Category: U.S. Historical News

If you have been visiting Strange Ago for any length of time, you know that strange things have happened in the past. In fact, you…

History is full of strange jobs, from professional mourners to those who wiped the butts of royalty. In this article, let’s take a quick look…

While researching “body parts,” I started seeing multiple articles about people cut in half. Each one was more gruesome than the last. And so, for…

Let’s embark on a thrilling journey through time to uncover ten mind-boggling history facts that prove truth is often stranger than fiction. History, with its…

Ancient Athens is often romanticized as the birthplace of democracy and a hub of culture and learning. However, as with any society, there were also…

The Olympic Games have a long and fascinating history that dates back to ancient Greece. The ancient Olympics were held every four years in Olympia,…

These festivals and celebrations were an important part of ancient Greek culture and religion, and continue to fascinate us to this day. 1. Olympics The…

Imagine finding a casket in the river and then, as you pull the casket out, having a body slip out of it and back into…

While some aspects of Spartan culture, such as their emphasis on physical fitness, continue to be admired today, other practices, such as infanticide and slavery,…

A bit ago I did a search on bodies found in the sewers. Here is one of my finds of a headless corpse wearing bicycle…