Author: StrangeAgo
Washington Painter Found Dead After Rats Were Heard Inside His Locked Room
When fellow lodgers heard rats moving around inside George Goodman’s locked room, they knew something was wrong. The 54-year-old Washington, D.C., painter had only recently…
West Virginia Jail Armed With Machine Guns After Riot Threats
In the summer of 1922, tensions surrounding America’s coal mines were running dangerously high. Strikes, violence, arrests, and threats of retaliation had turned some mining…
This Civil War Soldier Claimed He Met Abraham Lincoln Twice by Accident
Charles Wesley Ellis had lived the kind of life that seemed to collect stories. Years before the Civil War, while splitting rails in Tennessee, Ellis…
Judge Tore Up the Summons After Learning Why This 14-Year-Old Was Working
In 1908, fourteen-year-old Harold Bothwick was not asking for much. He simply wanted to work. His widowed mother was struggling to support four children in…
West Virginia Senator Wanted to Refund Convicted Wartime Profiteers
A few years after World War I ended, Washington was still dealing with the financial aftermath of wartime price gouging. During the war, food profiteers…
How Radio Fans Built a Simple Regenerative Receiver in 1922
In the early days of radio, building your own receiver did not necessarily require an expensive collection of specialized parts. With a tuning coil, a…
Boy Critically Injured After Striking Dynamite With a Hatchet
Six-year-old Johnny Warvaiski went looking for something to chop with his small hatchet. He found what appeared to be an ordinary object and struck it…
Widow Shot at Boarder After Alleged Hammer Attack
When Mary Neils appeared in a Newark courtroom, her face was battered and bruised, and the two young children in her care stood beside her….
Woman Scammed by “Doctor” Who Vanished With Her Money
Nellie Cameron arrived in Newark prepared to marry a man she had known for only a few days. The supposed doctor had taken charge of…
North Dakota Father Searched for Answers After His Son Was Killed Beneath Railroad Cars
When G.F. Heath’s young son was killed beneath a string of railroad cars near Apple Creek, grief initially left him unable to question how the…
