Author: StrangeAgo
WWI Recipe For Orange Bread
This old recipe for orange bread comes from a newspaper printed during World War 1. The recipe is only slightly different from the bread recipes…
Old Instructions on How to Make Sky Lanterns
Floating paper balloons or sky lanterns are popular in some areas, although I have to admit that I am scared that one would start a…
10 Strange Things People Do to Find Something Lost
Don’t you hate it when you lose something and can’t for the life of you remember where it is? It drives me absolutely insane, especially…
WWI Recipe For Apple Cream
Desserts, such as this recipe for apple cream, were a lot different back in the day than they are now. This particular recipe was published…
10 Fascinating Candle Superstitions
Candles have long fascinated us. They are used in religious ceremonies all over the world and we buy them in bulk to light up our…
Freaks for Entertainment in the 1800s
In the 1800s, “freaks”, or rather those who were different from the definition of “normal”, were used for getting people’s attention. Businesses and event planners…
10 Disturbing Facts About The Black Dahlia Murder
On January 15, 1947, the body of Elizabeth Short, age 22, was found brutally murdered in a vacant lot in Los Angeles, California. Police searched…
10 Weird Superstitions About Doors
Doors are such a common place item that we hardly take notice of them. The old timers, however, do remember the mysteries and symbolism of…
10 Witnesses Who Died After the J.F. Kennedy Assassination
November 22, 1963 marked one of the most tragic days in American history. John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in his motorcade…
Crystal Gazing and Poison in Murder Case
This report details a woman who, suspected of poisoning her family, took her crystal ball with her to jail. While it is common for murderers…
