Category: U.S. Historical News
Groans Heard From Coffin as Woman Came Back to Life
There were few fears more terrifying in the old days than being buried alive. Before modern monitoring equipment, before reliable life-support machines, and before doctors…
Foundry Worker Killed When Flywheel Burst Without Warning
The machinery was running at the Payne and Joubert Machine and Foundry Company when a sudden burst turned an ordinary morning into tragedy. Around 10…
Passengers Thought Ship Hit a Mine During Storm
The passengers aboard the Albania were dancing in the dining salon when the sea behind them exploded. During a violent electrical storm, a lightning bolt…
Woman Leaves Daughter $1 and Orders Parrot Chloroformed
Pretty Polly had been marked for death in her mistress’s will, but the parrot was not gone yet. When Mrs. Ottilie Stock died in June…
Girl Thought Dead Revived After Lightning Hit Her Coffin
The mourners were on their way to the cemetery when the storm broke over Hanston, Kansas. Inside the metallic coffin was the 5-year-old daughter of…
Man Pardoned 30 Years After Escaping Prison Over a $2 Pig
William Pearson’s crime had been small, but the shadow of it followed him for thirty years. In 1876, when he was just 18 years old,…
Mystery Animal in Pennsylvania Woods Sparked Kangaroo Rumors
Something strange was said to be roaming the wooded hills near Pleasant Run, Pennsylvania, and nobody seemed able to get a good enough look at…
Quick-Thinking Engineer Prevents Passenger Train Disaster
For a few terrifying moments on the Lake Shore tracks, it looked as if a passenger train was about to plunge into disaster. The westbound…
Mother Watches Baby Die in Her Arms During Heat Wave
The summer heat had already done its damage by the time Susan Dodi reached the doctor’s office with her baby in her arms. Her six-month-old…
Teen Locked in Freight Car by Jokers Found Frozen and Starving
What began as a cruel joke nearly cost a teenage boy his life. Seventeen-year-old James Fry was locked inside a freight car at Peru, Indiana,…
