Peek Inside
Today, for the first time on-line, you can peek inside this book and read the entire first chapter of When Normal Blew Up: The Story of the People Who Died and the People Who Lived On. Nine I was nine when it happened. Where did time go? Fifty years later and I am still haunted by this event, the illogical tragedy that occurred in the little town of Circleville, Ohio, in 1967: the bombing of Bingman’s Drug Store by a jealous husband. My dad, Ted Foster, a pharmacist at the s
Headlines From 50 Years Ago
The Circleville Herald and the Columbus Dispatch published front page stories on Saturday, April 15, 2017 remembering the event that shattered too many lives 50 years ago in Circleville, Ohio. The Herald had multiple articles and graphics cascading over four pages. Too big to abbreviate, you can read all four pages (pdf) using the following links. Herald Front Page Herald Excerpts article continued Herald Schieber article continued Herald Editorial The Columbus Dispatch art
April 15, 1967
Ted Foster, Charlie Schieber, Martha Lagore, Francis Willison. Each were beloved, decent, hardworking, fun-loving family members. They are gone, but not forgotten. Today marks the 50th anniversary of an event that has shaped my life and many others so profoundly. While the Bingman’s bombing in 1967 seemed like a bizarre and unique disaster in Circleville, it really wasn’t so out of the ordinary. In just one year (2013) in Ohio, there were 38 domestic violence fatalities. The
When Normal Blew Up: Book Club Discussion Questions
Book clubs around the country are starting to read and discuss this book. It makes sense. There are many themes and subthemes in this book that would make conversations very rich. I have developed Discussion Questions to guide these conversations, written for a Circleville audience, yet useful to folks where ever you might live. Click here to download the questions. When Normal Blew Up: The Story of the People Who Died and the People Who Lived On
