Last week, the long discussion spurred by this post led one of our most trusted readers to offer this startling factoid: Bizarre note: there was a cocktail in the 40s and 50s called the Mickey Slim that was made with gin and a pinch of DDT. Sure enough, The Tubes abound with mentions of this […]
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The Myth of the Mickey Slim
June 9th, 2010 · 16 Comments
Tags:alcohol·DDT·fur-bearing trout·Mickey Slim·public health·urban legends
Anatomy of a Hoax
January 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on Anatomy of a Hoax
A great piece out of small-town South Carolina on an alleged attempted murder that turned out to be nothing of the sort. The “victim,” Pearl Brown, wasn’t very detailed oriented, and that was ultimately her undoing. She probably should have researched the link between head trauma and amnesia a bit more, a line of inquiry […]
Tags:amnesia·crime·fur-bearing trout·hoaxes·psychology·South Carolina