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articles, stories, and humor by mike walsh

Phils Choke Again but Nothing Compares to ‘64: The 40th Anniversary of the Most Legendary Choke of All Time

Wayne Newton Christmas Extravaganza: That's Not as Funny as It's Supposed to Be

This Ain't Dodge City: The story of a cat and a neighbor and a gun.

David Lee Roth Fondles Himself at the Hard Rock Casino: Now that's entertainment!

Santorum Dissembles, Just Like His Role Model: The honorable senator from PA just can't stop lying

Phlegm of Dreams: Those Salivatin’, Expectoratin’ Boys of Summer

Bush Euphemism Game: When Lies Cannot be Called “Lies”

My Gay Community Day

How to Pick Up Girls, Guaranteed!

Goddamn the Ponytail Man: Inside the ponytail wearer’s head, low, cunning thoughts do lurk

George W. Bush, Problem Child or Average Guy?

Roadside America: A Utopian Vision of an America Long Gone

Season of the Sun, Season of Danger: Beware the dangers of the outdoors this summer

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, a book review

Soul on Ice: The story of Willie O'Ree, the 1st black man to play in the NHL.

Please Mr. Congressman, Don’t Take My Assault Weapons Away

Black Hoods and Iron Gags, the Quaker penal experiment at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

Nitroglycerine!!! The Rock & Roll Eruption of Wanda Jackson.

The Weird, Wild, Wonderful World of Liberace.

Sun Ra, the life, music, and philosophy of the jazz genius from outer space.

The Nightmare Before Christmas: A hilarious true story of a bitter, unemployed writer's pursuit of good gift giving through seasonal employment.

Man in the Basement, a Kafka-esque, Wizard of Oz, Marx Brothers, Heart of Darkness, Dante's Inferno-type satire of corporate accounting practices.

Predictions About George H. Bush's Term in Office, from 1989

Oberman the Footnote, a humorous retelling of the Snow White tale as a romantic and political intrigue. Graphics by Ted Stamas.

The story of the legendary Tube Bar recording, one of the strangest cultural artifacts you're ever likely to encounter. This article was selected as a Yahoo Pick of the Week and received CyberTeddy's Top 500 WebSite award.

1989, The Year of the Drooler: The Cinema Reaches New Levels of Verisimilitude

Chant and Be Happy: Explore the Magick of Chant-O-Matics

Ah-ha, the Cowlicks: A few afternoons in a South Philly barber shop

For the Love of Elvis: The Jim "E" Curtin Story

 

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Fallen Son
Purchase "Fallen Son," a true crime book by Mike Walsh from Amazon.com with the link above. Published in 1994, it tells the bizarre story of Charles Cohen, who murdered his parents in Delaware in 1988. Cohen spent the next 18 months on the run, during which time he murdered a man in San Francisco. He was finally discovered in New Orleans, where he confessed after becoming born again. The story has many more twists and turns.