She moved through the years like a ghost in her own life - stories whispered through the community suggested a past stitched with loss, shifting names and nights she couldn't quite remember. She wore her sorrow like a second skin, drifting between her reality and something... elusive. Was she escaping something or someone? Possibly herself?

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While Mother's Day is typically a time to honour love, sacrifice and nurturing, history has also seen mothers whose actions were anything but maternal. Today's articles feature some of history's worst moms that make forgetting Mother's Day feel like self care. From the monstrously neglectful to the murderous these women prove that giving birth doesn't guarantee maternal instinct-or basic humanity. This Mother's Day remember: not every mom deserves a card.

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A glimpse into what life was like for your ancestors when the "board of education" had more of a physical meaning.

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200 year old bar fights, girls gone wild & a happy ending. What more could you possibly need?

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