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jesse james home museum
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The Jesse James Home is the home where the infamous outlaw Jesse James was killed on April 3, 1882.
James (aged 34) had been an outlaw almost half his life. He was shot by fellow gang member, Bob Ford, to collect a $10,000 reward. The bullet entered behind his right ear and — some believe — came out over his left eye, leaving the legendary bullet hole.
The museum features artifacts from Jesse's life and death, as well as those of Frank James and the Ford brothers. Also in the museum is evidence from the 1995 exhumation, which proved with 99.7% certainty that the person killed in this house was, in fact, Jesse James.
bonnie and clyde death car
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At the end of the 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde, the outlaw couple were shot up in their stolen car.
The actual vehicle from the 1934 ambush is now on display at the Primm Valley Resort and Casino, one hour south of Las Vegas.
The car is a 1934 Ford Model 730 Deluxe Sedan. The engine is a large eigthy-five HP V8 with a manual 3 speed transmission. It was stolen by Clyde Barrow on April 29, 1934. The couple were shot to death in the car on May 23, 1934.
The car from the film Bonnie and Clyde is on display at the Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington, DC.
bonnie and clyde ambushed here
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The 1967 film Bonnie and Clyde shocked the world when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway died in slow-motion as a hail of bullets riddled their bodies.
The real outlaws, Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, were ambushed at this intersection by a possee of lawmen at 9:15 am on May 23, 1934. The possee had specially ordered Browning Automatic Rifles with armor piercing rounds for the occasion.
The outlaw couple had approximately 130 rounds shot at them, with various accounts stating that they were each hit with between 25-50 bullets.
At this location is a marker dedicated to the event that has been badly damaged by souvenir hunters.
"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps..."
pachyderm studios
from nirvana, steve albini, pj harvey posted in music by donkeyoti
Pachyderm Studios is a legendary studio tucked into a rural Minnesota forest on a trout stream.
Nirvana recorded "In Utero" here with Steve Albini (Shellac) in February 1993.
The site has recorded a host of musicians: PJ Harvey, Andrew Bird, Soul Asylum, the Jayhawks and many more.
The studio was recently sold, and the website indicates the new facility will be called Organica Recording.
Other notable albums recorded at Pachyderm:
• Armchair Apocrypha – Andrew Bird
• Arise Therefore – Palace
• From Here to Infirmary – Alkaline Trio
• Grave Dancers Union – Soul Asylum
• Hollywood Town Hall – The Jayhawks
• Rid of Me – PJ Harvey
• Seamonsters – The Wedding Present
• Stuart Davis – Stuart Davis
• Throwing Copper – Live
• Fontanelle – Babes In Toyland
john hancock center
from chris farley posted in television by donkeyoti
On December 18, 1997, Chris Farley was found dead in his apartment on the 60th floor of the John Hancock Center. Found by his younger brother John, Chris Farley expired due to opiate (morphine) and cocaine intoxication.
Farley was 33 years old; the same age as his idol, John Belushi.