Alan Huffman's What Happened

Curious backstories pulled from the recesses of the news

Launched 3 years ago

Elderly runner keeps at it, even in dog days of Mississippi summer

Richard Edmonson's running regimen is both inspiring and instructive

Jun 13•Alan Huffman

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Give it up, Jackson: how a city forfeited a flagship park

Discarded household furnishings, burnt offerings and evidence of arson fires line a road through Buddy Butts Park

May 27•Alan Huffman

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The Paul Conroy everyone should know about

If you search for the name “Paul Conroy” online, the first person who comes up is a former American soccer player.

Mar 6•Alan Huffman

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Joseph Spring, at large

Jul 19, 2023•Alan Huffman

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What happened at Madison Square Garden

Oct 29, 2024•Alan Huffman

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Finding evidence on the fly

Aug 19, 2024•Alan Huffman

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Spanish war dogs

Feb 15, 2024•Alan Huffman

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The busy bee

Jul 21, 2023•Alan Huffman

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The redoubtable Bob Herndon, who at age 89 piloted his glider into the lily pads of Pelahatchie Bay

Jun 4, 2024•Alan Huffman

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When the levee breaks: On this day in 1927, the Mississippi River inundated the Delta, opening the way for rock 'n' roll

In late April 1927, much of the low lying region outside the protective Mississippi River levees was underwater.

Apr 21•Alan Huffman

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Navigating “the Black and white thing”

Life of Port Gibson, Mississippi man provides inspiring template

Apr 14•Alan Huffman

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The podcast Mississippi prison officials don’t want you to hear

A month or so after the launch of “Hidden Mirrors,” a unique podcast about an inmate book club at Mississippi’s Wilkinson County Correctional Facility…

Jan 2•Alan Huffman

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Violence, revenge: different causes, outcomes

What happens when combat veterans sit down to talk with violent offenders about books

Nov 13, 2025•Alan Huffman

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New author website

Coinciding with launch of Hidden Mirrors podcast, a new iteration of alanhuffman.com

Nov 11, 2025•Alan Huffman

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It's nice to meet you, too

One of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s novel Matilda is a sadistic headmistress at an English prep school named Miss Agatha Trunchbull, who enjoys…

Nov 9, 2025•Alan Huffman

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'Hidden Mirrors' prison book club podcast to launch Oct. 15

As I’ve written about here, I’ve been facilitating a prison book club for more than a year at the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility, near…

Sep 30, 2025•Alan Huffman

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