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35 Thomas Street – the ultra top-secret NSA headquarter located smack dab in the middle of Manhattan (meet Titanpointe)

// February 28th, 2018 // No Comments » // Government

Exterior of the top-secret NSA/AT&T facility known as Titanpointe (33 Thomas Street) thumb

In 2016, investigators pouring through leaked Edward Snowden documents made a startling discovery. The Long Lines Building was not just a communications hub but an ultra-secure data center and a monumental listening and data collection post for the NSA operating under inside a downltown-Manhattan building known as Titanpointe. According to the leaked documents, computer systems […]

Legendary mobster hit-man “Sammy the Bull”, killer of at least 19 people, is released from prison

// September 21st, 2017 // No Comments » // News

All the world’s a stage – and our platform grew more bizarre, and dangerous, this week. Convicted mob hit-man Salvatore “Sammy The Bull” Gravano has been released from prison on parole. In 1989, the 72-year-old mobster confessed to 19 murders (including his brother-in-law) but avoided death row after taking a generous plea deal which brought […]

Politicians, organizations, and shell companies spin a delicate web of deceit between Trump, Russia, and NYC mob

// July 18th, 2017 // No Comments » // Government

There are spies among us Russian propaganda poster thumb

With the evidence currently available, we cannot conclude that US President Donald Trump has illicit direct connections to the Russian government or the mob, ties that potentially include concessions that weaken the USA’s democracy, nor can we confirm that Donald J. Trump’s business practices, or those of any other New York real estate magnate, are […]

Mysterious radio transmission out of New Jersey hints at something sinister in 2016 presidential election

// September 21st, 2016 // No Comments » // News

The source of the radio transmission is unclear as is its intent. The transmission began on September 20, 2016 on AM radio station 1630 and repeated the phrase “Trump will go 26th” in a loop that lasted several hours. Recordings of the message were captured and posted on YouTube.

New York nuclear power plant discovered leaking radioactive material into groundwater systems

// February 8th, 2016 // No Comments » // News

Officials announced this week that the Indian Point Energy Center nuclear power plant is leaking radioactive tritium into groundwater wells near the facility. Of course, authorities are telling the public there is nothing to worry about. However, be forewarned – there’s no such thing as a “harmless” radioactive material leak.

Super-secret “backscatter X-Ray” vans are cruising the streets of America peering through walls, doors, and autos

// October 19th, 2015 // No Comments » // News

They may look innocuous enough – large gray or white unmarked vans driving through neighborhoods or downtown cityscapes. But these super-secret vans may be not only invading your privacy, they may be endangering your health as they spray military-grade backscatter X-rays to pierce walls, doors, and steel truck and car bodies allowing authorities to peer […]

Multiple panicked witnesses call New York City 911 reporting a fast-moving “flying saucer” over the Bronx

// April 28th, 2015 // No Comments » // News

For the second time in twelve months, residents of New York City reacted in panic after seeing a UFO streak across the skies above the Bronx. Authorities say they received several phone calls from citizens on April 25, 2015 reporting a “flying saucer” moving swiftly over East 149th Street and Bruckner Expressway.

The bizarre life, disappearances, and deaths surrounding millionaire Robert (Bob) Durst

// March 18th, 2015 // No Comments » // Unsolved

Robert Durst, born April 12, 1943 in New York City, the oldest of four children, is the son of New York City real-estate moguls Seymour and Bernice Durst and an heir to the enormous Durst skyscraper fortune. He has been implicated in the decades-old disappearance of an ex-wife, a suspect in the murder of his […]

World Trade Center photographer’s last picture before North Tower collapsed on top of him

// January 13th, 2015 // No Comments » // People in Unusual Circumstances

54-year-old William G. Biggart first heard about the World Trade Center terrorist attacks from a passing taxi driver. News that a plane had just crashed into the World Trade Center prompted Biggart to rush to his apartment near Union Square and grab three of his cameras – two film and one digital. He then walked […]

NYC residents report hearing a spooky chilling chorus of voices coming from new One World Trade Center

// December 3rd, 2013 // No Comments » // Unusual Places (you can visit)

The first reports came via social networks in late October 2012 during Hurricane Sandy. Puzzled New York City residents reported hearing a strange sound, described as a steady, consistent moaning noise, coming from One World Trade Center (formerly known as Freedom Towers). Users discussed the odd noise and decided it was the wind whistling through […]

New York garage worker drives car into empty elevator shaft – plummets over three stories and survives

// September 9th, 2013 // No Comments » // News

A Manhattan garage worker survived when the car he was driving plummeted three and a half stories down an empty elevator shaft. The unidentified worker, who was driving a black Audi in the Sterling Garage on E. 80th St., thought the elevator bed was on the fifth floor and drove the car into the elevator […]

NICK BEEF mystery solved – the man behind (not under) the gravestone located next to Lee Harvey Oswald’s

// August 11th, 2013 // No Comments » // Unusual Places (you can visit)

For years, curiosity seekers visiting the grave of Lee Harvey Oswald have wondered about the near identical headstone next door, marked “NICK BEEF”. The rectangular markers are the same size, each bearing only a name, with no inscription for date of birth or death. But there is one big difference between the two graves – […]

The crazy New York City bike messengers

// January 3rd, 2013 // No Comments » // Bizarre

If you saw the movie, Premium Rush, you probably figured those crazy New York bike messengers must be tamer in real life than they were portrayed in the movie. You’d be wrong. Premium Rush (and Quicksilver, another movie with a bike messenger theme) actually offer a very close portrayal of a professional bike messenger. Bike […]

Hetty Green – the Witch of Wall Street

// December 27th, 2012 // No Comments » // Strange Persons

In 1864, Hetty Green, the ‘Witch of Wall Street’ inherited 1 million dollars from her father when she was 30 years old. Hetty, who could read the financial pages when she was 6 years old, didn’t hesitate to exercise her aggressive style with her newfound riches.

New York City Underground – lost underground tunnels beneath the city see new light

// December 25th, 2012 // No Comments » // Unusual Places (you can visit)

You would presume that city government would have knowledge of every nook and cranny in their city, that they would have every street, subway, tunnel, and building mapped and documented. Surprisingly, many of our older cities have underground labyrinths that are largely or wholly undocumented, long forgotten by time. In New York City, it is […]

 

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