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As a child of the seventies and eighties, Michael Jackson is a name I remember well. As did everyone else I knew, I watched the Thriller mini movie when it premiered on Friday Night Videos, and I owned the album. But do I feel as though a piece of my childhood died with the man? No. While thousands across the land light a candle for him tonight, I have more interest in simply going over the vague, fond memories of what would now be considered a simpler time.

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Anyone who ever watched the original television series Charlie’s Angels knew who Farrah was. It would be a hard call as to whether her role on the show or the infamous poster in red won her the most recognition, though. As I recall, she got my personal attention as a child. I was rather put out with her for marrying my childhood idol, Lee Majors, who played the Six Million Dollar Man. It is interesting to note that, as well remembered as she is for her career, she may in fact help more people with her death. When a celebrity dies of any disease, research for a cure tends to heighten, and in this case, all forms of cancer research… brain cancer, Mesothelioma cancer, lupus, whatever… will probably benefit.

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Ed McMahon was a television icon that made one heck of an impression with a career that affected more than three generations of television viewers. Whether he was busy being the beloved sidekick on the Tonight Show or busy being the spokesman for the most well known publishing sweepstakes in the country, people couldn’t turn on their televisions without seeing his smiling face. And he affected people’s lives by making them laugh. His legacy of laughter will survive him for many years to come.

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There is an old saying that things happen in threes. Some call this a self fullfilling prophecy, since people just count till three, and the next occurence starts the next set of three… but over the last two days the USA has lost three iconic figures, and it makes you wonder. Ed McMahon, television icon for decades, went first. Within a few hours he was followed by Farrah, sex idol of the seventies, and, a few more hours passed and we lost Michael Jackson, pop music icon for almost five decades. Think what you will about that old saying, but this evening while you are lounging around in your patio furniture drinking iced tea, you mght give up a simple prayer for these three who shaped different pieces of our mutual heritage.

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Okay, I get it that not everyone wants to trek through backwoods America and come out looking like a tick buffet. You don’t have to give up, though. There are a lot of great celebrity graves in nice, well cared for cemeteries that you can drive to, and all you need to add them to your collection is a camera. The economic downturn helps a lot, too, believe it or not. For example, have you checked out the great deals at Las Vegas hotels these days? I’m serious. Nevada has around a hundred well documented celebrity graves that I am aware of, and my list is far from complete. Actors. Civil War soldiers. Congressmen… whatever your specialty, they probably have it. Just let me know how it went!

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Here it is summertime again, and all over the country grave hunters are striking out on treks through backwoods America searching for those long forgotten grave sites. For those of you that are new to ths. there are a few things you shouldn’t forget. First and most important, no matter how much evidence you have that a small graveyard exists, it lies on property that belongs to somebody, so get permission first. If you can’t get permission you have no right whatsoever to be there. Next, check your equip,rmt. Take your camera, of course, but also take a small set of hedge clippers, wear gloves and boots, and carry water. Sounds like a lot of hassle, doesn’t it? But remember, one of the best fat burners iin the world is to get out there in the back woods and grave hunt, so go, and don’t forget to send me pictures of what you find!

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In the few decades that I have personally witnessed on this planet. things have changed a lot. Today’s kids wouldn’t understand. Here in this modern age of instant everything, diet pills, and free worldwide communication, the recent past seems more distant all the time. Technology has, in my opinion, ruined the world, but my husband embraces it. So, I am choosing to step aside from my blog’s normal fare and show you what happens when you give a man cameras, a baby, and Photoshop!

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Poisoning seems to be a favorite method of killing for the majority of female serial killers. I bet it’s because it doesn’t leave a mess on the porcelain tile. In any event, this woman was Japan’s most infamous serial killer. They even made a movie about her. Her targets were always men. She was eventually caught, convicted, and executed for her crimes. Because of her fame, several different cemeteries clain to have her gravesite, and at this time it is not certain which of them is telling the truth.

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Lydia Sherman was a really fun kinda gal. Her favorite toy was poison, as three husbands and seven children found out. No one is sure of her motivation… life insurance leads, maybe… but she was eventually caught, convicted and sent to prison. Because executing women wasn’t really the thing to do back then, she lived out the rest of her life in prison. As was usual with criminals, her body was disposed of.

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Just when you thought the men did all the fun stuff back then, along comes a woman like this one. She was a nurse, but she was more famous for her hobby of killing off her patients. For twenty one years she specialized in lethal doses of morphine, without even providing term life insurance quotes first. When she was found out, she was declared insane and institutionalized until her death, whereupon the asylum either lost or destroyed her body.

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