belt/#respond Thu, 24 Jan 2019 19:35:02 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=16409 If you're into historically accurate medieval BDSM, we've got bad news for you.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/chastity-belt/feed/ 0 The Siege of Wounded Knee ‘73 https://museumhack.com/the-siege-of-wounded-knee-73/ https://museumhack.com/the-siege-of-wounded-knee-73/#respond Wed, 02 Jan 2019 17:57:23 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=16148 In 1973, members of the Oglala Lakota tribe and federal agents faced off in a 71-day siege that was 83 years in the making.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/donner-party/feed/ 1 The Real Hackstory of the Children’s Crusade https://museumhack.com/childrens-crusade/ https://museumhack.com/childrens-crusade/#comments Thu, 01 Nov 2018 14:53:31 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15835 In the summer of 1212 CE, 20,000 kids had the shittiest summer vacation in human history.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/childrens-crusade/feed/ 1 The Haunted Hoosac Tunnel https://museumhack.com/haunted-hoosac-tunnel/ https://museumhack.com/haunted-hoosac-tunnel/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2018 21:02:11 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15828 A New England ghost story from the wrong side of the tracks.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/haunted-hoosac-tunnel/feed/ 1 John Dee: The Wizard of Tudor England https://museumhack.com/john-dee/ https://museumhack.com/john-dee/#respond Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:00:40 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15671 Occultist, blaspheming wizardry is in the eye of the beholder.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/john-dee/feed/ 0 Elinor Powell: The African-American Nurse Who Fell in Love with a German POW https://museumhack.com/elinor-powell/ https://museumhack.com/elinor-powell/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2018 13:00:28 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15577 Sometimes if you want to meet someone, you gotta get sent to a wartime labor camp.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/elinor-powell/feed/ 6 The Italian Renaissance Zombies https://museumhack.com/renaissance-zombies/ https://museumhack.com/renaissance-zombies/#respond Wed, 08 Aug 2018 13:00:05 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15570 You know what they say about the Neapolitan syphilitic zombie outbreak of 1495: if you remember it, you weren't there.

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]]> https://museumhack.com/kettle-war/feed/ 0 The Origin of the Moron https://museumhack.com/the-origin-of-the-moron/ https://museumhack.com/the-origin-of-the-moron/#respond Tue, 31 Jul 2018 13:00:39 +0000 https://museumhack.com/?p=15518 In 1910, Henry H. Goddard coined the term "moron" because he needed a word for my ancestors. Ouch, buddy.

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