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On the beach, a wealth of not-very-helpful evidence

Posted in On This Day, tagged , , , on October 19, 2016 | Leave a Comment »

On this day in 1906: “Cork life vests began to wash shore between Cape Hatteras and Kinnakeet. During a two-week period, over 400 made their way to Hatteras beaches….  Those that were identified bore the markings ‘Caswitz Rettunysyurcer, G.R.P.’ ‘Sealanan’ and ‘Smeskf.’ Along with the life vests, pieces of unmarked wreckage also washed ashore 3 […]

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What the Secret Service was doing in Barco, N.C.

Posted in On This Day, tagged , , , , , on September 20, 2016 | 1 Comment »

“The Secret Service visited Currituck County High School in Barco and confiscated a poster created for a civics assignment. “The student who made the poster wanted to illustrate the right to dissent and took a photograph of his hand in a thumbs-down position next to a photograph of George W. Bush that was affixed to […]

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As hurricane rattled ship, an impromptu jazz concert

Posted in On This Day, tagged , , , on September 15, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

On this day in 1933: “En route from Havana to New York, the luxury passenger ship Morro Castle was stranded off Cape Hatteras in a hurricane. The entire orchestra was seasick and the ship’s 140 passengers gathered in the lounge because of water in some cabins. “Twenty-two-year-old Gwendolyn Taylor of Philadelphia distracted the crowd with […]

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Memorabilia collector foiled by observant police

Posted in On This Day, tagged , , , on June 28, 2015 | Leave a Comment »

On this day in 1985: A 20-year-old Kill Devil Hills man pleads guilty to 48 counts of misdemeanor theft — of license plates. After receiving numerous complaints from victimized vacationers, police deduced the thief’s quest to collect all 50 states and successfully baited him with a Hawaii plate attached to an unmarked car. h/t On […]

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A flotilla of illicit inner tubes on the Outer Banks

Posted in On This Day, tagged , , , on October 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment »

On this day in 1979: “Dare County deputies collected more than two dozen inner tubes filled with between 700 and 1,000 pounds of the drug hashish along area beaches. While the source of the inner tubes was unknown, Drug Enforcement Administration officials estimated the value of the substance at $1,600 a pound… “Over a three-day […]

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