1990s

It was a weird decade for me — If you lived through the 1990s, I don’t have to tell you that it was a weird decade. …

Beverly Hills, 90210 offered me an escape from my existence — Beverly Hills, 90210 offered me an escape from my existence I am ashamed to say that I watched season 1 of Beverly Hills, 90210 and that I’m now in the middle of season 2. Why am I ashamed? Because I’m a fan of sitcoms. I’m the kind of woman who constantly re-watched Friends and Seinfeld. Besides, I have a soft…

A look at the 90s heyday of a fantastic band — I’ve spent most of the past two years skipping through a meadow of 90s music nostalgia. I love stumbling upon new bands and new genres. My appreciation for more modern music hasn’t waned, but I find the music of my youth oddly comforting. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic…

The 15-year-old’s case was being forgotten, so Andy Van Den Hurk gambled his own freedom to find her killer. — When 15-year-old Nicole Van Den Hurk was murdered in the Netherlands in 1995, her family hoped police would act quickly to find the culprit and bring them to justice. …

Susan Hoppes from Washington is the real name of the woman found in the mountains in 1994. — It was a case that had baffled investigators in Colorado for the best part of 30 years: a woman, presumably murdered, whose remains were found on a remote hiking trail yet never claimed or identified. Now, the Montrose County Sheriff’s Office and the woman’s family need wonder no more, because…

Her brave fight for life and a quick-thinking 911 dispatcher ensured a knife attack didn’t become a murder. — It was 1995, and a 25-year-old lawyer named Jennifer Morey was making a name for herself in Houston’s male-dominated legal world. She was career-focused at a time when it was still difficult for women to break through that glass ceiling, and she had her own apartment in a high-end complex…