Category: History
Philadelphia Skeleton Trade
The 1891 article below talks about the skeleton trade in Philadelphia. It highlights a man from France who came to Philadelphia to begin his trade…
The Skeleton Industry
Here is yet another article about the skeleton industry in the late 1800s. The article has a humor not present in previous articles on this…
A Skeleton Factory in the Late 1800s London
Did doctors use real skeletons long ago and how did they get those human skeletons? It turns out that the wired skeletons that hung from…
Devil’s Skeleton Found in Japan
The devil’s bones were discovered buried under a Japanese temple in 1895. The bones were brought back to the United States where they were said…
Strange Light Over Tulsa OK 1921
Source: The Morning Tulsa Daily World. March 05, 1921, Final Edition, Page 1. Strange Light in the Sky Huge Greenish Formation, Possibly Gascous, Observed by…
Strange Light Over Sunbury PA 1916
That Zeppelin Story Source: Harrisburg Telegraph. May 02, 1916, Page 8. Sunbury people the other night saw “a strange light in the sky” and straightway…
Strange Airship Seen in Springfield Ohio 1910
Strange Airship Seen Source: The Parma Herald. May 26, 1910, Page 3. Parma, Idaho. Springfield, O., May 24. – Residents of this city returning home…
Brilliant Orbs Light the Sky in Maryland 1918
Source: Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette. August 21, 1918, page 1. Strange Lights Seen Last Night in the Heavens Puzzle the Populace Various Theories Made…
How the Condemned Were Prepared for the Guillotine
With over a million and a half views on my previous video about the guillotine in the early 1900s, I decided to take a more…
Firsthand Accounts of the Empress of Ireland Tragedy
The RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner that sank near the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River after the Norwegian collier SS Storstad…
