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Poughkeepsie Mother Kills Teen Son Before Taking Her Own Life
Just before midnight, the quiet of a wealthy Poughkeepsie home was shattered by gunfire. Inside the Tower family residence on Hyde Park Road, servants rushed…
Nebraska Butcher Accused of Picking His Teeth Before Handling Meat
In 1923, one southeastern Nebraska housewife had seen enough. The village butcher, she claimed, had habits that were not merely unpleasant, but downright alarming for…
Man Visits Sick Wife at Hospital, Gets Mistaken for Lunatic and Locked Up
Albert Smith went to the hospital expecting to visit his sick wife. Instead, he was greeted like a man everyone had been waiting for. The…
Doctor Said a Plumber’s $21 Tool Worked Best for Burning Out Cancer
In 1924, a Johns Hopkins surgeon startled listeners in Atlantic City with the unlikely claim that one of the best tools for cauterizing cancerous growths…
Two Sailors Scalded to Death When Steam Pipe Burst on Destroyer
A routine speed run off San Diego turned deadly aboard the United States destroyer Kilty when a steam pipe burst under pressure. The vessel was…
Teen Girl Arrested After Saying “Damn” to Atlantic City Beach Censor
In 1923, Atlantic City’s beaches were watched by more than lifeguards. Beach censors patrolled the sand, enforcing rules of modesty and proper conduct, right down…
Two Young Men Blown 150 Feet in Oregon Dynamite Explosion
The blast was so powerful it tore a crater into the earth and nearly demolished a nearby house. In a hop yard near Independence, Oregon,…
New York Officials Warned of Typhus Risk Among Immigrants in 1921
In February 1921, New York health officials sounded an alarm over the way immigrants were being inspected before entering the city. Dr. R. S. Copeland,…
Butte Miner Vanished After Cave-In — Then People Claimed They Saw Him Alive
Two weeks after a deadly cave-in inside Butte’s Minnie Healy Mine, four bodies had been recovered from beneath the rock and dirt. The fifth man,…
Severe Winter Sent Hungry Boar Onto Football Field in France
A football match in France took a strange turn when a hungry wild boar burst onto the field and sent players and spectators running. The…
