Author: StrangeAgo
Young Paris Women Flocked to Casinos as Officials Raised the Alarm
By midnight, the restaurants of Paris were beginning to empty, but for many young women, the night was only getting started. According to a 1929…
Blacksmith Left Near Death After Hammer Attack in Santa Fe Shop
The steady noise of machinery filled the Santa Fe blacksmith shop in Clovis, New Mexico, late on a Monday afternoon in June 1915. Then, without…
Typhoid Scare Forced Richmond Dairies to Sterilize Milk Bottles
A typhoid fever outbreak in Richmond, Indiana, turned public attention toward an everyday household item: the reusable milk bottle. In October 1913, health officials linked…
Michigan Policeman Walked Into the Station and Shot His Captain Through the Heart
Policeman Isaac Lewis entered the Jackson police station on an otherwise ordinary Tuesday and walked directly into the office of Captain Holzapfel. Moments later, the…
North Dakota Man Unearthed a Copper Spearhead Near Mysterious Burial Mounds
Oliver Smith was digging on his property near Lake Metigoshe when his tool struck something unusual beneath the soil. About six inches below the surface,…
Farmer Found Dead in Oklahoma Woods After Ax Severed an Artery
When John Richards walked into the Oklahoma timber to chop wood, he was only a quarter of a mile from home. He likely expected to…
Police Officer Found a 10-Day-Old Baby Abandoned in a Washington Alley
A faint cry in a Washington alley drew Officer Burton toward an old tin tub sitting behind a row of homes on P Street. Inside,…
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…
