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80-Year-Old Virginia Man Leaped Into Well to Escape Fire
When 80-year-old John Woodyard saw his Virginia sawmill catch fire in the summer of 1924, he tried to save it alone, carrying bucket after bucket…
Robbed After Pawn Shop Customer Asked to See How the Bullets Fit Into a Revolver
A San Antonio pawnbroker learned the hard way in 1928 that some customers should never be allowed to test the merchandise too thoroughly. A young…
Indiana Man Kills One Brother, Wounds Another, Then Refuses to Speak
A 70-year-old Indiana man sat silently in a jail cell in April 1928 after a street shooting left one man dead and his brother critically…
North Dakota Lawmakers Saved a Convicted Killer From the Gallows in 1915
Joseph Milo had already been sentenced to hang when North Dakota lawmakers changed his fate. In March 1915, the state legislature passed a measure abolishing…
Man Found Unconscious in New Jersey Home With Chilling Message on Mirror
When 60-year-old William Henderson was found unconscious inside his Long Branch, New Jersey, home in March 1922, police initially believed he had suffered a stroke….
Strange Businesses Once Found on the Streets of New York City
At the turn of the 20th century, New York City offered just about any service a person could imagine, along with quite a few that…
Advertisers Urged to Give Away Drinking Cups To Stop Sharing
In the early 1900s, public health officials were trying to convince Americans to abandon one of the most ordinary, and potentially unsanitary, habits of daily…
Teen Dies After Explosion Erupts in His Mouth During Routine Surgery
A routine operation for a broken jaw turned horrifying in a London hospital in 1925. Sixteen-year-old Laurence Sims was under anesthesia while surgeons worked to…
A Mysterious Fire Appeared on Lake St. Clair and Vanished Without a Trace
Lake St. Clair is a hotspot for UFO and USO sightings, so when I found this article from 1922, I instantly perked up. Residents along…
Pennsylvania Hunter Tripped a Hidden Wire in the Woods and Triggered a Homemade Gun
A walk through the woods turned disastrous for a Pennsylvania hunter in December 1920 when he stumbled across a hidden wire stretched across a path….
