‘Ringleader’ Grandmother Pleads Guilty After Naked Child Was Chained, Put In Dog Crate, Malnourished

The grandmother of a boy at the center of an Autauga County child abuse case where the naked victim was chained by the ankles to a staircase, forced to sleep in a dog crate and malnourished has pleaded guilty. Vickie Seale Higgenbotham, 58, of Autauga County, pleaded guilty to aggravated child abuse Tuesday morning before Circuit Judge Sibley Reynolds. Prosecutors say she was the ringleader in the … Continue reading ‘Ringleader’ Grandmother Pleads Guilty After Naked Child Was Chained, Put In Dog Crate, Malnourished

The Titan & The Titanic

The Wreck of the Titan: Or, Futility (originally called Futility) is an 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson. The story features the fictional ocean liner Titan, which sinks in the North Atlantic after striking an iceberg. Titan and its sinking have been noted to be very similar to the real-life passenger ship RMS Titanic, which sank fourteen years later. Following the sinking of the Titanic, the … Continue reading The Titan & The Titanic