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Broken Cigarette Lighter Saves Illinois Man From Bullet
A broken cigarette lighter turned out to be far more useful than its owner ever expected when it reportedly saved him from a gunshot in…
11-Year-Old Boy’s Search for Missing Family Ends at Boston Morgue
An 11-year-old Boston boy spent an entire day in September 1924 searching for his missing mother and siblings, only to have his search end in…
Bare-Legged Woman Startles London’s Financial District in 1919
In the summer of 1919, a young woman caused a minor sensation in London simply by walking through the financial district without stockings. At a…
Connecticut Teacher Suffers Mysterious Breakdown After Just One Day in Class
A small Connecticut village was left without a schoolteacher in September 1909 after a young woman suffered what newspapers of the time described as a…
Two-Headed Tortoise Found Near Mount Vernon
A remarkable little box tortoise found in Fairfax County, Virginia, attracted attention in the early 1900s for an unusual feature that was impossible to overlook:…
3 Dead After Wedding Party’s Car Falls Onto Railroad Tracks
What began as a hopeful trip to be married ended in tragedy for a young Georgia couple and their companions in November 1909. James Shepard…
Man Risks His Life on Melting Ice to Save 10-Year-Old Boy
A ten-year-old boy’s plunge through the ice of the Saugus River in Lynn, Massachusetts, set off a desperate rescue in February 1920, with one man…
Homemade Moonshine Still Turns Deadly After Flame Goes Out
A homemade moonshine operation apparently turned deadly in New York in 1920 when a man was found dead in his lodgings beside an improvised still….
3 Nearly Suffocate After Illinois Bank Robbers Lock Them Inside Vault
A bank robbery in the small town of Alpha, Illinois, nearly turned deadly in June 1930 when two bandits escaped with thousands of dollars and…
Woman Found Nearly Unconscious After Horrific Axe Accident in Tennessee
A routine chore nearly turned deadly for a young Tennessee woman in December 1915 when a single swing of an axe left her with a…
