Box Number Seven

It's been a minute. Hoping to be back at cruising altitude from here.

In October of 1843, the literary genius Charles Dickens sat down to embark on what was in its original intent a cold, calculated business venture, intended to offset impending financial losses. While his previous works, The Pickwick Papers and The Old Curiosity Shop had risen to meteoric levels of sales and positive critical acclaim, other works like Barnaby Rudge and Martin Chuzzlewit had convers...

November 30th, 1921, Over 100 years ago—a rural town in northern California was engaged in the mid-season holiday machinations. People baking pies, making presents and generally enjoying the wintry intermission between Thanksgiving and the upcoming Christmas celebrations. What was a normal foggy winter morning--would become a moment that was so horrible, that there is no way to recall the moments...

35 year old Claude Nobs had no idea that simple act of heroism in a 1971 fire would echo so long. Hope you like it Thank you to Dino Jelusick for the opening liner promo.

In May of 1892, John and Charles Ruggles conspired to rob a Wells Fargo Stagecoach just outside Shasta Ca. A man would be killed in the process and by July a clandestine community of men would circumvent the judicial process. Right or wrong, the moment cast a pall over California--as the photographic remnant would be disseminated worldwide. Further speculation about there the stolen gold was, migh...

Self-explanatory

The Goat--through the eyes of the GOAT.

NOTE: The YouTube version off this has a video presentation to go along with the narrative! It can be found here: If you are in any way familiar with the saga of the Ruggles Brothers' 1892 robbery, killing and subsequent lynching at the hands of an anonymous, midnight populace, you may think that Smith Mountain Cemetery was their final resting place. As I discovered a few weeks ago, this is not th...

In which I fall on my sword for complete and utter dereliction. But I have my reasons.

if you listened to Episode #52, you'll get it. If you haven't --DO SO NOW.

In episode 17 of my podcast, I discuss the 1909 Airship disaster in Redding, California that claimed one life and damaged another. Perhaps you remember my peripheral fascination with the 78 year old man that was trampled in the melee--, and the brief itemization of physical traumas he survived before--and after this one. I went back, simply intending to make a more detailed itemization of my hero-...

My last show was hauntingly prophetic. I had no idea that a historical preservation site in Indonesia--@Indonesia_Graveyard -- was going to become the absolute incarnate definition of what I was talking about. Ruri and Reyhan are the definition of God's messengers. They located a lost burial place--belonging to a man-- for his children on the other side of the world. And changed lives. They deserv...

Sorry for the late entry this week. I've been slammed. But I'll explain why.

It's 1945, and World War II is about to come to an abrupt end at the hands of an atomic bomb over Hiroshima. The US naval vessel responsible for delivering the radioactive uranium, would make port, and then head for the Philippines--where a Japanese submarine would have the vessel completely submerged in twelve minutes with a brutal complement of torpedoes. This is their story, and an aftermath wi...

A 1979 excavation of a small Victorian house in Sacramento opened a three dimension vortex of a world 100 years prior. This is the story of May Woolsey. Dead at 12, her story and life live on.

A brief look at a phenomena that you have every reason to find suspect at some point.

DEAR YOUTUBE VIEWERS; YES--I AM AWARE THAT THESE VIDEOS ARE ONLY STILL PHOTOS. I HAVE ONLY A FINITE AMOUNT OF TIME IN THE DAY TO MAKE A PODCAST. AS OF RIGHT NOW, I'M AN AUDIO PODCAST ON ALL THE MAJOR PLATFORMS. I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU FOUND ME THERE AND SUPPORTED ME. I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS PLATOFRM MORE DYNAMIC, BUT I'M NEW, AND TRYING TO MAKE IT ALL WORK. With the death of Ozzy care...

A brief look at infrastructural fame.

I look back at the Pirates canon, and speculate about where it might be headed. That's not a good prognostication. But I'm willing to let them take me with it for a small part.

I came across David Sven's music last week. I liked it. Then I smelled a rat. Something is off. We are heading into very uncharted and horrific waters with A.I. C heck it out for yourself: @davidsvenofficial

A little mid-week (ish) material. Thanks for your support!!

Ron Chernow (author of "Hamilton") is back with a GIANT biography of my favorite writer of all time. I just finished it, and give my impressions.

Not a real episode per se. Just some nihilistic rumination which . . . actually is normal. Never mind.

Sherri Papini is featured in a new documentary--""Caught in the Lie." I examine a few points that stand out to me. I make no argument for or against it, for the most part, and claim no comprehensive review here. I extend an invitation for her to come on my podcast: Boxnumberseven@yahoo.com NOTE: picture generated by me using Chat GPT for concept.

I took a few minutes to discuss my admiration for, and cast an empathetic sendoff for an actual genius.