Category: Unusual Businesses

It opened on February 12, 2012, the 83rd anniversary of the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. USA Today called it the “Best Museum in Nevada in 2019”. USA Today readers called it the “Best Attraction in Las Vegas in 2020”. Las Vegas weekly called it “One of the 20 Greatest Attractions in Las Vegas History.” The New York Times called it one of the “Top 10 Places to Visit If You Only have 36 Hours in Las Vegas”. Nevada magazine called it the ”Best Museum in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016,…

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Stear Clear was an organization devoted to keeping the streets and highways safe for everyone. They have a particular emphasis on keeping drunk drivers off the road. Dan Glover who founded Stear Clear spoke with us about his organization. Q – Dan, did you buy into this franchise called Steer Clear? A – We actually are the parent company. Where the franchisor. We have franchise and corporate owned locations throughout the US. Q – Did you start the company? A – I was involved with the group. There were original…

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He’s performed for royalty presidential families and appeared on television over 500 times! Those appearances included 118 Mike Douglas shows, 98 Merv Griffin shows and 88 Tonite Show’s with Johnny Carson. In 2009 he was the first guest to make three appearances on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. He even had a board game named after him! We are talking about the one the only Kreskin! Q – Is it true that you were at a séance in Nashville and you summoned the spirit of Elvis Presley? A – (Laughs).…

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He was known the world over as “The March King.” It would be no exaggeration to say that in his day he was as popular as, say, Elvis or The Beatles. His band was the first American musical organization to go on a world tour; the first musical act to travel more than a million miles and perform for more than a million people. His band was made up of members who were the best in the world on their instruments. By now, you just have to know we’re talking…

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“Everybody loves a clown” is what Gary Lewis sang in his hit song of the same name, in the mid 1960s. By the end of the 60’s, Jimi Hendrix proclaimed. “I don’t want to be a clown anymore”. In the 90’s there are 4 guys who want to be clowns, and love being clowns. Appropriately enough, they’ve named their band “The Clowns”. They’re fast gaining popularity in Southern California, through personal appearances and self-produced recording projects. Richard “Richie” Dunne or Dickie Van Dicky as he’s commonly known as, is the…

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Ripley’s Believe It or Not, declared him King of Escapists. Police officials have called him potentially dangerous, unstoppable, and unbelievable. His exploits have been covered by everyone from the Associated Press to prime time national television. His A.B.C. T.V. Special—–“Secrets of The World’s Greatest Escape Artist” has been seen in over 40 countries around the world. Just who is the king of Escapists? Anthony Martin—–that’s who. Q – Did you ever see that Magic Special on the Fox Network? A – The one where they reveal all the secrets? Q…

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They’re colorful. They’re entertaining. They’re outrageous. They’re dazzling. And that’s just their costumes we’re describing!! The Circle City Sidewalk Stompers Clown Band has to be seen to be believed. After seeing them at the 2005 Edition of the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York we talked to founding member Steve Sutherlin about his group. Q – I see your band as a cross between the Mummers and The Harlem Globetrotters. A – Oh, really. (Laughs). Q – The costumes of The Mummers and the joking of the Harlem…

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Stop-DWI New York is an organization committed to reduce the number of persons killed or injured in alcohol and other drug related traffic crashes, promote DWI prevention as a public priority and coordinate local efforts in Law Enforcement, Prosecution, Probation, Rehabilitation, Public Information, Education and Administration. STOP-DWI stands for “Special Traffic Operations Program for Driving While Impaired”. The STOP-DWI program was created by the State Legislature in 1981. In this interview Lt. Robert Richards of the Niagara County Sheriff’s office informs us about STOP-DWI New York. Q – Lieut. Richards…

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How often people will say “Wouldn’t it be nice to go back in time if only for a day? According to Andrew Basiago it’s been done because – he’s done it!! Q – Andrew, you were involved with something called Project Pegasus.  Is that another term for Time Travel? A – Well, what Project Pegasus was, was a development program under DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) that emerged in the middle part of the 1960’s. DARPA was serving as the umbrella organization for a multi-agency effort to put every…

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She was named one of People Magazine’s “Most Beautiful People” and was a finalist in the premier season of America’s Top Model. She is also an actress and an animal rights activist, founder of Peace 4 Animals, a non-profit animal welfare organization that protects all animals against harmful human interference around the globe through public awareness and education as well as rescuing, rehabilitating and finding homes for domestic animals. She is Katie Cleary. Q – You have a jewelry line, a radio show (world animal news.com) and your animal rescue.…

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