Category: U.S. Historical News
Headless Bodies Found in Pennsylvania’s Murder Marsh
They called it “murder marsh,” and by October of 1925, the name seemed horribly earned. In the swampy ground between Newcastle Junction and West Pittsburgh,…
Landgraff Flood Aftermath Reveals Two Bodies
In Landgraff, West Virginia, the work of recovery after a flood was still underway when two bodies were found caught in a drift pile, tangled…
Lake Sailor Found Dead in Binghamton Box Car
A freight car can feel like a forgotten place, a dark wooden box shunted from one track to another, carrying no one’s attention with it….
Silver Spring Tornado Leaves Families Homeless
On April 5, 1923, a violent storm tore through Silver Spring and Sligo, Maryland, leaving behind a strange and terrifying trail of destruction. Houses were…
Japanese Forces Use Electrified Fences Against Head Hunters
Some old newspaper articles are strange because of what they describe. Others are disturbing because of the casual way they describe it. This 1908 report…
Wilkes-Barre Mine Cave-In Destroyed Homes in Five Points
In the bitter cold of a January morning in 1883, the people of Wilkes-Barre’s Five Points neighborhood were jolted awake by a sound like an…
Women Jump From Omaha Building to Escape Flames
Women Jump From Omaha Building to Escape Flames On a March afternoon in 1899, a meeting of women in Omaha, Nebraska, turned suddenly into a…
West Farmington Banker Found Murdered
Some crimes arrive in the newspaper almost stripped bare, leaving behind only a few terrible details and a great deal of silence. The 1906 murder…
Woman Saw Mastodons After a Worm Entered Her Brain
According to a 1902 report, Freiburg’s love of flowers led to a horrifying and bizarre end. She would gather roses and sweet peas in great…
Rural Valley Man Dreams of Missing Neighbor’s Body
In February 1925, a strange report out of Kittanning, Pennsylvania, told of a missing man, a repeated dream, and the discovery of a body exactly…
