I love the movie CHICAGO!! It is probably one of my favorites ever! How can you not like Richard Gere tap dancing, Catherine-Zeta Jones singing and dancing in Cell Block Tango, Renee Zellweger belting out “Jazz” in the opening number All That Jazz, and all the beautiful costumes and music. Read more…
Happy Thanksgiving from Scandals and Sweets! This is the most delicious and easiest Pecan Pie to make. Whip it up in less than 10 minutes and bake for 30! Be sure to use the dark syrup! Uncle Bob’s Pecan Pie
Two months later in September 1939, Virginia Brawdy was arrested in Van Wert, OH. She had died her hair black and had been involved in several robberies of gas stations and stolen a car from a dealership saying that they wanted a test drive. She was returned to Marysville. In Read more…
Raspberries are my favorite! This is a not to sweet delicious oatmeal cookie with RASPBERRIES! Click on the Title below to go to the full recipe! Oatmeal Raspberry Cookies
Velma goes off to Marysville Woman’s Reformatory hoping to be paroled in seven years. But that comes up and the parole board says that Velma must wait until 1938 for a parole hearing. November 1938 comes around and the Parole Board rescinded Velma’s rights to parole, giving her the maximum Read more…
Get Velma’s whole story in PDF form here On December 12, 1927, Val was formally charged with First Degree Murder, as indicted by the Grand Jury in Painesville Municipal Court before Judge Marvin Helter. Val screamed when she heard the judge order her held without bail and collapsed on a Read more…
Directly below is Aunt Frieda’s traditional recipe. She clearly had more time to bake than I do. So, I’ve also included my “Cheat” recipe that we have perfected over the years. Made with the same amount of love but takes way less time! I use the same Cream Cheese Icing. Read more…
Get a PDF copy of Velma’s full story One morning in early December 1927, Eddie West doesn’t show up for work at his family’s nursery business. His brother James went to Eddie’s bungalow to see if something was wrong. He found the door unlocked and went into the house, and Read more…
In order to celebrate our new unit of Flapper murderesses, it’s cocktail time! A shimmery, sparkly cocktail inspired by Viniq. INGREDIENTS: 3 oz Rum2 oz Tart Cherry Juice1 oz Simple Syrup1/4 – 1/2 tsp Wilton Pearl DustClub Soda (Optional) INSTRUCTIONS: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice Add Rum, Cherry Juice, Read more…
Remember in the very beginning of the tale of Frederick and May, when Freddie was divorced from his first wife, also May? Custody of their son was given to Frederick’s father, the railroad magnate John M. Roach. The little boy was 6 years old and named John Millard Roach. He Read more…