LAST MAN STANDING: THE VON ERICH SAGA
BEFORE THE WWE, THE CAPITOL OF THE WRESTLING WORLD WAS DALLAS, TEXAS AND THE VON ERICH’S WERE IT’S TRAGIC ROYAL FAMILY.
ONCE THERE WERE SIX BROTHERS. NOW THERE IS ONLY ONE. THIS IS THE EPIC SAGA OF HOW ONE SOUTHERN FAMILY BECAME TEXAS SIZED CHAMPIONS BEFORE BEING WIPED OUT THROUGH A HORRIFIC CYCLE OF SUICIDE AND TRAGEDY.
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THE LEGEND OF CHRIS KYLE
THE DEADLIEST SNIPER IN U.S. HISTORY PERFORMED NEAR MIRACLES ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THEN HE HAD TO COME HOME.
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Steven Spielberg to direct feature film.
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AGGIE BONFIRE
IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST PASSIONATELY OBSERVED TRADITIONS ON ANY COLLEGE CAMPUS IN THE COUNTRY. THEN, ON NOVEMBER 18, 1999, A WEEK BEFORE IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BURN, THE TEXAS A&M BONFIRE COLLAPSED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, KILLING TWELVE AGGIES.
YEARS LATER, AS THE UNIVERSITY CONTINUES TO WRESTLE WITH THE TRAGEDY—AND DEBATE WHETHER BONFIRE SHOULD EVER RETURN TO CAMPUS—THE STUDENTS AND ALUMNI WHO CHOPPED LOGS, HAULED TIMBER, AND BUILT STACK TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY SAW, WHAT THEY LOST, AND HOW THEIR SCHOOL WAS CHANGED FOREVER.
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URBAN LEGEND: THE RISE & FALL OF GILLEY’S
DECLARED THE LARGEST NIGHT CLUB IN THE WORLD BY GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS, GILLEY’S CLUB SEATED OVER 6000 PEOPLE. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THE FILM “URBAN COWBOY”, GILLEY’S BECAME NOT ONLY THE BIGGEST, BUT ALSO THE MOST FAMOUS HONKY TONK IN THE WORLD. WHAT CBGB’S OR THE WHISKEY WAS TO ROCK, GILLEY’S WAS TO COUNTRY… GIVING BIRTH TO A MOVEMENT THAT HELPED COUNTRY MUSIC GO MAINSTREAM.
THIS IS THE TRAGIC STORY OF HOW THE FRIENDSHIP OF TWO MEN GAVE BIRTH TO THE WORLD’S MOST BADASS HONKY TONK BEFORE BETRAYAL BURNED IT TO THE GROUND.
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