Mequon was the country in those days and surrounded by woods and marshlands. There are also rivers very close by, as well as the Horizon Marsh. Mequon is now considered a suburb of Milwaukee, but in the 70's, it was the "sticks". My husband and his siblings grew up in Bayside, a mere 12 minutes...
I am so sorry. I was in mid comment when my dog got ill and we have been at animal emergency most of the day. That is why I ended my above post so abruptly. What I was trying to say is that in general we were a much less worried society in the 1970s. No one talked "stranger danger" until much...
When I think of the things we did when I was a kid in the 70's....I wonder how any of us made it out alive. I babysat for lots of people...and my parents never met any of them, unless I babysat from their friend's children. I went on dates with people that my parents met for 30 seconds. I hung...
You must also remember that Macon was far less progressive than Atlanta, even though Macon was not a tiny burg. I can easily, having grown up in Georgia at that time, Carlene having problems with other kids at school because of her friendship choices. Even Atlanta was not that progressive in the...
A couple of things that I noticed while reading this thread- You are correct that Fort McClellan (aka Ft. Mac) is no longer open (and I may have misspelled it). Also, Georgia Baptist Hospital is no longer in existence. It closed in the early 2000's. The address from the divorce papers for Johnny...
I will tell you, since I live very close to this area, that Forsythe county in the 1980's/90's was still extremely country and rural. A lot of farmland and not an overwhelming amount of civilization. Today, it is very different; very built up, subdivisions/commerical areas everywhere. If Tim is...
Interesting that the name of the sheriff is Robert Hansen. There are two other Robert Hansen's associated with crimes- Robert Hansen, husband of Joan Ellen Hansen, who went missing in 1962- they are also from Washington State.
Also, Robert Hansen, the murdering baker from Alaska who liked to...
Again, school trips were so different in the 1970s. I remember riding in parent's cars to field trips and even being allowed to go on a field trip with my cousin when I was visiting her school- no permission slip required. In 1980, I went on a field trip with my friend's class, in Virginia, with...
I have always wondered about the ransom calls regarding Cynthia. Could these have been hoax calls or were they made by someone who really had Cyn at one time or still had her? I remember Amy Billig's poor mom getting hoax calls from multiple people regarding Amy's disappearance.
So, if the...
I have noticed that Carnival has had more than its share of issues over the year. Other lines aren't immune to the stuff, but it does seem like Carnival is in the news a lot about these things.
One of the main reasons that this case bugs me so much is WHY in the world was Dena wearing a thick sweater and TWO pairs of pants in June??? One pair of pants was wool and the other was "a pair of Jordache jeans three sizes too large". I know others have commented on this as well.
Out of...
The fact that save the above article on Joseph there is NOTHING on him on the Web it astounding. There was a time in the late 70's/early 80's that several young paperboys vanished- Johnnie Gosch comes to mind, as well as one named Eugene and one named Mark. Also, Joseph may have been out...
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