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Smallpox Strikes New York’s House of Refuge on Randalls Island
In the spring of 1894, fear of one of America’s most dreaded diseases swept through a New York institution housing hundreds of troubled boys. What…
Kansas Coal Miners Call for Strike When Company Threatens Fines for Failure to Work on Saturdays
It was the summer of 1920, and the coal fields of southeastern Kansas stood on the brink of another labor showdown. Less than a year…
Woman Tells NYC Judge to Send Her Sister to Jail
On a March morning in 1894, what appeared to be a routine drunkenness case in a New York courtroom took a rather dramatic turn. A…
Young Woman Takes Blame in Benton Harbor Slaying
In the summer of the Jazz Age, a sensational murder case unfolded in Michigan that seemed torn from the pages of a pulp novel. At…
Toronto Man Claims Responsibility for Mother’s Murder After the Father Hangs
In the summer of 1920, newspapers across North America carried a gut wrenching report from Canada: a young farmer named Arnell Love had confessed to…
Actress Rescued from Attack in Jersey City
Shortly after 2 o’clock on a March morning in 1894, frantic reports reached police in Jersey City that a woman was being attacked in a…
Tacoma Contractor Finds Living Toad Inside Rock
Imagine splitting open a solid stone and discovering a living creature trapped inside. For centuries, stories of toads found encased within rocks have circulated through…
The Church Stove Murder Mystery of Rattle Run, Michigan
In the winter of 1909, a murder case emerged from rural Michigan that seemed almost too bizarre to believe. It began with the discovery of…
Inside the Hell’s Kitchen Murder Mystery of Susie Martin
In March 1894, New York City was gripped by a crime so shocking that newspapers struggled to find words strong enough to describe it. An…
Baltimore Auto Crash Leaves Car Hanging in Midair
A routine drive across a Baltimore bridge nearly ended in disaster in the autumn of 1919 when an automobile skidded out of control and crashed…
