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Newark Judge Fines Couple for Kissing in Park
In 1902, a few kisses in a Newark park were enough to land one couple before Judge Herman Schalk and cost them $10. The story…
Mystery Light Over Washington Revealed
For a time, Washington, D.C., had a mystery hanging over it. In the western sky, residents saw a strange light that seemed to take the…
Headless Bodies Found in Pennsylvania’s Murder Marsh
They called it “murder marsh,” and by October of 1925, the name seemed horribly earned. In the swampy ground between Newcastle Junction and West Pittsburgh,…
Landgraff Flood Aftermath Reveals Two Bodies
In Landgraff, West Virginia, the work of recovery after a flood was still underway when two bodies were found caught in a drift pile, tangled…
Lake Sailor Found Dead in Binghamton Box Car
A freight car can feel like a forgotten place, a dark wooden box shunted from one track to another, carrying no one’s attention with it….
Silver Spring Tornado Leaves Families Homeless
On April 5, 1923, a violent storm tore through Silver Spring and Sligo, Maryland, leaving behind a strange and terrifying trail of destruction. Houses were…
Mysterious Numbers on Child’s Eye Spur Occult Speculation
In the small fishing village of Île-Tudy, France, a four-year-old girl named Marie Le Guen became the center of an unsettling mystery. Visitors came to…
Missouri Man Sent Himself Back to the Workhouse
Jacob C. Arnold did not try to break out of the St. Louis workhouse. He tried to break back in. In January 1903, Arnold appeared…
Japanese Forces Use Electrified Fences Against Head Hunters
Some old newspaper articles are strange because of what they describe. Others are disturbing because of the casual way they describe it. This 1908 report…
Wilkes-Barre Mine Cave-In Destroyed Homes in Five Points
In the bitter cold of a January morning in 1883, the people of Wilkes-Barre’s Five Points neighborhood were jolted awake by a sound like an…
