Category: History
Great Bells of the World
Bells have long been used as warnings, to announce events in a community, and as a means of driving out evil. The article below was…
6 Fleeting Accounts of Girl Bandits
The newspapers labeled them girl bandits, but they were actually young women (mostly) who robbed men on the streets and broke into people’s houses. They…
6 Unsettling Facts About the Medfield Insane Asylum
The Medfield Insane Asylum, in Medfield, Massachusetts, was established in 1892 and in only a few years, stories about the asylum began to circulate among…
6 Horrific Cases of People Being Boiled to Death
Can you imagine what it is like to be boiled to death? It is not something we hear about all too often in this century,…
6 Cruel Forms of Torture From History
Throughout world history, torture has been used as a method for extracting confessions, acquiring information, to break and dehumanize an individual, and as a form…
Suffragist Described What It Was Like To Be Force Fed
How did it feel to be force fed in jail? Kitty Marion, a woman suffragist describes the process and her body’s reaction to being forcibly…
The History of Torture and Its Methods
The following article on the history and methods of torture, published originally in 1887, provides some decent insight into the types of torture, with a…
King Charles I Execution Vest
The long sleeve vest, believed to have been worn by King Charles I during his beheading, is now owned by The Museum of London. The…
Murderer Had His Book Bound In His Own Skin – Human Skin Books
The article below contains the curious story of a murderer who wrote a book about himself and then had the book bound in his own…
Coat Made of Human Skin and Buttons From Bone
While there are latex “human skin” coats on the market for thrill seekers, I did find an actual report of a real coat made from…
