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It was one of the most infamous murders in American history--not for the murder itself, but for the apparent apathy of people who presumably could have intervened to stop it. Twenty-eight year-old Kitty Genovese was returning home from her job as manager of a Hollis, New York sports bar in the early hours of March 13, 1964. She parked her red Fiat about 100 yards from her Queens, New York apartment building. Winston Moseley, a man with no criminal record who later stated he just wanted to kill a woman, chased Genovese for a short distance, caught her, and began stabbing her repeatedly with a knife. Genovese screamed for help. One neighbor shouted, 'Leave that girl alone!' Moseley initially left the crime scene. Genovese, seriously wounded, crawled to her apartment building, but Moseley returned ten minutes later, stabbed her several more times, and sexually assaulted her. The brutal ordeal lasted for about 30 minutes. Only after Moseley left did anyone summon the police. Genovese was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Two weeks after she died, a scathing New York Times story (from which this photo was taken) claimed that 38 people saw or heard the assault but did nothing. Subsequent investigations into the crime claim that number was greatly exaggerated, but no fewer than 12 people probably had the opportunity to call police. One neighborhood resident preferred to drown out Genovese's screams by turning up the volume on his radio. Another, a recent immigrant from France, said she was reluctant to call the police because her English was not very good. The phrase, 'I don't want to get involved,' became synonymous with the case. Moseley was eventually caught and confessed to Genovese's murder and two others. He was originally sentenced to death, but his sentence was later reduced to life imprisonment. He once told a parole board that he had written the Genovese family a letter to apologize for the 'inconvenience' of having killed Kitty. Moseley's 13th attempt at obtaining parole was denied in March 2008.
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Added: 17th November 2007
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Posted By: Lava1964 |
 
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A younger Michael Richards as 'Combat Kid' on ABC's 'Fridays'. This was what SNL used to be, high energy, edgy and hip. SNL had become tedious and chances are that if you thought the same about Friday's you were just too young to understand the comedic references. SNL had become a media institution at that point, like Rolling Stone, which used to be considered part of The Underground Press, and if you had a media product to peddle it was simply a base that had to be touched by the star or written into the sketches. Friday's didn't care about any of that. From the announcer's screaming greeting 'Liiiiiiiiiive, from the Los Angeles basin!' to music by that day's hippest bands, Friday's showcased some of the most outrageous comedy to be found on TV. Most people remember Darrow Igus's Rasta Gourmet 'Do we bake it?' 'No no no no!' 'Do we fry it?' 'No no no no!' 'til finally 'We SMOKE it!' 'ya ya ya ya', exclaimed Igus' gourmet, whose only spice was Ganja. Michael Richard's Battle Boy got sicker and sicker as he developed the character, finally taking his little Sister hostage, burying her in the ground and threatening to torture her Barbie. Then there were the times he set his Army men on fire, complete with simulated screams. Very bizarre, but funny!
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fridays
michael
richards
abc
late
night
comedy
Added: 10th January 2008
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Posted By: Naomi |
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Nothing screams 1970s like this legal ID for WTCN-TV, Channel 11 in Minneapolis/St. Paul. Channel 11 is still around, but they changed their call letters to WUSA in 1985 and then to KARE in 1986.
This ID ran from about 1971 to 1978.
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11
Added: 18th June 2008
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Byberry - If you listen closely, you can still hear the screams
Officially know as The Philadelphia Hospital for Mental Diseases at Byberry City
Over the years it became know to all as simply, Byberry
Photos
Jim Bostick
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.jsp...
"Goddog"
http://theduke81.tripod.com/index.html
Chip R. Jones
http://www.chiprjones.com/
Sarah McConnell
http://flickr.com/photos/sarahmcconnell/
Mr. Motts
http://www.opacity.us/
Robert Andrew Scott
http://flickr.com/photos/randrewscott/
G. A. Carafelli
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gac/
"inajeep"
http://flickr.com/photos/inajeep/
"sonofgawddog"
http://flickr.com/photos/7612588@N02/
Thomas Jefferson University and The Historical Society of Pennsylvania
http://jeffline.tju.edu/archives/phdil/
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Echoes
Mason/Waters/Wright/Gilmore/David
performed by
Pink FLoyd
www.pinkfloyd.co.uk
Windrunners
John Mattema
http://battema.net/
Laurie Ann Haus - vocals
http://www.myspace.com/laurieannhaus
interview with the vampire - libera me
Elliot Goldenthal
http://goldenthal.filmmusic.com/
conceived and produced by Dale Caruso
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Byberry
Asylums
Philadelphia
Hospital
for
Mental
Diseases
abandoned
hospitals
Added: 25th September 2008
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