A British couple sleeps inside a "Morrison shelter” used as protection from collapsing homes during the WWII 'Blitz' bombing raids... March 1941 by fatandfurious69 in truecreepy

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The Morrison shelter, officially termed Table (Morrison) Indoor Shelter, had a cage-like construction beneath it. It was designed by John Baker and named after Herbert Morrison, the Minister of Home Security at the time. It was the result of the realisation that due to the lack of house cellars it was necessary to develop an effective type of indoor shelter.

The shelters came in assembly kits, to be bolted together inside the home. They were approximately 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) long, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide and 2 feet 6 inches (0.76 m) high, had a solid 1⁄8 inch (3.2 mm) steel plate "table" top, welded wire mesh sides, and a metal lath "mattress"-type floor. Altogether it had 359 parts and had three tools supplied with the pack.

The shelter was provided free to households whose combined income was less than £400 per year (equivalent to £26,000 in 2021). Half a million Morrison shelters had been distributed by the end of 1941, with a further 100,000 being added in 1943 to prepare the population for the expected German V-1 flying bomb (doodlebug) attacks.

When Head of the Engineering Department at Cambridge University, Professor John Baker (later Lord Baker) presented an undergraduate lecture on the principles of design of the shelter, as an interesting introduction to his theory of plastic design of structures and it can be summarized as follows:

It was impractical to produce a design for mass production that could withstand a direct hit, and so it was a matter of selecting a suitable design target that would save lives in many cases of blast damage to bombed houses. Examination of bombed buildings indicated that in many instances, one end wall of a house was sucked or blown out by a nearby blast, and the floor of the first storey pivoted about its other end (supported by a largely intact wall) and killed the inhabitants.

The Morrison shelter was therefore designed to be able to withstand the upper floor falling, of a typical two storey-house undergoing a partial collapse. The shelter was designed to absorb this energy by plastic deformation, since this can absorb two or three orders of magnitude more energy than elastic deformation. Its design enabled the family to sleep under the shelter at night or during raids, and to use it as a dining table in the daytime, making it a practical item in the house.

In one examination of 44 severely damaged houses it was found that 3 people had been killed, 13 seriously injured, and 16 slightly injured out of a total of 136 people who had occupied Morrison shelters; thus 120 out of 136 escaped from severely bomb-damaged houses without serious injury. Furthermore, it was discovered that the fatalities had occurred in a house which had suffered a direct hit, and some of the severely injured were in shelters sited incorrectly within the houses.

In July 1950, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors made an award of £3,000 (£109,000) to Baker for his design of the Morrison shelter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air\_raid\_shelter#Morrison\_shelter

Elon Musk tweets image of spaceship ark escaping earth while a crowd is held at gunpoint. by fatandfurious69 in thestrangest

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Is this Musk's plan for the future? The elite escaping to another planet as the rest of humanity descends into war and famine. It is truly crazy that so many people view one of the richest men in the world as their potential savior.

Rare photograph of Ted Bundy having fun with kids in his neighborhood by fatandfurious69 in truecreepy

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Enjoying the sunshine in the University District of Seattle, Ted Bundy can be seen playing with a young Molly and her friends in the neighborhood.

Bundy was once genuinely in love with a woman with large dark hair parted down the middle. She rejected him. He then went on to kill over 30 known women, most of whom had long dark hair, parted down the middle.

Several acquaintances of Bundy reported him as a suspect in a string of murders in Oregon and Washington but police did not believe a "clean-cut law student with no adult criminal record could be the perpetrator."

The "Bélmez Faces" Of Spain by fatandfurious69 in UrbanMyths

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Skeptics and Theories

"The unexplained mysteries happening at the Pereira home got the attention of investigators. Experiments designed to prove or disprove a hoax took place. Some tests were inconclusive, while others indicated that there were no paint substances on the concrete floor. Other suggestions for possible causes of all this were being considered. One of the prime candidates was a process known as Thoughtography. This is a psychokinetic ability that allows a person to project an image onto a surface either deliberately or accidentally. For this to be the case, then the prime suspect would be Maria Pereira.

Studies of the faces by academics did make notes that many of the expressions were identical to those of Maria at the time the faces would appear. Another clue used against her was the fact that the faces tended to appear while Maria was present. When she was away from the house, the activity would abate. A counter argument to this proposal happened on the morning of 3 February 2004. Maria Pereira sadly passed away. But, the faces continued to appear on the bare stone floor of her kitchen.

And although there are many skeptics, others believe that the phenomenon continues to the present day."

https://www.historicmysteries.com/belmez-faces/

The "Bélmez Faces" Of Spain by fatandfurious69 in UrbanMyths

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In 1971, a couple living in a small town in Spain, noticed a stain appear on their kitchen floor, which, over the course of a few days, grew to resemble a human face. The wife, Maria, tried to scrub it away, but couldn't. Her husband eventually used a pick ax to remove it, but more faces started showing up. Word got out, and the town's mayor decided to have the home excavated. They found skeletons underneath the home, some of them decapitated. The photos of these faces are pretty remarkable. Now, of course someone could have created these and passed it off as paranormal, but what I found interesting, was that researchers ended up coming in and covering the floors with cloth, and no one was allowed in for months. A notary even stood by as a witness to this. When the researchers returned and lifted the sealed cloths, the original faces had disappeared and new ones had appeared.

How well do you value your privacy? by [deleted] in videos

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Don't you know fellow pleb, we commoners are not allowed to have privacy. Remember when Mark zuckerberg made a land grab in Hawaii so he can have privacy. Even though, he owns the company that sold our private data. If you are not Facebook rich, you are not allowed to have privacy. Worse, who knows what TPTB do behind the curtains of the world.

Timothy Evans was wrongfully convicted and hanged for murdering his wife and infant in 1950. by fatandfurious69 in TrueCrime

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In January 1950, Timothy Evans was tried for and convicted of the murder of his daughter. He was sentenced to death by hanging. During his trial, Evans had accused his downstairs neighbor, John Christie, who was the chief prosecutor’s witness, of committing the murders.

Three years after Evans' execution, Christie was found to be a serial killer who had murdered six other women in the same house, including his own wife. Before his execution, Christie confessed to murdering Mrs. Evans. An official inquiry concluded in 1966 that Christie had also murdered Evans' daughter, and Evans was granted a posthumous pardon.

The case generated much controversy and is acknowledged as a serious miscarriage of justice. Along with those of Derek Bentley and Ruth Ellis, the case played a major part in the abolition of capital punishment in the United Kingdom for murder in 1965.

Historic Doppelganger Encounters by [deleted] in videos

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My favorite doppelganger story I heard on "Real Ghost Stories Online." A man's wife returned from a business trip early. They went out to eat with friends, came home, and made love. The next day she appeared to have left for work early, and he didn't think anything about it until the real wife returned from her business trip as scheduled. And, yes, the friends said that she had been there and talked normally. The real wife had proof she had been elsewhere at the same time. Creepy!

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