Martha Carr

Searching for Ian

Martha Carr — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:36:54 +0000

My young cousin, Ian Burnet, age 22 is missing. On December 26th he left Virginia by bus to New York City where he planned to celebrate New Year’s Eve. He sent his dad, Mark Burnet, a text saying he had gotten there just fine. Then on the night of December 30th he sent a few [...]

An Absence of Faith

Martha Carr — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 15:23:43 +0000

There’s a controversy swirling around Denver Broncos’ quarterback, Tim Tebow, who has been taking the opportunity to thank Jesus Christ during football games. It should be noted that Tebow is doing this without a lot of fanfare or dancing or shouting and is not the first person to thank God or Christ from a sidelines [...]

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

Martha Carr — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 06:01:33 +0000

Once again this Thanksgiving I’m asking everyone out there to support our men and women serving in the military with messages from home. The Postal Service has changed the rules since last year so pay attention because letters addressed to ‘Any Service Person’ will no longer be delivered. Go to Soldiers Angels for instructions on [...]

The Conclusion of this Week’s Little Mystery – The Mysterious Life & Death of 1920′s Actor William Desmond Taylor

Martha Carr — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 06:01:29 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s Little Mystery comes to you from LAistory Another suspect was Mabel Normand, who may have been having an affair with Taylor. She was the last to see him alive the night before he died. She was known as the “female Charlie Chaplin.” She starred in a bunch of Keystone Kops films [...]

The Mysterious Life & Death of 1920′s Actor, William Desmond Taylor – Part Four

Martha Carr — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:01:02 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s Little Mystery comes to you from LAistory There were many suspects in the murder of Taylor, including both of his butlers. The first was a man named Edward Sands, who was working under an alias (and a fake cockney accent) who stole money from Taylor and ran off. Some people though [...]

The Mysterious Life & Death of 1920′s Actor William Desmond Taylor – Part Three

Martha Carr — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 06:01:17 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s Little Mystery comes to you from LAistory William Desmond Taylor got pretty lucky but luck in Los Angeles can run out fast. Taylor was found dead in his Westlake Park bungalow on the morning of February 2, 1922. From the start, the investigation was a circus. Before the police arrived, a [...]

The Mysterious Life and Death of Actor, William Desmond Taylor – Part Two

Martha Carr — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 06:01:17 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s Little Mystery comes to you from LAistory His family thought it was the medical contion when Taylor vanished in 1912, turning up in Los Angeles, replete with his new name and English accent. (Taylor was not the only Tanner to pull this stunt; his brother vanished, abandoning his family as well.)With [...]

This Week’s Little Thriller – The Mysterious Life & Death of 1920′s Movie Actor, William Desmond Taylor – Part One

Martha Carr — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 06:01:49 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s short mystery comes to you from LAistory William Desmond Taylor lived the kind of life that would be tough to live today, in our era of numbers and cards and facial recognition software. In the end, he paid a steep price for that life and so did Hollywood. Maybe he even [...]

The Strange Mystery of the Oklahoma Hornet Spook Light – The Conclusion!

Martha Carr — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 06:01:15 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s little mystery came from Legends of America. Other interesting legends also abound about the light that provide a more ghostly explanation. The oldest is the story of a Quapaw Indian maiden who fell in love with a young brave. However, her father would not allow her to marry the man as [...]

This Week’s Little Mystery – The Hornet Spook Light – Part Two

Martha Carr — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 06:01:41 +0000

Martha Note: This week’s little mystery comes from Legends of America The ball of fire, described as varying from the size of a baseball to a basketball, dances and spins down the center of the road at high speeds, rising and hovering above the treetops, before it retreats and disappears. Others have said it sways [...]