Author: StrangeAgo
Chicago Killer Confessed to 25 Murders and Called Himself a “Lover of Death”
Chicago detectives already believed Henry Spencer responsible for several brutal murders when he delivered an even more astonishing confession in October 1913. After being questioned…
Al Capone Accidentally Shot Himself in Both Legs After a Round of Golf
Al Capone was one of the most heavily guarded men in Chicago. Surrounded by armed bodyguards and marked for death by rival gangsters, the notorious…
Police Believed a Bootlegger Threw a Virginia Teen Into the River After Hitting Him
Seventeen-year-old Elwood Hudgins was found drowned in Virginia’s Indian River, but police believed his death had begun on the bridge above. Their theory was that…
Hunters Claimed a Dinosaur Still Lived in the Andes
In 1924, twenty-nine-year-old scientist and explorer Gayle Dexter prepared to travel deep into the Andes in search of something most experts believed had vanished millions…
Indiana Hotel Exploded While 30 Guests Slept Inside
Thirty guests were asleep inside the Seitz Hotel near Marion, Indiana, when a powerful gas explosion tore through the two-story brick building. The outer walls…
New York Girl, 14, Killed by Stone Meant for Someone Else
Fourteen-year-old Rosie Grippo was sitting on the stoop of her New York City tenement when a quarrel that had nothing to do with her suddenly…
Massive Store Sign Nearly Crushed Clarksburg Man in 1909
A strong gust of wind nearly turned an ordinary walk along Pike Street into a fatal accident for A. A. Cather of Clarksburg, West Virginia….
Lightning Blast Ripped Door From Hinges and Threw Nevada Man Through Glass
Four men had taken shelter inside a house at Sand Springs, Nevada, while a violent storm raged outside. They sat talking and listening to the…
50 Chicago Hotel Guests Fled as Iron Shattered Through the Floor
More than 50 guests were seated in the dining room of Chicago’s Lakota Hotel when the floor suddenly erupted beneath them. A deafening crash came…
Armed Kansas Farmers Surrounded Traveling Camp After Drunken Men Frightened Local Women
A tense confrontation unfolded near Rochester Cemetery, Kansas, on a Saturday night in September 1907. Local farmers armed themselves with pitchforks and shotguns and surrounded…
