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Kathy Benjamin

Austin

Writer and Editor at Grunge

Books: Lady Undertakers / Texas Mass Graves @HistoryPress It's Your Funeral @quirkbooks Funerals to Die For @adamsmedia I NEED WORK! HELP! Spec pilot: YANKS

Articles

  • 1 week ago | grunge.com | Kathy Benjamin

    There's plenty that your high school history class didn't teach you about World War II. There are the nightmarish World War II battle stories most people haven't heard, which were probably not appropriate for school children anyway, and the many strange rules soldiers followed during World War II. But if there is one overwhelming point that probably wasn't emphasized, it was this: Had you been fighting in World War II, there is a very good chance you would not have survived.

  • 1 week ago | grunge.com | Kathy Benjamin

    Humans are social creatures, and few people choose to isolate themselves from what is now a fully connected global society. Yet there are still pockets of the Earth that have virtually no interaction with outsiders. This is particularly true in areas that have thick forest, which makes the perfect cover for anyone who does not want visitors.

  • 2 weeks ago | grunge.com | Kathy Benjamin

    People tend to think of chart-topping musicians as extremely well-off. For some of them, this is true, but having awards and platinum records doesn't always guarantee a lifetime of financial stability. There's something about being a hugely successful musician that seems to lead to taking their financial success and blowing it all up. There are famously lots of rock stars who are surprisingly poor, but this unfortunate pattern is not limited to just one genre.

  • 3 weeks ago | grunge.com | Kathy Benjamin

    Janis Joplin is remembered today as rock and roll royalty. While her talent and stage presence had plenty to do with this, the fact that she tragically became a member of the infamous "27 Club" — the alleged inordinate number of celebrities who died at the age of 27 — cemented her legacy for generations to come. AdvertisementThe future star had humble beginnings. She was born on January 19, 1943, in Port Arthur, Texas, where she embraced the hippie lifestyle and did not fit in with her peers.

  • 3 weeks ago | mentalfloss.com | Kathy Benjamin

    Things at Arlington got off to a rocky start—and controversies have continued in the centuries since. Arlington National Cemetery is some of the most hallowed ground in the United States. More than 420,000 fallen servicemen and women are buried there and are honored with a service every Memorial Day. But despite its great importance, the cemetery has had more than its share of scandals.

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12 May 25

RT @LuizaJarovsky: 🚨 BREAKING: According to CBS, the Trump administration fired the head of the U.S. Copyright Office after they published…