-The Story of Simon & Garfunkel: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_%26_Garfunkel
NOTE: Been there, done that.
-The Story of The Moody Blues: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moody_Blues
-The 2009 Fijian Constitutional Crisis: wiki/2009_Fijian_constitutional_crisis
-The Black Sox Scandal (it’s already been done, but that hasn’t stopped anyone before): wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal
-The Story of Elvis Presley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley
WELP: That’s already a movie that’s out, like, now-ish.
-The Story of Basil Embry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil_Embry
-The prodigal Five Elders seek revenge: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_Elders
-The Story of the Populist Party: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Party_(United_States)
-The Story of Pontiac’s Rebellion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac%27s_Rebellion
-The Story of the Man Who Was Trapped Underwater for 3 Days: cracked.com/article_20581_5-survival-stories-almost-too-miraculous-to-be-real.html (#5)
-The Story of Tom Neale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Neale
-The Story of the Medfield State Hospital: wiki/Medfield_State_Hospital + medfield.patch.com/groups/opinion/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-medfield-state-hospital
-The Story of the Incompetent Mariano Melgarejo: wiki/Mariano_Melgarejo
-The Story of Guan Yu: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yu
-The Story of Nikola Tesla: wiki/Nikola_Tesla + paleofuture.gizmodo.com/making-nikola-tesla-a-saint-makes-us-all-dumber-1308034624 + paleofuture.gizmodo.com/why-nikola-tesla-is-an-unlikely-hero-to-mens-rights-act-1661132299
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of William Tecumseh Sherman: wiki/William_Tecumseh_Sherman + cracked…the-10-greatest-uses-trash-talk-in-history-war_p2.html + wiki/Battle_of_Missionary_Ridge + wiki/Sherman%27s_March_to_the_Sea + wiki/Scorched_earth + wiki/Total_war
-The Stories of Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone: wiki/Davy_Crockett + wiki/Daniel_Boone
-The Stories of Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun: wiki/Henry_Clay + wiki/John_C._Calhoun
-The Story of Doc Holliday: wiki/Doc_Holliday
NOTE: I’ve since seen Tombstone and see no reason to pretend Val Kilmer’s portrayal wasn’t perfect enough and needs to be redone.
-The Story of George Eastman: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Eastman
-The (Short) Story of Joe Hill: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hill
-The (Short) Story of Wilmer McLean and his Civil War times: wiki/Wilmer_McLean
-The Story of Michael Flatley, Secret Badass: wiki/Michael_Flatley + cracked…closeted-badasses-6-famous-wusses-that-would-own-you.html
-The Story of the Beatles: wiki/The_Beatles + rollingstone.com/music/news/why-the-beatles-broke-up-20090903 + wiki/The_Beatles_in_the_United_States + history.com/this-day-in-history/beatles-arrive-in-new-york
-The Story of the Mamas and the Papas: wiki/The_Mamas_%26_the_Papas + pandora.com/mamas-papas
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Sam Cooke: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Cooke
-The Story of Audrey Heburn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Hepburn
-The Story of Katharine Hepburn: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn
-The Story of Joseph McCarthy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
-The Story of the Yugoslav Wars: wiki/Yugoslav_Wars + wiki/Siege_of_Sarajevo + cracked…5-shocking-ways-enemies-worked-together-during-times-war_p2.html (#1)
-The Story of Nugan Hand Bank: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nugan_Hand_Bank
-The Story of Whittaker Chambers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker_Chambers
-The Story of Lady Bird Johnson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Bird_Johnson
-The Story of Sargent Shriver and Eunice Kennedy Shriver: wiki/Sargent_Shriver + wiki/Eunice_Kennedy_Shriver
-The Story of Norman Rockwell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Rockwell
-The Story of McGeorge Bundy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McGeorge_Bundy
-The Story of Strom Thurmond: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strom_Thurmond
-The Story of Frank Sinatra: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra
-The Story of William Walker: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walker_(filibuster)
-The Story of Glenn Cunningham: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Cunningham_(athlete)
-The Story of the Close Race of the US Presidential Election of 1876: wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1876 + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_J._Tilden + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
-The Story of Charles Guiteau: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_J._Guiteau
NOTE: Same. ^
-Decorated—the Story of Smedley Darlington Butler: wiki/Smedley_Butler ** + wiki/Spanish-American_War + wiki/Philippine-American_War + wiki/Mexican_Revolution + wiki/Boxer_Rebellion ** + wiki/Banana_Wars + wiki/Business_Plot **
-The (Short) Story of Herschel Grynszpan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Grynszpan
-The (Short) Story of Dickey Chapelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dickey_Chapelle
-The Story of the Easter Rising: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Rising
-The Story of MIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.I.A._(rapper)
-The Story of JFK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy
-The Story of Richard Nixon: wiki/Richard_Nixon + wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1952 + wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower + wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1960 + wiki/John_F._Kennedy + wiki/California_gubernatorial_election,_1962 + wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1968 + RFK’s assassination & wiki/Hubert_Humphrey + wiki/Vietnam_War + Kissinger’s ego & wiki/Madman_theory + wiki/Soviet_Union + wiki/D%C3%A9tente + wiki/Apollo_11 + wiki/1972_Nixon_visit_to_China + wiki/1973_Arab-Israeli_War + CREEP & wiki/Watergate_scandal + resignation & wiki/Gerald_Ford#Pardon_of_Nixon + Frost interview
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Stories of Philo Farnsworth and David Sarnoff: wiki/Philo_Farnsworth + wiki/David_Sarnoff
-The Story of AC/DC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_DC
-The Story of Mel Brooks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Brooks
-The Story of Ronald Reagan: wiki/Ronald_Reagan + theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2011/11/what-reagan-did-for-hollywood/248391/
-The Story of Josip Broz Tito: wiki/Josip_Broz_Tito + articles.latimes.com/2000/may/31/news/mn-35820
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Ioannis Metaxas: wiki/Ioannis_Metaxas + athensinfoguide.com/history/t8-87metaxasdictatorship.htm + ultimatehistoryproject.com/oxi-day.html
-The Story of Paul Bergrin: wiki/Paul_Bergrin + nymag.com/news/features/paul-bergrin-2011-6/ + nytimes…paul-w-bergrin-new-jersey-lawyer-convicted-of-murder…all + justice.gov/usao/nj/Press/files/Bergrin,%20Paul%20Sentencing…html
-The Story of Slobodan Milosevic: wiki/Slobodan_Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87 + guardian.com/news/2006/mar/13/guardianobituaries.warcrimes
-The Story of Ben & Jerry’s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_%26_Jerry's
-The Story of the New Mexico State Penitentiary Riot: wiki/New_Mexico_State_Penitentiary_riot
-The Story of Abraham Lincoln: wiki/Abraham_Lincoln + cracked.com/blog/abraham-lincoln-portrait-crazy-badass/
WELP: This is already a movie, and it was spectacular. I still want to do a series though.
-The Story of Lawrence of Arabia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edward_Lawrence
-The Story of Lee Harvey Oswald: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald
-The Story of Marquis de La Fayette, the Hero of Two Worlds: wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_Marquis_de_Lafayette
-The Story of Simon Bolivar, hero and dictator of South America: wiki/Simon_Bolivar
-The Story of Simon Bolivar Buckner and his war-fueled/filled life: wiki/Simon_Bolivar_Buckner
-The whole, authentic, true Story of WWII soldier Audie L. Murphy: wiki/Audie_Murphy
-The Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
-The Story of the Governors Wallace: wiki/George_Wallace + wiki/Lurleen_Wallace
NOTE: I will eventually be writing this story—probably for my podcast.
-The Story of Marlon Brando: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlon_Brando
-The Short Story of the First Paparazzo, Ron Galella: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Galella
-The Story of George Washington: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
-The Story of John Dragonetti and Blake Hazard, aka the Submarines: wiki/The_Submarines + pandora.com/submarines
-The Story of Michael Jackson: wiki/Michael_Jackson + pandora.com/michael_jackson
-The Story of Queen: wiki/Queen_(band) + pandora.com/queen
WELP: This one’s been done since I made the list, so I guess cross this one off.
-The Story of JFK Jr.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy,_Jr.
-The Story of Vo Nguyen Giap: wiki/V%C3%B5_Nguy%C3%AAn_Gi%C3%A1p
-The Story of longtime bachelor and 15th president James Buchanan and his niece/first lady Harriet Lane as the country began dividing, upon the eve of the American Civil War: wiki/James_Buchanan + wiki/Harriet_Lane + wiki/Timeline_of_events_leading_to_the_American_Civil_War
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story if Creedence Clearwater Revival: wiki/Creedence_Clearwater_Revival
-The Story of Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Father of the Modern Mafia: wiki/Lucky_Luciano
-The Story of Colin Powell, from Vietnam War soldier to Department of Defense to Desert Storm General to Secretary of State during 9/11: wiki/Colin_Powell
-The Story of the 2001 Anthrax Attack and Bruce Edwards Ivins: wiki/2001_anthrax_attacks + wiki/Bruce_Edwards_Ivins + wiki/September_11_attacks (Begin film with real footage of the South Tower collapsing, because the story really begins with that moment.)
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The story of Kim Philby: spy, his triple defection, the Cambridge five, and his personal life—Codename: Stanley: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Philby
-The story of War-Hungry Ivor Thord-Gray, and his history of being in 13 different wars in different countries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Thord-Gray
-The Story of John Q. Adams: the president who punished himself for not reaching the high expectations he put on himself, and began to therefore lose his mind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_q_adams +How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O'Brien would help with an outline
-The Story of Calvin Coolidge: wiki/Calvin_Coolidge + How to Fight Presidents by Daniel O'Brien would help with an outline
-The Story of Marilyn Monroe: wiki/Marilyn_Monroe + wiki/Death_of_Marilyn_Monroe
WELP: Hollywood be doin’ this one to death.
-The Story of Japanese Colonialism: wiki/Edo_Castle + wiki/Timeline_of_Japanese_history#20th_century + wiki/Taiwan_under_Japanese_rule + wiki/Korea_under_Japanese_rule + wiki/Hokkaido#History + wiki/Okinawa_Island#History + wiki/Anglo-Japanese_Alliance + wiki/Japanese_colonialism + soas.ac.uk/taiwanstudies/eats/eats2008/file43183.pdf
-The Feel-Good Success Story of Kim Goodsell, a hiker who strove to diagnose herself: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140819-the-amateur-who-surprised-science
-The Story of Tura Satana: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tura_Satana
-The Story of the Crusades: wiki/Fourth_Crusade + wiki/Crusader_states + wiki/Acre,_Israel - Crusader_and_Mamluk_period + wiki/Saladin + wiki/Assassins
-The grand life of Benito Mussolini, the charismatic intellectual—Il Duce, the Leader: wiki/Benito_Mussolini + wiki/Fascism + wiki/Italian_Fascism + wiki/Fascist_and_anti-Fascist_violence_in_Italy_(1919-1922) + wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy#Fascist_regime_(1922-1943)
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too—and told in concert with this one:
-The incredible life story of Sophia Loren: From growing up in fascist Italy, struggling through WWII, to the 1950 pageant and acting lessons, to Italian films and an American debut, to her five picture Paramount deal (and affair with Cary Grant, which ruined his marriage), to marrying Carlo Ponti and performing in Two Women which won her the Academy Award for Best Actress, and then the peak of her career in 1964 followed by motherhood and a slow departure from the silver screen into her home life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_Loren
-The Story of Newt Gingrich: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newt_Gingrich
-The Story of the evasive drug lord, Joaquín Guzmán Loera: wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Guzm%C3%A1n_Loera
-The Story of Pablo Escobar, the King of Cocaine: wiki/Pablo_Escobar
-The Story of the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair: wiki/Century_of_Progress
-Who Are the Bilderberg Group and What is their Purpose: wiki/Bilderberg_Group + globalresearch.ca/the-true-story-of-the-bilderberg-group-and-what-they-may-be-planning-now/13808
-The Story of NWA (6 part miniseries; one episode follows each main person): (perhaps it’s actually 12 episodes, where every main character is in the first 6, and by the end of those 6, Arabian Prince has left and Eazy-E has died, so then the other 6 episodes go to Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, The DOC, Snoop Dogg, Tupac, Notorious BIG? All ends with Dre signing Eminem?): wiki/N.W.A + wiki/Ice_Cube + wiki/Dr._Dre + wiki/Eazy-E + wiki/DJ_Yella + wiki/Arabian_Prince + wiki/MC_Ren + wiki/World_Class_Wreckin%27_Cru + wiki/The_D.O.C. + wiki/Bone_Thugs-n-Harmony + wiki/Snoop_Dogg + wiki/The_Notorious_B.I.G. + wiki/Tupac_Shakur + wiki/Public_Enemy_%28group%29 + wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton
WELP: This got turned into a bitchin’ movie, for the large part, but I still think my grander-scope miniseries version of this tale would be worth exploring.
-The Story of Billie Holiday: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Holiday
-The Story of US Sniper Carlos Hathcock in Vietnam: wiki/Carlos_Hathcock
-The Story of Finnish sniper Simo Hayha vs the Russian invasion: wiki/Simo_H%C3%A4yh%C3%A4
-The Story of the Ideal US Marine, Chesty Puller: wiki/Chesty_Puller
-The Story of LANSA Flight 508 and its sole survivor: wiki/LANSA_Flight_508 + wiki/Juliane_Koepcke
-The Story of Mauro Prosperi, who was unable to die in the desert (Lost in the Sahara Desert): wiki/Mauro_Prosperi + bbc.com/news/magazine-30046426
-Alternate Universe with Russian Nuclear Strategy becoming enacted: nrdc.org/nuclear/nwarplan.asp + wiki/Mount_Yamantau + wiki/Dead_Hand_(nuclear_war) + wiki/Lockheed_SR-71_Blackbird
-The Story of J. Robert Oppenheimer – “Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer of Worlds”: wiki/J._Robert_Oppenheimer + wiki/Manhattan_Project + wiki/Trinity_(nuclear_test) + wiki/Jean_Tatlock
WELP: This is already a movie, but it looks like it’s gonna be great!
-The Story of the Nuremberg Trials: wiki/Nuremberg_trials + history.com/topics/world-war-ii/nuremberg-trials + wiki/Allied-occupied_Germany + The Nuremberg Trials by Paul Roland (I have a PDF of the book)
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Theodore Hall, Atomic Spy: wiki/Theodore_Hall + wiki/Atomic_spies
-The Story of the Shape-Shifter, Ferdinand Waldo Demara: wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara
-The Story of Salt-N-Pepa: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-N-Pepa - History
-The Story of Robert Moses, who shaped the modern city: wiki/Robert_Moses
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of John Maynard Keynes, who built FDR’s economy: wiki/John_Maynard_Keynes
-The Story of the War of 1812: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812
-The Story of American Presidents Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur: wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes + wiki/James_A._Garfield + wiki/Chester_A._Arthur
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
-The Story of Ulysses Grant, Civil War hero, civil President, and destitute drunk: wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant
-The Story of a Modern Rebellion, in Albania, 1997: wiki/Albanian_Rebellion_of_1997
-The Story of HG Wells: wiki/H._G._Wells + guardian.com/uk/2001/jan/07/books.booksnews1
-The Story of the Rap God, Marshall Mathers, Eminem: wiki/Eminem#Life_and_career
-The Story of Hans Christian Andersen: wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen + guardian.com/books/2006/jan/18/theatre.classics
-The Story of the 1962 Alcatraz Escape, and “Where They Are Now,” as if they survived: wiki/June_1962_Alcatraz_escape
-The Story of Sol Bloom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sol_Bloom
-The Story of Frank Lloyd Wright, and his life’s eccentricity: wiki/Frank_Lloyd_Wright
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Dalton Trumbo: Blacklisted: wiki/Dalton_Trumbo + wiki/Hollywood_blacklist - The_Hollywood_Ten + wiki/Blacklisting + wiki/House_Un-American_Activities_Committee
WELP: This is already a movie, and it was totally alright.
-The Story of Wartime America’s Propaganda Business, and its Cameramen: wiki/First_Motion_Picture_Unit + wiki/American_propaganda_during_World_War_II + wiki/Lookout_Mountain_Air_Force_Station
-The Craziest One—the Story of Nazario Moreno González: wiki/Nazario_Moreno_Gonz%C3%A1lez
-The Story of the Gambino Crime Family (from birth (1910) to fall (1992)): wiki/Five_Families + wiki/Gambino_crime_family + wiki/Castellammarese_War + wiki/Carlo_Gambino + wiki/Valachi_hearings + wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_%22Jack%22_Garc%C3%ADa + wiki/Sammy_Gravano
-The Story of William Westmoreland: wiki/William_Westmoreland + wiki/Battle_of_Khe_Sanh#Riddle_of_Khe_Sanh + dnipogo.org/fcs/pdf/professionalism_study_1970.pdf
-The Story of Prohibition Rum-Runners and the US Rum Patrol: wiki/Rum_Patrol + wiki/Rum-running
-The Story of the Great Triumvirate: wiki/Great_Triumvirate + wiki/Henry_Clay + wiki/Daniel_Webster + wiki/John_C._Calhoun + wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States + wiki/Compromise_of_1850
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of John Boehner and the Modern Political Game: wiki/John_Boehner + wiki/Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Speaker_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election.2C_2015 + wiki/Party_leaders_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives#Party_whips_and_assistant_party_leaders + nytimes.com/2015/09/26/us/john-boehner-to-resign-from-congress.html?_r=0 + wiki/John_Boehner - Resignation
-The Political Story of the Rise and Fall of Three Turn-of-the-Century Speakers of the House:
The Czar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Brackett_Reed
The Scot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_B._Henderson
The Old Guard: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gurney_Cannon
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
ALSO, look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of the Hollywood Blacklisting and McCarthyism: wiki/The_Hollywood_Ten + wiki/Hollywood_blacklist - The_Hollywood_Ten + wiki/Hollywood_blacklist + wiki/McCarthyism + (perhaps blend with the Dalton Trumbo biopic; spend a lot of time in trials in court (and some about media, like with newscasters and Edward R. Murrow – and filmed McCarthy speeches.)) + wiki/Edward_R._Murrow + wiki/Joseph_McCarthy
-The Story of Mitch Hedberg: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitch_Hedberg
-The Story of F. Scott Fitzgerald: wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald + npr.org/2013/09/03/216164420/for-f-scott-and-zelda-fitzgerald-a-dark-chapter-in-asheville-n-c + biography.com/people/f-scott-fitzgerald-9296261
-The Story of Edward Teller, the Father of the H-Bomb: wiki/Edward_Teller
-The Story of Dick Cheney: the 43rd President of the United States: wiki/Dick_Cheney + news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6096042.stm + npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99422633
WELP: This is already a movie, and it was spectacular. I still want to do a series though.
-The Story of the Schwarzkopfs: German-Americans.
Father: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Sr.
Son: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Schwarzkopf,_Jr.
-The Story of Harry Truman: wiki/Harry_S._Truman + nytimes.com/2012/11/25/magazine/oliver-stone-rewrites-history-again.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of The Vietnam War, as experienced by the Vietnamese, both good and bad: cracked.com/article_22206_8-facts-about-vietnam-war-i-learned-as-viet-cong.html + wiki/Vietnam_in_HD + My numerous books about the Viet Cong and Vietnam War by various authors
-The Story of Charles Lightoller—Prankster, Survivor, and Soldier: wiki/Charles_Lightoller + cracked.com/article_22266_7-people-who-survived-shit-that-would-kill-terminator.html
-The Story of the Man who was handed the keys to Hawaii, Sanford B. Dole: wiki/Sanford_B._Dole
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of the President who couldn’t choose a side, and therefore had only enemies—Millard Fillmore (played by Alec Baldwin): wiki/Millard_Fillmore
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of genius Alfred George Hinds, his three escape attempts, and his sue for freedom: wiki/Alfred_George_Hinds
-The Story of Greta Garbo: silver screen gem turned box office poison turned reclusive collector: wiki/Greta_Garbo
-The Story of Weird Al Yankovic: wiki/%22Weird_Al%22_Yankovic
WELP: This is already a movie, but it looks like it’s gonna be great!
-The Story of the “Congressman” Douglas Stringfellow and his life of lies: wiki/Douglas_R._Stringfellow
-The Stories of Two Assassins linked through George Wallace; a two-part miniseries? One episode per? wiki/Arthur_Bremer + wiki/James_Earl_Ray
NOTE: I’ll be tying this in with the Governors Wallace podcast series.
-The Story of Actress and Inventor, Hedy Lamarr: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Adventurer, Filmmaker, Game Show Winner, Partisan, etcetera… Peter Freuchen: wiki/Peter_Freuchen
-Were the Dropping of the Two Atomic Bombs to Finish Japan or to Intimidate the USSR? - rtd.rt.com/films/atomic-message/ + scienceblogs.com/primatediaries/2009/08/06/intimidating-the-soviets-a-hir/ + newscientist.com/article/dn7706-hiroshima-bomb-may-have-carried-hidden-agenda/ + wiki/Harry_S._Truman - Assuming_office_and_the_atomic_bomb + wiki/Debate_over_the_atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki
-The Story of the Men Who Invented the Hoodlum Syndicate: wiki/Stanley_Williams + wiki/Raymond_Washington + wiki/Crips
-The Story of the White Death, his Camp, his Escape, and his Capture: wiki/Franz_Stangl + wiki/Treblinka_extermination_camp + wiki/Simon_Wiesenthal - Nazi_hunter + wiki/Adolf_Eichmann - Capture_in_Argentina + wiki/Franz_Stangl - Post-war_escape
-The Story of Badass Japanese-American Daniel Inouye in WWII: wiki/Daniel_Inouye
-The Story of the Original Siamese Twins: Chang and Eng Bunker: wiki/Chang_and_Eng_Bunker + wiki/M%C3%BCtter_Museum - Other_Specimens
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Tore Hedin – a small town cop investigating his own murders: wiki/Tore_Hedin + murderpedia.org/male.H/h/hedin-tore.htm
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of “The Grim Reaper,” Gregory Scarpa, the Colombo family capo and FBI informant: wiki/Gregory_Scarpa
-The Stories of Clark Gable and Carol Lombard: wiki/Clark_Gable + wiki/Carole_Lombard + dearmrgable.com/?p=1957
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Miami’s Cocaine Queen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griselda_Blanco
-The Story of Billy the Kid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid
-The Stories of the Greatest Hockey Players of All Time…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Gretzky came after...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Orr came after...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordie_Howe came first.
-The Story of 16th Century Korean Admiral Yi Sun-sin: wiki/Yi_Sun-sin + Korea: Admiral Yi - I: Keep Beating the Drum - Extra History
-The Story of Bass Reeves: wiki/Bass_Reeves + youtube.com/watch?v=-h8hg4_R22Y
-The Story of the Rolling Stones: wiki/Brian_Jones + wiki/The_Rolling_Stones + wiki/Keith_Richards + wiki/Mick_Jagger + Incl. wiki/Jimi_Hendrix + Incl. wiki/The_Beatles + Incl. wiki/Jim_Morrison
-The Story of Henry Clay: wiki/Henry_Clay + Feat. wiki/James_K._Polk + Feat. wiki/John_C._Calhoun
NOTE: Yo, how many times did I put these guys on this fuckin’ list?
-The Story where Fargo meets Gone Girl: uproxx.com/webculture/wife-attends-funeral-after-husband-hired-hitmen/
-The Story of Rudy Vallée: wiki/Rudy_Vall%C3%A9e (Starring Jesse Eisenberg in the lead role.)
-The Story of George Armstrong Custer (miniseries): wiki/George_Armstrong_Custer
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too!!
-The Story of the Fall of Edo and the Rise of Meiji, the Industrious Emperor of Japan: wiki/Fall_of_Edo + wiki/Emperor_Meiji
-The Stories of Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye – forever together in our collective memory: wiki/Bing_Crosby + wiki/Danny_Kaye
-The History of American as it Pulled Itself Together for the First Time, After Independence: wiki/America's_Critical_Period
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The History of Casablanca’s Sequel – Brazzaville: moviefanfare.com/?p=45994 + week.com/articles/470740/10-crazy-attempts-continue-thecasablanca-story + entertainment.time.com/2012/11/06/casablanca-sequel-producer-fights-for-follow-up-film/
-The Story of Robert Johnson, the man who sold his soul to become a blues legend: robertjohnsonbluesfoundation.org/biography/ + wiki/Robert_Johnson - Devil_legend
-The Creation of Home Shopping (and Inadvertently, Ion Television): wiki/Bud_Paxson - Life_and_career + wiki/Bob_Circosta + wiki/Home_shopping - History
NOTE: Been there, done that.
-The Story of Murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner: wiki/Ronnie_Lee_Gardner
-The Gold Rush Wholesaler, the Railroad Robber Baron, the University Benefactor… Leland Stanford:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leland_Stanford
-The Steve Bartman Incident: guardian.com/sport/blog/2009/oct/15/chicago-cubs-steve-bartman-world-series + wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident
-The US forces against the Spanish, on July 1, 1898: wiki/Battle_of_El_Caney + wiki/Battle_of_San_Juan_Hill + Lawton's division at El Caney fighting to meet up with Roosevelt and the Rough Riders at San Juan Hill, waiting at Hell's Pocket. As well, Buffalo Soldiers and Cuban insurgents.
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
-Cherokee lawman Tom Threepersons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Threepersons
-Ben Kilpatrick, the Tall Texan: wiki/Ben_Kilpatrick + wiki/Baxter%27s_Curve_Train_Robbery + In the Wild Bunch under Butch Cassidy. Was said by historians to be incompetent without Cassidy's help, but clearly was not; after getting out of prison after ten years, in 1911, he went right back to crime with a man named Ole Hobek. They did great things successfully, but the Baxter's Curve Train Robbery was the end...
-Guy Gentile, corrupt trader turned FBI informant turned rogue douche: bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-23/-bro-i-m-going-rogue-the-wall-street-informant-who-double-crossed-the-fbi
-Hank Williams, influenced modern music with his country style, OD’d at 29 in 1953: wiki/Hank_Williams
-Israel Putnam, American revolutionary (saved from Indians, fought at Bunker Hill): wiki/Israel_Putnam
-The Story of Aaron Swartz, the boy who created the modern internet and died for it: wiki/Aaron_Swartz
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Curse of the Bahia Emerald: wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/
-The Murder of Seth Rich—covering up the proof of DNC favoritism: wiki/Murder_of_Seth_Rich
-The Invasion of Grenada – why, who, when, where: wiki/Invasion_of_Grenada
-The Tumultuous, Wonderful Life of the First Crooner, Al Bowlly: wiki/Al_Bowlly
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Grand Duke of Luxembourg: wiki/Jean,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg
-Miniseries narrative of the Korean War: wiki/Korean_War + Gritty realistic depiction of war (like in Hacksaw Ridge and Fury) as seen in Korea, likely the Chosin Reservoir. It will be easiest and most freeing to take what is known of company/battalion strategies and events, and then invent my own characters, tactics, and moments. That way I can define the men, build the bond, and then kill any of them at any moment for great effect. War is hell. // Examples of soldier bravery: wiki/Reginald_R._Myers + wiki/Carl_L._Sitter + wiki/Harold_E._Wilson + wiki/Bradley_Kasal + wiki/Special_Activities_Division - Korea // Events worth chronicling: wiki/Battle_of_the_Notch + wiki/Battle_of_Pusan_Perimeter + wiki/Battle_of_Taegu + wiki/Battle_of_the_Bowling_Alley + wiki/Battle_of_Kyongju + wiki/The_Great_Naktong_Offensive + wiki/Battle_of_Inchon
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Life Story of Frank Woodruff Buckles: wiki/Frank_Buckles + wiki/Raid_at_Los_Ba%C3%B1os
-The Life Story of Sterling Hayden – Marine/spy turned Hollywood-hating actor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Hayden
-The Life Story of Lyndon Baines Johnson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
-The Cornish Hawk – the Life Story of Rick Rescorla: wiki/Rick_Rescorla + wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang + wiki/...his...Corporate_security_career (1993 WTC bombing; 9/11/2001)
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Life Story of Ernie Pyle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Pyle
-The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord: wiki/James_Ellison_(white_supremacist) + wiki/The_Covenant,_The_Sword,_and_the_Arm_of_the_Lord + wiki/Elohim_City,_Oklahoma + wiki/Richard_Snell_(criminal) + wiki/Phineas_Priesthood
-The Life Story of Jimmy the Gent: wiki/James_Burke_(gangster) - Early_life
-The Story of Egan’s Rats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egan%27s_Rats
-Inspired by the Wolf—the Gentleman Thief: guardian.com/theguardian/2000/apr/20/features11.g2 + See also: articles.latimes.com/2001...Two Convicted in $18.9-Million Cash Robbery…31376 + history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/great-train-robbery.htm
-The Life & Crimes of Steady B, the Philly-scene emcee: wiki/Steady_B
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Incredible True Story of Scott Scurlock, wherein reality tried to one-up Hollywood: wiki/Scott_Scurlock
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Alumni of the Groton School, and how their life stories intertwine [tell chronologically]:
wiki/List_of_Groton_School_alumni (for all, attending school)
wiki/Hamilton_Coolidge, BFF with… (WWI, w/ Rickenbacker)
wiki/Quentin_Roosevelt, younger brother of… ** (kid gang; WWI)
wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt_Jr., classmate of… ** (WWI; politic; WWII)
wiki/Francis_Biddle, classmate of… (FDR’s enforcer, Nuremburg)
wiki/Kermit_Roosevelt, father of… ** (Brazil; WWI; interwar; WWII)
wiki/Kermit_Roosevelt_Jr., classmate of… (CIA; Guatemala coup)
wiki/Tracy_Barnes, classmate of… (CIA; Guatemala coup; Bay of Pigs)
wiki/Richard_M._Bissell_Jr., classmate of… (CIA; Bay of Pigs)
wiki/Joseph_Alsop, who was gay; related to Roosevelts via mother. **
-Baby Face—the Story of Baby Face Nelson, and of those affiliated with him: wiki/Baby_Face_Nelson ** + wiki/Hyman_S._Lehman + wiki/John_Dillinger * + wiki/Pretty_Boy_Floyd * + wiki/Machine_Gun_Kelly + wiki/Arthur_Barker + wiki/Alvin_Karpis *
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The wild lowlife of James A. Haley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Haley
-The incredible naval upset that was the Battle of Trafalgar: wiki/Battle_of_Trafalgar
-The tumultuous life of Mickey Rooney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Rooney
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Escape Artist—Moondyne Joe: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondyne_Joe
-The life story of Pedro Infante, Mexico’s Golden Idol: wiki/Pedro_Infante
-Futurism: the birth of a movement and the passion of its founders, and decline into fascism: wiki/Futurism + wiki/Filippo_Tommaso_Marinetti
-They Called Him the Worst—the life and times of Franklin Pierce: wiki/Franklin_Pierce
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Real King of Rock’n’Roll—the life and times of Fats Domino: wiki/Fats_Domino
-Decolonization, Escalation, and Chaos in the Congo Crisis: wiki/Congo_Crisis + wiki/United_Nations_Operation_in_the_Congo
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Tumult of the Crocodile—Mnangagwa, Mugabe, and the Soul of Zimbabwe: wiki/Emmerson_Mnangagwa + wiki/Robert_Mugabe + wiki/2nd_round_of_voting_in_2008_Zimbabwean_presidential_election + wiki/Morgan_Tsvangirai + wiki/Grace_Mugabe + wiki/Generation_40 + wiki/Lacoste_(political_faction) + wiki/Joice_Mujuru + wiki/2017_Zimbabwean_coup_d’etat
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-An incredible life of leadership—Field Marshal Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener: wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener
-Eddie Livingstone vs. the NHL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Livingstone
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-Birth of the Red Dragon—the 38th Welsh Division, from green to red in WWI (miniseries): wiki/38th_(Welsh)_Infantry_Division + wiki/Herbert_Kitchener,_1st_Earl_Kitchener + wiki/Spring_Offensive + wiki/Blitzkrieg (Vernichtungsschlacht)
-The End of the Beginning—the Battle of Ia Drang, experienced by both sides (miniseries): wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang + enotes.com/topics/we-were-soldiers-once-young
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Coal Broker in Bretton Woods—the construction of the Mount Washington Hotel: wiki/Mount_Washington_Hotel - History + wiki/Joseph_Stickney
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Lewis and Clark Expedition, from St. Louis to the Oregon Coast: wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition
-American Andromache—the story of John Langdon, the captain of the constitution: wiki/John_Langdon_(politician)
-The story of Salmon P. Chase, the man who underwrote the Civil War from beginning to end: wiki/Salmon_P._Chase
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
-The rise, fall, and return of The Great, lightweight Benny Leonard: wiki/Benny_Leonard
-The incredible life story of the Manassa Mauler, Jack Dempsey: wiki/Jack_Dempsey
-The story of the Brown Bomber, the Heavyweight, Joe Louis: wiki/Joe_Louis
-The story of the Gorilla Man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle_Nelson
-Flygirl—the story of Bessie Coleman, America’s first black female pilot: wiki/Bessie_Coleman
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The story of the rowdy Algonquin Round Table—a daily luncheon of writers, critics, and wits: wiki/Algonquin_Round_Table + Members: Dorothy Parker – Robert Benchley – Robert E. Sherwood – Alexander Woollcott – Charles MacArthur – George S. Kaufman – Franklin Pierce Adams – Tallulah Bankhead – Harpo Marx – John Peter Toohey – Herman J. Mankiewicz – Edna Ferber
-The life story of Groucho Marx: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groucho_Marx
-The long haul of Henry Cabot Lodge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Cabot_Lodge
NOTE: I’ve got a novella in the works that features this in detail.
-The Trumpeter and the Chinaman—the dual stories of Buck Clayton and Li Jinhui: wiki/Buck_Clayton + wiki/Li_Jinhui
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too. It’s next.
-Clair Cameron Patterson—dating the earth and condemning the lead: wiki/Clair_Cameron_Patterson + wiki/Age_of_the_Earth - Modern_radiometric_dating + wiki/Lead_poisoning - History
-The Story of George Graham Vest, lawyer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Graham_Vest
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of Melvin Purvis, man-hunter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvin_Purvis
-The Story of Dutch Schultz, Jewish gangster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Schultz
-The Story of John Harrison, the clockmaker: wiki/John_Harrison
-The Story of the El Faro, directly from the transcript: vanityfair.com/.../inside-el-faro-the-worst-us-maritime-disaster-in-decades
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Story of a Hollywood cult, NXIVM: wiki/NXIVM + dailybeast.com/how-smallville-actress-...-became-a-women-branding-cult-leader
-The Story of Lead Belly, blues innovator: wiki/Lead_Belly
-The Most Ignorant Man in America, and his experiment: nytimes.com/2018/03/10/style/the-man-who-knew-too-little.html
-The Incredible Story of the sharp and salacious Tallulah Bankhead: wiki/Tallulah_Bankhead
-And Garfunkel: the story of Art Garfunkel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Garfunkel
NOTE: Been there, done that.
-The Story of Andrew McClary, the Hero of New Hampshire: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_McClary (Could also feature him strongly as a character in my Siege of Boston miniseries/film.)
-The War Photographers: wiki/Robert_Capa + wiki/Gerda_Taro
-Caned for his Country—the Story of Charles Sumner: wiki/Charles_Sumner
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-The Dutch Ghost of Buchenwald: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_van_der_Geest
-The Serviceman—the Story of John Glenn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn
-The Story of Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in American history: wiki/Chesty_Puller
-The Story of Daniel Daly, who twice earned the Medal of Honor, from Peking to Belleau Wood: wiki/Daniel_Daly
-The Life of James Forrestal, from promised beginnings to bitter end: wiki/James_Forrestal
NOTE: Look forward to this one, too.
-Joseph Brant, leader of fellow Mohawks and colonial Loyalists against the American rebels: wiki/Joseph_Brant (wiki/Saratoga_campaign + wiki/Battle_of_Oriskany // wiki/Northern Theater of the American Revolution after Saratoga // wiki/Battle_of_Cobleskill + wiki/Cherry_Valley_massacre (wiki/Ichabod_Alden + wiki/Sir_John_Johnson,_2nd_Baronet (wiki/John_Sullivan_(Gen)) + wiki/Butler’s_Rangers))
Original document created 11/22/2014.