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Missing Montana Miner Feared to Be Silver Lake Wild Man
In the summer of 1902, people traveling through the Silver Lake country near Anaconda, Montana, began telling stories about a strange figure hiding in the…
Flagstaff Skunk Bite Scare Sends Rabies Victims to Chicago
What Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Freyer experienced near Marshall’s Lake was alarming. In the middle of the night, a skunk entered their camp and…
Spokane Men Invent Coyne Helicopter Shaped Eerily Similar to Traditional UFO
At first glance, the Coyne Helicopter looks less like an early flying machine and more like something pulled from a century of UFO lore. The…
Dogs Protect Body of Missing Idaho Miner
For nearly two weeks, Joseph Troyer’s lonely homestead sat without its owner. The 69-year-old Civil War veteran lived apart from others near Big Hole, Idaho,…
Chicago Foreman Struck by Train Becomes Human Cannonball
Railroad work was dangerous in the best of weather, but winter made the job even more treacherous. Snow had to be cleared from the tracks…
Pottsville Boy Denies Making Grandmother His Target
In 1924, a 14-year-old boy from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, became the center of a grim and puzzling murder case after his grandmother was found dead and…
A Strange Reward From Long Island Sound
Some stories from the old newspapers are strange because they end in tragedy. Others are strange because they feel almost like little fairy tales printed…
Father and His Three Daughters Drown in Mississipi River
A quiet boat ride on the Mississippi River turned into a terrible family tragedy near Le Claire, Iowa, in August 1914. Thomas Thomas lived with…
Sing Sing Guard Dog Suspended for Bullying
Even prison guards could get themselves suspended at Sing Sing, especially when the guard in question had four legs, a shaggy coat, and a habit…
The Kingston Schoolgirl Murder Mystery
For more than a month, the disappearance of 15-year-old Elizabeth Johnson had troubled Kingston, New Jersey. She had vanished from her home on August 12,…
