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Baby Found Inside Arlington Cemetery Was Buried Among Unknown Soldiers
In March 1927, a disturbing discovery was made just inside the walls of Arlington Cemetery. A truck driver working at the cemetery found the body…
Rescue Tug Sank in a Great Lakes Collision, Killing Three Crewmen
The tug General left Sault Ste. Marie on a rescue mission. A steamer had gone aground on Martin’s Reef, and the 90-foot tug was sent…
Baby Hospitalized After Rats Gnawed Her Legs During the Night
Neighbors in Charleston, South Carolina, were awakened by the screams of a baby left alone through the night. When they entered the room, they found…
Shipwreck Left Survivors Fighting Sharks in the Dark
The La Seye sank so quickly that many aboard never had a chance to escape. In the darkness and heavy mist before dawn, the mail…
Abandoned as a Baby, She Returned 49 Years Later Hoping to Adopt Another Foundling
Nearly half a century after she was abandoned as a newborn, one Pittsburgh woman found herself looking into the face of a baby whose story…
Profane Parrot Talked Its Way Out of the St. Louis Zoo
The St. Louis Zoo had a parrot problem. Its red-headed bird had developed such a colorful vocabulary that newspaper reports claimed it talked like a…
Rats Attacked a Man Trapped for Days Inside a Wrecked Schooner
Albert Jackson was supposed to be dead. When the schooner Jessie P. was caught in a violent Gulf storm in 1896, the crew abandoned the…
Armed Dover Residents Chased a Mysterious Animal Through Town in 1900
For months, residents around Dover, Georgia, were convinced that some unknown beast was stalking their community. Dogs and hogs were disappearing. Witnesses described a large…
Children Clung to Their Mothers as Fire Swept Through Steamboat
Most of the passengers aboard the City of Pittsburg were still asleep when fire broke out before dawn. Within minutes, the side-wheel steamer was filling…
Savannah Man Set a Trap for a Newspaper Thief and Found an Unexpected Suspect
Someone in Savannah had been stealing the morning newspaper. At least, that was the only explanation that seemed to make sense. For several mornings, a…
