Author: StrangeAgo
Skeleton of Unknown Man Found in Minnesota
It is alarming how many reports were made of skeletons being found in the wild, under brush, and under homes. If people believe that people…
Faked His Death to Get Away From Wife
An interesting article that sparks a lot of speculation. It is about a man who may have murdered another man, put his clothes and pocket…
Discovered He Faked His Hanging Years Later
This is a fascinating report about a man who, after killing a friend, faked his own death by hanging. Years later he was discovered alive…
Philadelphia Skeleton Trade
The 1891 article below talks about the skeleton trade in Philadelphia. It highlights a man from France who came to Philadelphia to begin his trade…
The Skeleton Industry
Here is yet another article about the skeleton industry in the late 1800s. The article has a humor not present in previous articles on this…
Odd Religious Sects in Late 1800s US
The weird religious sects below were named in a newspaper article published in 1895. Each of them are rather interesting. The only sect around today…
Selling Human Skeletons
A previous article I put online discussed how Paris was the major exporter of human skeletons in the 1800s. In the article below, a doctor…
A Skeleton Factory in the Late 1800s London
Did doctors use real skeletons long ago and how did they get those human skeletons? It turns out that the wired skeletons that hung from…
Skeletons Found on Ghost Farm
Ghost farms and murder farms were prevalent over a hundred years ago. The account below is about a piece of property where police believed people…
Circus Attendant Exacts Revenge on Living Skeleton
The most fascinating things to read about in the old newspapers are the stories about the sideshows and circuses. The people involved in these businesses…
