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Flashback Blood, Roses & Valentine's: The Haunted History of St. Valentine's Day Massacre

S-M-C Cartage Co.
© UnknownThe legendary S-M-C Cartage Co. at 2122 North
Clark Street in Chicago.
For a city that is so filled with the history of crime, there has been little preservation of the landmarks that were once so important to the legend of the mob in Chicago. Gone are the landmarks like the Lexington Hotel, where Al Capone kept the fifth floor suite and used the place as his headquarters. But most tragic, at least to crime buffs, was the destruction of the warehouse that was located at 2122 North Clark Street. It was here, on Valentine's Day 1929, that the most spectacular mob hit in gangland history took place...the St. Valentine's Day Massacre.

The bloody events of February 14, 1929 began nearly five years before with the murder of Dion O'Banion, the leader of Chicago's north side mob. At that time, control of bootleg liquor in the city raged back and forth between the North Siders, run by O'Banion, and the south side Outfit, which was controlled by Johnny Torrio and his henchman, Al Capone. In November 1924, Torrio ordered the assassination of O'Banion and started an all-out war in the city. The North Siders retaliated soon afterward and nearly killed Torrio outside of his home. This brush with death led to him leaving the city and turning over operations to Capone, who was almost killed himself in September 1926. The following month, Capone shooters assassinated Hymie Weiss, who had been running the north side mob after the death of O'Banion. His murder left the operation in the hands of George "Bugs" Moran, a long-time enemy of Capone. For the most part, Moran stood alone against the Capone mob, since most of his allies had succumbed in the fighting. He continued to taunt his powerful enemy and looked for ways to destroy him.

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UK: Wandering Girl Never Found, Possibly a Spectre

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© UnknownJohn Teece-Millington
John Teece-Millington believes he saw the ghost of a young girl walking along St Martin's Way.

A police search operation was launched after a motorist spotted a little girl walking alone in Chester city centre.

John Teece-Millington was driving along St Martin's Way at 12.30am on Monday, February 2, when he saw the young girl walking along the pavement clutching a teddy bear.

He was so concerned for her welfare that he alerted police and seven patrols were deployed around the city.

Sherlock

Indiana: Mysterious Odor Causes Employees To Get Sick

More than 80 workers from an Indiana County office are relocated after becoming suddenly sick.

Officials from the Unemployment Compensation Service Center (U.C.) have no idea what has caused their employees to become sick. The DEP and the Health Department have been called in to investigate this mysterious odor.

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More Sightings as Cumbrian UFO Flap Continues

A mysterious orange light has been spotted in the sky above Cumbria - following hot on the heels of a number of other sightings.

North West UFO Research is investigating the red/orange light seen in the sky to the west of Walney Island in Cumbria on February 10.

The object apparently fell to earth over land in the area. A spokesman for NW UFO Research said: "This may possibly have been nothing more sinister than a Chinese lantern that is now a popular component in contemporary celebrations. However, the identity of the object has not at this stage been positively confirmed. Did anyone else see this thing?"

He continued: "We do not know what it was. Just what is happening in the dark night skies over Northern England today? Will the Ministry of Defence show any interest?"

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Video: UFO Makes Clouds

You may have seen this video before...but I always find it puzzling. Can a cloud form this fast in front of your eyes?



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Video: UFO Spotted Over Caravan Site

Ufologists firmly believe we are not alone - and that Suffolk has a key role when it comes to close encounters of the alien kind.

The east part of the county is believed by many to boast a portal used by aliens to visit us from other worlds, a doorway that links their planets and civilizations directly with ours.



The number of UFO sightings in the county is rapidly growing, too.

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UFO Sightings on the Up in Lincolnshire

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The number of UFO sightings in Lincolnshire is on the up, according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Defence.

In 2008 the military body received reports of eight extra-terrestrial sightings across the county, compared to five in 2007 and just two in 2006.

Among those from last year included one sighting in Kirton at 4.50pm on November 14.

The caller stated that there were 12 lights in the sky, which then started to fade. Two more brighter lights then appeared and came towards the first ones.

The caller said they were not in formation.

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Yuma, Arizona: Unknown Glowing Objects Photographed

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A most compelling account has been sent to me from a woman, who along with her sister, took four photographs of several, bizarre objects in the sky as they drove near Yuma, Arizona.

The two sisters were on their way to California for Christmas last December 19, when they saw a very unusual sight in the sky-a large, glowing, cloud-like object which shone from the nearby sun, and then a second, smaller object that dropped from the larger one.

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Video: Strange Alien-Like Being Captured In Santa Rosa de Quives, Peru



Statement (translation): The recording was obtained on July 8, 2008, in the small Peruvian locality of Santa Rosa de Quives. Locals have dubbed the being "The Man".

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Video: A "Ghost" Captured in the British Home

A schoolboy has captured eerie footage of what he claims is a ghost striding towards banisters at his home.

Terrified Reece Pitman, 12, heard whistling - and used his mobile to film the shadowy being.

It came days after his nine-year-old sister complained that someone was mysteriously finishing her jigsaws at night.