Category: History
7 Reasons Why These People Were Found Hiding Under the Bed
After spending a few hours reading through reports of people hiding under bed, all I can say is that it is one of the worst…
9 Old Accounts of Deadly Pitchfork Accidents and Stabbings
Anything can be used as a weapon, including the mighty pointy pitchfork. Below are some old accounts of pitchfork accidents, attacks, and murders. All but…
5 Frightening Old Reports About Insane Daughters
I’ve touched on cases of insane fathers in a previous article, and today we are going to take a look at insane daughters in the…
8 Chilling Reports About Insane Fathers
There are numerous reports about insane fathers murdering their families in the newspaper archives. For this blog post, I am going to focus on several…
Tesla Says Other Worlds are Trying to Signal the Earth
Nikola Tesla not only believed in the possibility of life on other planets, he also believed that other civilizations were sending us signals. A newspaper…
Man warned not to kiss anymore women for a year
Man accused of kissing a customer, not his wife, was sentenced to no kissing for a year. The year was 1927. Court Limits His Kissing…
Couple quickly moves out of haunted house; neighbor claims ghost was his cat
Cats do the damnedest things, and it appears that a certain Tom cat made a point of scaring off the new neighbors in Frog Hollow…
1911 descriptions of Confederate rag dolls made during the Civil War
Below are the descriptions of two types of rag dolls made by the South during the Civil War. The first is a rag doll made…
Eleven offenses punishable by death in the U.S. Army during WWI
As the tumult of World War I raged on, the United States Army was not exempt from its harsh realities. The specter of the death…
The Birch Tree: Symbol of Renewal and Mysticism in Scandinavian Folklore
As someone who’s studied folklore since the early 1990s, I get a lot of satisfaction delving into the rich tapestry of tales, traditions, and beliefs…
