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Wisconsin Man Survived Blow That Exposed His Brain
When Sam Grosz was struck from behind with a hammer at a carnival near South Milwaukee, the blow was so violent that the metal head…
Two Teachers Found Dead Inside an Exclusive Boston Finishing School
For years, Elizabeth Bailey Hardee and Sarah Chamberlain Weed had followed remarkably similar paths. Both graduated from Wellesley College, became teachers, and eventually joined together…
Toddler Survived Six Days in Freezing Home With Two Murder Victims
For six days, 3-year-old Billy Huffstickle remained trapped inside a freezing Indiana farmhouse with the bodies of his murdered aunt and uncle. Weak from hunger,…
Two Suspected Robbers Entered a Minnesota Post Office and Then 25 Armed Citizens Surrounded It
Two men slipped into the Nicollet post office expecting to find a safe they could rob before anyone raised the alarm. Instead, they awakened Postmaster…
Widowed Mother Drove Four Children From Oklahoma to North Dakota in a Two-Person Buggy
In March 1911, a widowed mother placed her four young children into a small two-person buggy and began an extraordinary journey from Oklahoma to the…
Young Paris Women Flocked to Casinos as Officials Raised the Alarm
By midnight, the restaurants of Paris were beginning to empty, but for many young women, the night was only getting started. According to a 1929…
Blacksmith Left Near Death After Hammer Attack in Santa Fe Shop
The steady noise of machinery filled the Santa Fe blacksmith shop in Clovis, New Mexico, late on a Monday afternoon in June 1915. Then, without…
Typhoid Scare Forced Richmond Dairies to Sterilize Milk Bottles
A typhoid fever outbreak in Richmond, Indiana, turned public attention toward an everyday household item: the reusable milk bottle. In October 1913, health officials linked…
Michigan Policeman Walked Into the Station and Shot His Captain Through the Heart
Policeman Isaac Lewis entered the Jackson police station on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday and walked directly into the office of Captain Holzapfel. Moments later, the…
North Dakota Man Unearthed a Copper Spearhead Near Mysterious Burial Mounds
Oliver Smith was digging on his property near Lake Metigoshe when his tool struck something unusual beneath the soil. About six inches below the surface,…
