All posts by Max McNabb
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How a Gunfight Earned Willie Nelson his Nickname of Shotgun Willie
Willie Nelson is a Texas music legend. Fans all over the world know his songs by heart, but...
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The Beer Can House in this Texas City is World-famous Folk Art
When most people think of recycling empty beer cans, folk art isn’t quite what they have in mind....
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The Free Range Exchange: Bringing New Health to Small-town Texas
A Texas mother's quest to find a cure for her son's illness led her to open a unique...
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The Man Who Held a Dying Marfa Light on his Fingertip
This is the story of a minister who claimed he held a Marfa light on his fingertip while...
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The Groovy Smell of Gravy: KFC Offering Gravy-scented Candle
Pour some gravy on us! As if chicken-scented yule logs and sausage-scented wrapping paper weren’t wild enough, you...
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Fill Your Veins with Young Blood to Fight Aging? A New Business in Texas
It might be the most controversial new startup in the nation: Ambrosia will fill your veins with the...
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Dr Pepper Launches Petition to Become the Official Soft Drink of Texas
There’s no drink more ironically Texan than Dr Pepper, and if the Dr Pepper company has their way,...
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The Monster Who was Real: Judge Holden of Texas, Scalp-hunting Giant
In all of fiction, there is perhaps no more horrifying, monstrous character than Judge Holden in Cormac McCarthy’s...
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Truth or Texas Tall Tale: Can Horny Toads Shoot Blood Out of their Eyes?
Can horny toads really shoot blood out of their eyes, or is that just another Texas tall-tale about...
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The Judgmental Map of Lubbock, Texas: Hilarious or Too Outrageous?
A “judgmental map” of Lubbock, Texas, is making the rounds on social media, causing more than a few...
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Man in the Long Black Coat: Jim Miller, the Old West’s Deadliest Psycho
Deacon Jim Miller, the man in the long black coat, was the deadliest gunman of the Old West,...
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Hank Hill or Cordell Walker? King of the Hill Vs. Walker, Texas Ranger
If you had to name the most iconic fictional Texan of all time, it would end up as...
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Has the Origin of the Mysterious Marfa Lights Been Found at Last?
The mysterious Marfa Lights have been seen in west Texas since the 1840s. The strange, hovering orbs are...
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Texas Chick-fil-A Employee Caught on Camera in Act of Kindness
A camera recently captured one Texas Chick-fil-A employee in an act of kindness. Jessica Gomez was at a...
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Public Viewing and Burial Service to be Held for Richard Overton
There’s still time for Texans to give a final salute to Richard Overton, the country’s oldest man and oldest...
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The 1897 Aurora, Texas, UFO Crash & the ‘Alien’ Buried in the Cemetery
When you hear the phrase “UFO crash,” you probably think of Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, but did...
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Texas Roots Grow a Love of Science in New Middle-Grade Book Series
A new Texas-based series of books for middle-grade readers is making a literary splash in the Lone Star...
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Let’s Get Giphy: Check Out the Best of Texas GIFs
We’ve all got our go-to GIF ready as a response to any text or online conversation, but have...
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Houston’s Unsolved Icebox Murders Might Have Ties to JFK Assassination
A grisly, still unsolved double-murder from 1965 Houston has ties to conspiracy theories surrounding the JFK assassination. The...
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A Texas Road Trip to Pick Out the Perfect Christmas Tree
There’s nothing better to get you in the spirit of the holiday season than a trip to find...
