Tony Alpsen is a writer for VICE entertainment. His work has also been published by Cracked, National Lampoon, Splitsider, and ReMIND Magazine.
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This 1950s TV Show Put a Hiroshima Survivor Face-to-Face With One of the Men Who Dropped the Bomb
10 years after Hiroshima, ‘This Is Your Life’ blindsided survivor Kiyoshi Tanimoto by bringing out ‘Enola Gay’ co-pilot Robert Lewis and having him recount his story of dropping the bomb
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Why A&E Canceled This Controversial Documentary Just Weeks Before Its Premiere
‘Escaping the KKK’ was yanked from the network’s schedule less than 10 days after it was announced
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Did the MGM Lion Really Kill Someone? Here’s the True Story.
Nearly a century after Leo the Lion made his big-screen debut, the iconic mascot was accused of mauling his own trainer to death, among others
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The Infamous Dave Matthews Band Poop Incident, Explained
More like ‘SPLASH into me,’ am I right?
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Did Julia Roberts Really Almost Play Harriet Tubman in a Movie?
We’ve come a long way since 1994
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The Wildest Version of ‘The Crow’ Almost Starred Michael Jackson
Artist James O’Barr had a very frustrating time trying to get his original comic book series adapted into the 1994 Brandon Lee film
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Richard Nixon Hated This ‘All in the Family’ Episode So Much He Ranted About It on Tape
The former president was caught on his infamous White House tapes complaining about a 1971 episode in which Archie Bunker finds out his friend is gay
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How James Cameron Helped Guillermo del Toro Get His Kidnapped Father Back
Federico del Toro was held for ransom for 72 days in the late 1990s
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MADRID, SPAIN – JUNE 17: Actor Russell Crowe attends the 'Man of Steel' (El Hombre de Acero) premiere at the Capitol cinema on June 17, 2013 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/WireImage) Did Russell Crowe Really Accidentally Photograph a UFO in 2013?
Skeptics have dismissed the actor’s claims over the years, but he apparently still believes that aliens are out there
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The Bizarre Story of a Murderer Who May Have Killed the Wrong ‘Psycho’ Actress
Actress Myra Jones was strangled to death in her Los Angeles home in 1988
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What Happened to the ‘Scarface’ Actress Who Disappeared in 1983?
Tammy Lynn Leppert, who flirts with Steven Bauer’s character during the famous chainsaw scene, disappeared without a trace in July 1983
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Kirstie Alley Once Shared This Wild Story About the Night Her Mother Died
According to Alley, her mom was dressed like a black girl and her father was wearing a KKK outfit when they collided with a drunk driver in 1981